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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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Equestrian in the Home – Horse Gift Ideas

Gift We’ve already featured arty horse items for the home and some stunning statues and today we’ve got even more (affordable) items for the horse lover’s home to share.

Horses @ Home

Each of us will have varying degrees of tolerance when it comes to horses in our home. Some want to see them everywhere and others want just an accent or two that provides a certain feel. We don’t care how many horses you have in your house, as long as the items are beautiful and noteworthy. We searched high and low to find a variety of fun and fab horse items for the home. They make great gifts for any horse lover, including yourself!
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Stunning Equine Statues & Sculptures – Horse Gift Ideas

Gift Last time we featured some fun arty horse items for the home and this time we have some more stunning decor to share. Statues and sculptures have to be our favorite types of horse art and these don’t disappoint.

Sculpted Horse

Whether they are lovingly sculpted out of clay, molded in metal or carved from wood, we love the strikingly physical equine form. There is something about three-dimensional art that has a way of capturing the essence of the animal, even when the form isn’t entirely equine in nature. These aren’t your average horse statues, each one was hand selected for their beauty of form and craftsmanship (and most of them are on our list this year).
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Why Does Your Horse’s Weight Matter?

This is another handy video from World Horse Welfare and this time the topic is horse weight. An essential element to horse welfare is keeping them at a healthy weight.

Getting Slim

While many of us know that underweight horses are a bad thing, did you know that an overweight one is equally as susceptible to problems? Being overindulgent can be as bad as withholding food in many respects, an overweight animal is obviously prone to leg, joint and feet problems to start. It’s important for horse owners to know their animal, their breed type and be able to recognize signs of obesity in equines.
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An Interview With April Kae – The Saddlebred Loving Songbird

April Kae Tell us a little about you, what is your background & where do you come from?
I’m from San Diego, CA and spent most of my childhood there, although I lived briefly in Connecticut.

Even though I stayed in one city for most of my childhood my parents traveled a lot for work when I was young, so I had been to seven countries and seen most of the Unites States by the time I was 12. I am and always have been very close with my family, and those relationships influence me greatly.

Where can people find more information about you & your music online?
You can visit my website, www.aprilkae.com. You can also find me on Facebook and follow me on twitter @april_kae.
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Rodeo Clown – Horse Jobs

Being a rodeo clown is a highly seasonal (or highly mobile) career path, rodeos often travel and are active when the weather permits. While an exciting job that offers a lot of spirited activity and contact with the animals, it is also among the most dangerous.

What You Need

Qualities of a good rodeo clown will vary by show and location. Regardless of where they are, they will need a strong understanding of the animals around them, which is seldom limited to horses. This understanding will help keep them on their feet uninjured. On top of the danger an engaging personality and even a bit of acting or theatric ability are important in this line of work.
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 15. The Old Hostler

Chapter 15. The Old Hostler

After this it was decided by my master and mistress to pay a visit to some friends who lived about forty-six miles from our home, and James was to drive them. The first day we traveled thirty-two miles. There were some long, heavy hills, but James drove so carefully and thoughtfully that we were not at all harassed. He never forgot to put on the brake as we went downhill, nor to take it off at the right place. He kept our feet on the smoothest part of the road, and if the uphill was very long, he set the carriage wheels a little across the road, so as not to run back, and gave us a breathing. All these little things help a horse very much, particularly if he gets kind words into the bargain.
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Hemlock – (Super) Toxic Plant of the Week

The H’s are a huge category in the a-z of plants your horse can’t eat and this one is a biggie. Today’s plant is already notorious for its effects and Hemlock is just as toxic to you and me as it is to our equine pals.
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Artsy Horse Ideas for the Home – Horse Gift Ideas

Gift Recently we’ve been sharing a lot of horse theme fashion, but today we want to switch gears a little and look at a few items for the home. If you are an art lover, you are in the right place, we’ve got some lovely artistic horse items for the home to share.

Artistic Horse

We feature a lot of horse art and love to share new horse artists with our readers. Today we have some fun and fabulous horse art for the home – use them as gift ideas or fill your own home with them. We won’t tell. Either way, we have dozens of artistic horsey items to share and will have more to come.
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The Fabulous Eichholtz Equestrian Collection – Horse Gift Ideas

Gift As we are sharing fantastic equestrian gift ideas, our lists would not be complete without a nod to the Eichholtz Equestrian Collection for the home. This is a handsome, slightly masculine collection with loads of class.

Leather Touches

Through the use of soft leather accents and shiny nickel buckle details, the equestrian influence is undeniable. While it has a bit of horse flair, the items are well crafted and provide handsome accent pieces that can flow through a variety of different rooms and spaces. Use the umbrella stand by the door, the lanterns down the hall and serve tea on the lovely tray.
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Horse Care & Breeds

Horse Breeds

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

Equestrian in the Home – Horse Gift Ideas

Horses @ Home

Stunning Equine Statues & Sculptures – Horse Gift Ideas

Sculpted Horse

Why Does Your Horse’s Weight Matter?

Getting Slim

An Interview With April Kae – The Saddlebred Loving Songbird

Rodeo Clown – Horse Jobs

What You Need

Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 15. The Old Hostler

Chapter 15. The Old Hostler

Hemlock – (Super) Toxic Plant of the Week

Artsy Horse Ideas for the Home – Horse Gift Ideas

Artistic Horse

The Fabulous Eichholtz Equestrian Collection – Horse Gift Ideas

Leather Touches