Equine Studies – Northwest Community College

Based in Powell in Wyoming, Northwest Community College is a public community institution offering a few 2 year associate degree courses. One of these courses is in Equine Studies. This program enables scholars to realize a strong base in equine science, with the ultimate mixture of theoretical instruction and practical participation in riding horses and in training and handling them. Students are enabled to take up constructive work straight away on completion of these courses; they can alternatively choose higher education at other institutions.

May 18th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Choosing A Horse Riding School

Given the likelihood, that the large majority of humans would be very happy to ride horses. It is not to be wondered at that riding faculties are booming. If you go out into the countryside, you get the categorical impression that you’re seeing people on horseback everywhere. If you take the time to study these horse riders, and if you know anything about horse riding, you might possibly be able to separate the novices from the veterans. The novices can be seperated by their exaggerated care while riding. They concentrate hard out of fear or out of the real wish to become expert horsemen. They look at themselves and their horses just as much as they look ahead at the trail. The presence of amateurs indicates the likelihood of the presence of a riding school in the neighborhood. Somehow, country sides look more complete when there are a few horsemen included in the vista.

May 18th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Some Cost Saving Tips for Pony Owners

Unless you are piled high with money, you would like to provide the most attentive care you can to your horses at the least cost. Here are some easy ideas that may assist you in achieving that:

May 10th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Some Other Causes of Pony Laminitis

Laminitis can be the end product or a by-product of a spread of diseases. The seriousness of occurrence can also alter with circumstances.

April 28th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Be Alert To Horse Navicular Disease

The term navicular bone describes a smallish smooth bone shaped like a pyramid sited deep within a horse’s foot. It fundamentally functions as a pulley over which tendons have smooth play. A pony develops navicular disease when the tiny navicular bone loses its smoothless. Tendons are now not able to pass over smoothly, and the resulting friction could cause serious discomfort to the horse. It is bizarre the precise cause or set of causes that trigger this condition haven’t been identified.

April 27th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Horse Insurance Choices

If you are into horses, you want horse insurance, and it doesn’t matter whether you have just the one pony, a whole herd, run a boarding stable or run a training enterprise. You have got to do some homework on just what kind of equine insurance would be suitable for you, and what the insurance value should be.

April 26th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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New Discovery in the world of international horse travel

Have you ever been served breakfast when your body tells you it’s bedtime? You are most likely experiencing jet lag, as a result of a long haul flight. Whether it’s the quick change in time zones your body is forced to cope with due to the speed of modern travel, or just the exhaustion of travel itself, it’s not an easy state to be in, and often takes at least a few days to properly recover from.

April 23rd, 2012 by Saul Yates 
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Horse Laminitis and its Causes

This text will attempt to give the reader a good idea of what the disease laminitis is, and its identified causes. It must be clarified , however , that there is a lot that’s unknown about this illness. It is understood that laminitis influences old as well as young horses. It has effects on horses which are being put to strenuous levels of near daily training and conditioning, i.e, horses that are at absolute peak condition, just as much as it affects horses that live less intense lives or perhaps sedentary lives. No breed of horse is safe from this ailment.

April 20th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Comparing Horse Temperament Typing

A question I am asked often is linked to how the Five-Element equine classification system can be made to work with the Parelli Horsenality behavior identification system.

April 14th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Why And When You Should Bridge Your Reins

One of my beginner jump students came to with a problem one day. Her horse took fences with a good deal of energy. While she was quite good at handling him, she had feeble muscles in one arm as the result of some old injury. This muscle weakness worsened as she grew tired, and preventedconsistent contact with both reins.

April 13th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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How to Keep Your Pony Naturally Clean

I never stop being startled every time I look at the blinding array of shampoos, conditioners and other vanity items for horses in shops around. Every time I visit a tack shop or a feed store, I see rows upon rows of these items.

April 4th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Vaccination Allergies In Horses

I have got a mare that is allergic to anything you care to name and a few things you may not think of right away. In the beginning, I once believed she was an exceptional case, a freak if you will. Experience has taught me since then that allergic responses are as common to horses as colds are to humans. I haven’t any idea whether all horse allergies have existed from time immemorial, or whether horses are developing new allergies all the time, like humans discover new diseases all the time. I’d never heard of AIDS till I was in my twenties, and swine influenza and bird influenza appeared to come into existence when I was in my 40′s. I was conscious of just human influenza until then.

April 4th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Leather or Synthetic Pony Riding Gear?

As a zealous and concerned horse rider, you need to ensure that each piece of equipment you use is suitable and doesn’t cause the horse or the rider any discomfort. This holds good for the bridle: choosing a bridle for your pony is not an issue to be treated trivially, and you should take many factors into account when doing that.

April 4th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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The Importance Of The Saddle Fit To Your Horse

How much care did you exercise in purchasing your young child a new horse? You probably would have seen at least twenty horses with her before she selected one that fited your criteria: a young healthy horse suitable for riding, with an even temperament. A horse that will not spook easily, that seems to take straight away to your child when she reached out for him.

April 4th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Boost Horse Post-Surgery Joint Healing with Oral Hyaluronic Acid Administration

Oregon State University analysts have found that in post-surgery care for horses going through joint illnesses, administering HA orally may boost healing. A paper on this research was published in the Equine Veterinary Journal. In the study, oral HA or placebo was administered to 48 thoroughbred sucklings (comprising a grand total of 57 joints) over 30 days post surgical procedures for OCD (osteochondritis dissecans) lesions.

April 4th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Selecting A Horse Training Stable

If it’s been a dream of yours to become a proficient horse rider and trainer but don’t understand how to become one, a horse training stable is a good place to start. Very similar to a resort workout club for horses, pony coaching stables are made to keep a pony at the peak of its health and in comfort. Some stables would offer lessons from straightforward horse care to horse riding and training. You may find some that have vast administration backed lands and even bunkhouses for their guests,so yes, it’s truly sort of an equine resort you can actually benefit from if you want to break into the equestrian industry.

April 4th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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All About Horse Shoe Studs – How to Get More Traction

We ride our horses on a mixture of surfaces. We ride them through water, in sand, through snow and on hard surfaces, but do you ever think about the traction (or lack of traction) that those different surfaces provide for your horse? Do you know that you can help your horse gain traction in these less than ideal settings by employing horseshoe studs?

April 4th, 2012 by Anna Sola 
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How Well Do You Understand A Pony

Like human beings, horses come in several personality types. I know of lots of individuals who are of the firm opinion that horse’s and their owners who have been together a long time start looking like each other in character. This is much the same theory that’s talked about in the case of married men and women and pets and their owners. If you ask me, I suspect there is a lot of substance to this concept. That is what my experience tells me.

April 4th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Tailor Lunge Equipment To Your Pony

When you are working with an item of pony equipment, the first thing you want to do is get a good idea of what the standard or recommended settings for that item are.

April 4th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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Summer Fly Control And Your Horse

If you’re keeping your horse in suburban areas with neighbours close by, probabilities are good you are going to face flak from neighbors who are getting harassed by flies. Fly control in open country is a wholly different story from fly control in the urban areas.

April 4th, 2012 by Heather Toms 
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