It only makes sense. When training a horse - in fact with any interaction with a horse - you need to understand and appreciate the horse's point of view. Some basic horse behavior facts can be found on our website. Remember: Your frustrations and fears...
From: Wayne Pacelle's Blog [caption id="attachment_28456" align="alignleft" width="270"] Chad Sisneros/The HSUSThe 'Big Lick' gait is induced by injuring the horses to make them step higher. [/caption]Today, the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act reached a new threshold of Congressional support. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., became the...
Kill buyers abound throughout the United States. Hundreds of thousands of American horses being shipped each year overseas to slaughter houses - the person who first knowingly makes money off these horses misery is the kill buyer. Most of the public do not realize what...
We need to get SAFE Act passed to stop kill buyers from sending thousands of horses overseas to slaughter. Write your representatives yourself or sign a petition to help get the SAFE Act passed. The article below discusses how such celebrated horses as Kentucky Derby...
This sweetie pie just came to our ranch. His name is Malachi. Just one look at him and you will want to pet him, feed him and give him his forever home. Every horse, not in the wild, deserves a loving, caring home. Even the...
Some humanity is being shown to the wild horse herds left in Utah. The cattle ranchers have graciously (tongue in cheek) allowed the foals to get a bit older before they round them up and ship them off to who knows where...
There is a contentious stretch of land along the Texas / Oklahoma borders. For over a hundred years as the Red River - the boundary between the 2 states - has shifted, ranch families at times been left in limbo. Now the Bureau of Land...
Spring has finally sprung. Its been a long winter here in SE Texas. Many of us already have our gardens going ...
Recently Smokey Culver has been sharing some wonderful pictures out at our Hitchcock, Texas ranch on Facebook, including a picture of two of our fabulous donkeys: Sunday and Joseph. As Jerry knows, I love donkeys. They are smart, funny and can tell the truth about...
EDITOR’S NOTE – Maryann Peachey-Warren is Director of Education for the Horse Harbor Foundation, Inc., in Washington State, one of the country’s oldest nonprofit equine sanctuaries that exclusively uses rescued horses in a formal equine assisted therapy program. Ms. Peachey-Warren has a BA Degree in...