Some safety tips. I hear there have been some folks coming back from their rides on STARS Ambulance instead of on their horses this summer. Perhaps a refresher on safety would be of help. Horses are creatures of instinct and habit. Psychologically they are hard-wired to be wary of their surroundings and react to the [...]

On July 22, 2009, Agriculture Canada announced that livestock producers in Alberta in drought affected areas will be eligible for tax deferrals on breeding livestock sold due to drought in 2009. The tax deferral allows eligible producers in designated areas to defer income tax on the sale of breeding livestock for one year to help [...]

I notice that folks who ride “western” tend to consider riding helmets uncool while my “english” riding friends all wear them.  My children want my grandchildren to use them and, of course, they all insist that they love me just as much as they love their little darlings and therefore they have me wearing one [...]

Although most of us are well aware of the danger of that young spring grass and it’s ability to cause laminitis, colic and diarrhea, many of us don’t realize that grass that has been stressed by drought can cause these problems too. When stressed by drought most cool-season grasses accumulate sugar and fructan (a type [...]

AQHA Offers Reduced Rate on Registrations for American Quarter Horses 3 and Older America’s Horse, August 3, 2009 – If you’ve had the paperwork laying around for a couple of years on your American Quarter Horse and just never got around to getting it registered so you have papers to prove it, now is the [...]

Import Restrictions Reduced for Horses from Texas and New Mexico Entering Canada due to Vesicular Stomatitis Ottawa, ON—Equine Canada’s Breeds & Industry Division and Health & Welfare Committee would like to inform all stakeholders that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has eliminated import restrictions for horses from Texas and reduced import restriction for horses [...]

We get calls from folks having trouble putting their photos on their classified ads because the images that come from their cameras are too big and get “timed out” by their email programs. Mark has tracked down a really good solution to this problem and we are posting it here to help you out. This [...]