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Puzzling the Pieces of Contact

My latest discovery is contact, a many layered concept. Everyone has heard about having even contact, some contact, soft hands, forgiving hands and so on. My hands have definitely improved and that has come through [...]

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Ticked Off

My young, strong, handsome Reilly has Lyme. My vet told me it was some of the highest  numbers he’d seen. That made me sick to my stomach. I had not wanted to jump on the [...]

“It’s a Saddle Fit Problem…isn’t it ?”

“My horse won’t pick up the right lead …”  “My horse is has started refusing jumps, and when he does jump, he usually bucks on landing …”  “My horse tries to bite when I do [...]

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Winter Horsekeeping

This season is the acid test when it comes to horsekeeping – especially if you keep your horses at home and care for them yourself.  It’s the season of frozen fingers, icy whiskers, blankets and [...]

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Heart Rate and Heat………

I must begin by saying how much I am enjoying my new partner, Reilly! He is so much fun and such a good boy considering his age.  We happily go down the trail on short [...]

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Reflections on Respect

One of the advantages of having our tack shop located on a farm is that we get to watch trainers at work. From our upstairs windows we have a bird’s eye view of rider’s trials [...]

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Scratches Part Two

We have posted a customer response by Ellen Jefferies that we found very useful. It was shown to Dr. Reggie Tschorn, an Equine Vet, whose comment was that Ellen really did her homework. “In your [...]

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Edie’s Tip on Scratches

Here in the northeast, spring means “wet and muddy” – and that can mean scratches.  And as anyone who’s dealt with that problem can tell you, this is one case where an ounce of prevention [...]

Building the Back

As saddle fitters, we often hear, “My horse’s back is sore.”  Many times, this is the trigger that sets riders off on the quest for a new saddle.  If  your horse is otherwise sound and [...]

Veterinary Diagnosis of Back Pain

                                       Reggie Tschorn, D.V.M. I am often called to look at horses that are exhibiting back pain and performance problems. The difficulty is that the symptoms are not always consistent, and may not always be [...]

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