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Toys For the Kids – Horse Gift Ideas

Gift We’ve been keeping everyone up to date with fun & fab horse gift ideas, from shoes to sculpture. Today we want to focus on the youngsters, as the holidays delight them the most. Not to mention kids tend to be the most passionate horse people of us all.

Horse Toys

Horses have always had a place on toy store shelves, from Breyer to Barbie, they carry dolls tirelessly. We did some shopping around to see the latest in horse & equestrian toys to share. Much of what we found was similar to what we remember from the days of our youth, which makes this post all the more fun to write. The items below were hand selected & will put delight on the faces of young horse lovers everywhere.
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Top Tips for Managing Your Horse’s Weight

For the last few weeks we have been posting about horse weight and fat scoring your horse. Today we are rounding them off with a few tips for managing your horse’s weight.

Staying Trim

This is another handy video from World Horse Welfare and it provides some of their top tips for managing your horse’s weight. Learning how to control the weight of an overweight horse without shocking their system is an important thing for any horse owner or caretaker to know.

Show Groom – Horse Jobs

While this is an entry level position, it is an essential one for the riders and trainers when at a horse show. Regardless of discipline, horse shows are a high-stress breeding ground for unexpected problems.

What You Need

There are many tasks that can fall under the grooms command and the actual job description will vary from show to show. That means that not only does the job vary, but so does the pay. This is a position which benefits from a firm knowledge of horseflesh, a teamwork attitude and independent, creative thinking.
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 17. John Manly’s Talk

Chapter 17. John Manly’s Talk

The rest of our journey was very easy, and a little after sunset we reached the house of my master’s friend. We were taken into a clean, snug stable; there was a kind coachman, who made us very comfortable, and who seemed to think a good deal of James when he heard about the fire.

“There is one thing quite clear, young man,” he said, “your horses know who they can trust; it is one of the hardest things in the world to get horses out of a stable when there is either fire or flood. I don’t know why they won’t come out, but they won’t — not one in twenty.”
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Hoary Alyssum – Toxic Plant of the Week

We are working our way through the alphabet in the a-z of plants your horse can’t eat. Today’s plant name is sure to get a giggle or two. Hoary Alyssum sounds like a woman of ill repute in some wild west town during the gold rush – it must be bad news!
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Equine Kitchen – Horse Gift Ideas

Gift We’ve been keeping everyone up to date with the latest in horse gift ideas, from shoes to sculpture. Today it’s time to visit the kitchen & take a look at some fun horsey gift ideas for cooking horse enthusiasts.

Equine Cook

The only type of horse we like to see in the kitchen is the artificial type, in the form of cute accessories or classically beautiful pieces. Horses are an unexpected touch that can work in any type of decor, from whimsical to formal. It’s all about your taste & just how horse crazy you really are.
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Equine Flavored Accessories – Horse Gift Ideas

Gift We’ve been across the board delivering horse gift ideas on any number of subjects, from shoes to sculpture. Today we want to return to the wardrobe with a few fun equine theme accessories.

Wearing Horses

We like to wear horses on a daily basis, but don’t like to be overbearing about it. A little horse here, a little horse there and we are happily bringing our fave animal with us wherever we go. From keeping your neck warm to holding your pants up, we’ve got all kinds of fun accessories today.
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Equine Stationary & Card Sets – Horse Gift Ideas

Gift We’ve been offering all sorts of horse theme gift ideas for all types of discerning gift givers and today we are switching gears. Today we are looking to the past for a gift that isn’t often received in the 21st century.

Write A Letter

When was the last time you wrote a letter or sent someone a card? It’s a great way to share your appreciation for the equine animal while spreading some snail-mail joy. Everyone loves to get mail, even the paper kind – especially when it holds a note from a friend or relative. We selected some amazing card and stationary sets to share here, some that may even convince you take up letter writing again. 😉
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How to Fat Score a Horse

Last week we posted about why your horse weight matters and today’s video compliments the topic by teaching owners how to fat score their animal.

Keeping Fit

This is another handy video from World Horse Welfare and it provides step-by-step instructions for effectively measuring a horse’s fat. It important to keep horses fit, not too fat, not too thin, but a perfect balance of weight. Knowing how to measure your horse’s fat will help you to manage their weight on a daily level.
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Horse Trail Engineer – Horse Jobs

While this job may not offer a great deal of hands-on animal time, it does require a serious understanding of equine habits and nature. Trail engineers actually have a fairly technical job which requires a knowledge of geography, direction and local flora and fauna.

What You Need

This is a position which may require previous engineering training and experience, knowledge of equines may be secondary to knowledge of the land and how to manage it. Often the engineers will contract to help maintain trails as well as creating them. This can be a freelance position or can be a salaried position depending on the place.
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 16. The Fire

Chapter 16. The Fire

Later on in the evening a traveler’s horse was brought in by the second hostler, and while he was cleaning him a young man with a pipe in his mouth lounged into the stable to gossip.

“I say, Towler,” said the hostler, “just run up the ladder into the loft and put some hay down into this horse’s rack, will you? only lay down your pipe.”
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Herb Paris – Toxic Plant of the Week

We are well into the alphabet in the a-z of plants your horse can’t eat. Today’s plant sounds as if it should be some fabulous French cooking secret, but you definitely don’t want to sprinkle Herb Paris over your horse’s dinner.
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Horse Care & Breeds

Horse Breeds

Toys For the Kids – Horse Gift Ideas

Horse Toys

Top Tips for Managing Your Horse’s Weight

Staying Trim

Show Groom – Horse Jobs

What You Need

Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 17. John Manly’s Talk

Chapter 17. John Manly’s Talk

Hoary Alyssum – Toxic Plant of the Week

Equine Kitchen – Horse Gift Ideas

Equine Cook

Equine Flavored Accessories – Horse Gift Ideas

Wearing Horses

Equine Stationary & Card Sets – Horse Gift Ideas

Write A Letter

How to Fat Score a Horse

Keeping Fit

Horse Trail Engineer – Horse Jobs

What You Need

Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 16. The Fire

Chapter 16. The Fire

Herb Paris – Toxic Plant of the Week