Health & Education
We all want the best care possible for our horses. The Heath & Education section covers both Learning Institutions, Organizations as well as many sources for equine assistance including Veterinarians and Farriers.
For those who want a to formally study horses, the Education section includes College Riding, Equine Studies, and Veterinary Schools. Learn about the wide variety of horses in the Horse Breeds section. Supplements and Treatments Therapy are also included in the section.
Everyone can learn from Fine Art and there are some specialty Museums that might surprise you.
Horses as a therapy partner enrich the lives of the disabled. These facilities are listed in our Therapeutic Riding section. To help children and young adults build confidence and grow emotionally, please see the resources available on the Youth Outreach page.
Looking for a place to keep your horse? You can find it in the Horse Boarding section. Traveling? Find a Shipping company or Horse Sitting service if your horse is staying home!
Want to stay up to date with the latest training clinics or professional conferences? Take a look at our Calendar of Events for Health & Education for the dates and locations of upcoming events.
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by Douglas Spatz, President, EyeOn Equine Care
I had a discussion the other evening with a family member about the pros and cons of icing and was told it’s used to treat horse’s legs and is recommended by so many professionals. My response was “Ice does not reduce swelling; the lymphatic system does.”
Actually, ice has been shown to reverse lymphatic drainage, causing backflow of fluid into the injured area and worsening edema . What is needed is anything that promotes circulation and movement of fluids that will help the lymphatic system do its job.
Icing damaged tissue does sometimes give temporary pain relief. However, it also delays healing, causes additional damage, increases swelling, and, perhaps most importantly, shuts off the nerve signals that alert you to which movements are harmful to your recovery process.
Since “good movement” is an essential part of the healing process (and bad movement is harmful), you need (and want!) the feedback more than you need (want) a short-term distraction that ultimately makes your problem worse, not better.
by Bonnie Marlewski-Probert
There are two mantras I lived by when training horses fulltime:
“Never pick a fight unless you know you can win the battle and P.S. if you get into a physical fight with a horse, you will never win that battle.
Training horses is a thinking man’s sport. You don’t have to be the smartest guy in the world but you must always be smarter than the horse you are working with.” Bonnie Marlewski-Probert.
The four key elements that every successful trainer must have are:
1. Time. Anytime you attempt to train your horse without allowing plenty of time, the temptation to rush is sure to sabotage your progress and cost you more time in the long run,
2. Always have a Plan A and a Plan B. The trick to training horses successfully is to think through what you want to accomplish and get a plan A and a Plan B in your head as to how you are going to achieve that goal, just in case Plan A fails.
3. Patience. Rome wasn’t built in a day and I know of no horse or husband that was trained in a day! Sometimes, the greatest successes come inch by inch, day-by-day. Remember that as you train various elements of a new skill, those same elements will come into play in many more advanced moves so, by taking your time and focusing on teaching the elements of a larger maneuver, you are actually shortening the learning curve for more advanced moves that you will be training down the road. This is what I call “elemental training.” Teaching the elements and then putting them all together to create the new skill.
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