Sit the Trot Better and Don’t Lose Your Stirrups

The Incredible Shrinking Leg (or How To Avoid Losing Your Stirrups!)

Ruth and I have been giving a bunch of seat and leg position riding lessons lately, and we’ve discovered some interesting things about the correlation of the pelvis, lower leg, andlosing your stirrups.

Does this ever happen to you?

Do you lose your stirrups in the sitting trot?

Does your horse slow down in the sitting trot or when you work without stirrups?

Does your knee come out over the front of the saddle when you’re in the sitting trot or canter?

Does it seem that the more you use your leg, the slower your horse goes?

Do you lean forward no matter how hard you try to bring your shoulders back?

Is your bum smacking the saddle in the canter rather than sliding along your tack?

Is it hard to get up into a standing or 2-point position and keep your balance?

Is it just impossible to keep your heels down below the stirrup bar?

3 Essential Tips on Selecting the Best Horse Feed for Your Equine Pet

If horses live in the wild, they will feed on pastures only. Similarly, owners are typically recommended to offer their equine pets only forage including pasture and hay. However, this diet may not give your pet all the energy, nutrients, vitamins and minerals which it requires. This is where horse feed comes into play.

There are many products to pick from so shopping can be overwhelming. You will certainly benefit from the following advice. It will help you to make the best choice.

Define your requirements precisely.

There are four major factors which you have to consider when selecting horse feed. The first one is the age of your equine pet. If it is younger than two years of age, you will need a specially formulated product which contains around 15% protein. If you have a senior horse, it will require special feed as well.

Some Helpful Tips For Deworming Your Pet Horse

One of the many health issues or problems your horse may acquire or get is worms or internal parasites.

But how does a horse get these worms? Since your horse loves to spend time in the pastures, your pet certainly munches on the grass present outside. Your horse though may not be munching on clean grass or even on grass alone. There are parasitic larvae present in the pasture. And since your horse also eat clover and other grains present on the ground, your pet may also swallow some undesirable bugs, bots and worms as well.

If these harmful worms are not treated immediately, your horse will become ill with parasitic infestation. These internal parasites can cause serious damage to the horse's heart, liver, lungs and other harmful and even deadly diseases.

To prevent worms from proliferating in your horse's internal systems and to control and get rid of them, you need to regularly deworm your pet. Veterinarians recommend that horse owners have their pets undergo deworming at least four times a year.