Horse Equipment & Services in Auburn, AL

I learned shoeing first from a master farrier. I was introduced to Pete Ramey though a friend whose had transformed her horses hooves with trimming and nutrition. Pete has videos out there, but they tend to be for someone who already knows hooves. Start by learning anatomy of the hoof and leg. and be conservative with that rasp. Watch lots of youtube videos and pay close attention.

I'm super lucky that my friend and neighbor runs https://www.facebook.com/346803338836205 Bare Hoof Trimming School in Washington. If you're ever out this way, I recommend their clinics! But she recommends Pete Ramey for self study. http://www.hoofrehab.com/

Lots of videos on youtube that are pretty good.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y31R10 w6FcI

Jim Crew .. Healthy Stride https://www.facebook.com/Healthy-Stride-Optimal-Posture-Balance-for-Horses-192507960785183/ He is based in FLA

Pete Ramey...... books, dvd's, follow him on fb. I'm still learning to trim my own and am lucky enough to have a great mentor with my farrier.

I took a trim class from Casey and sons horseshoing in North GA a few years ago. It was very good and not very expensive.

Oh my god, you're in Georgia. Pete Ramey is the master. Hoofrehab.com

here is the site that i learned from,aside from reading all i could get my hands on the internet on the barefoot subject.this site will cover a lot of what is needed to know http://www.barefoothorse.com/barefoot_Trim.html

I started trimming my own gradually about 10 years ago. Started filling in between trims, turning the pasture trim into a barefoot trim . Pete Ramey is my favorite teacher and you won't go wrong watching his videos or reading his books. He's also very accessible and will answer questions

Check Pete Ramey, David Landreville pg.Good techniques.

If I may interject, I'm working with NetPosse. We keep up with all of this stuff. Debi Metcalfe is probably the leading expert in the field of finding lost, missing, or stolen horses in the nation-probably the world. Currently, there isn't a reliable TRANSMITTING way of tracking a loose horse. As all of you are well aware, battery life, dense foliage, blocking terrain or objects, satellite positions, strength of signal. Plus, horses notoriously are capable of shedding tack no matter what we do! There has been some research along this line-primarily with microchips. The current chips, of course, do not transmit. They wouldn't take you to the horse, but they do prove ownership once the horse is located.

Twenty bucks buys the chip, fifty buys the chip and two national registries (one time fee), and you can do it yourself. Just make sure to do the registrations. NetPosse.com and your purchase helps support us.

Molly Smith, it has a free cell phone app. You can set the Spot Tracker to ping every 5, 10, 15 minutes, and it uses Satellite technology -and I have the cell phone app to track it. This is what I got: http://www.amazon.com/SPOT-Trace-Theft-Alert-Tracking-Device/dp/B00GQ8WW4M/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1425002445&sr=1-3&keywords=spot+tracker

http://www.hoofrehab.com/ArticlesPDF/Timing%20 and%20Rate%20 of%20 skeletal%20 maturation%20 in%20Horses.pdf I have two both started late - one slow start at 4 and one at 5 - both are doing great and the 5 year old start is now 20 and still doing competitive 50's and I have a 75 planned for him.

I think that light riding for 10 - 20 minutes a few times a week is fine as along as you don't weigh too much. There is so much you can do at this age that won't hurt her. She can learn to ground drive, give to the bit, walk, trot, canter on verbal commands. I agree that staying off of a lot of circles is good but if you have an arena the circles can be big and you can go down the long side, but keep the sessions very short. Stay away from the Natural Horsemanship stuff that makes them turn quickly and sharply (but I don't advocate natural horsemanship stuff anyway). I do clicker training with my horses and there are so many things you can teach without straining her body but developing her mind and bond with you. Check out The Clicker Center and have fun with her.

Definitely come to PNER Green Beans, specifically for people new to endurance (and not necessarily horses) in the Pacific Northwest! https://www.facebook.com/groups/pnergreenbeans/?ref=bookmarks We love answering tons of questions and hooking people up with mentors and riding buddies in their area, etc. The larger group, not specific to newbies, is PNER, which stands for Pacific Northwest Endurance Riders. https://www.facebook.com/groups/pnerrocks/?ref=bookmarks And there's a website, too--www.pner.net. Welcome! (Where in Oregon are you?)

I used horsemotel.com for my trip from Virginia to Wyoming last summer. It has a nice map feature that I was able to use in planning selected stop-overs. Everything was set up ahead of time so that I knew how far I had to drive each day. FYI - July is local fair season, so you can't rely on fairgrounds being available, so be sure to call ahead of time. Another site of interest that I might use for my trip this summer is horsetrip.com. It has contacts that differ from the horsemotel site. Good luck, and safe travels!

Lucky you! I love Durango! Clear sunny days, great walking/biking path along the river to downtown/grocery shopping, dog friendly people (check out the animal shelter there), and great skiing and riding! Traveling I-40 is easy. I always stay in those cheap hotels with the room doors that open right to the outside and parking lots that accommodate big rigs. I haul a 4 horse stock with 2 horses so my steeds stay right in the trailer overnight. I get them out at rest areas to exercise them.

We pulled to Pagoda Springs from Chattanooga... our first night in Arkansas

Kathy Hall presented at PNER convention, I don't know where you live but it would be worth at least consulting her http://www.pnwequinelaw.com/

I don't get messenger. My cell is (859)338-0068

I have TurtleNeck's rain sheet as well as the flyturtle and mud turtle. Excellent quality and no shoulder rubs! http://www.turtleneck.biz/everything/rain-turtle-12.html

I second Schneider's blankets. sstack.com

I'm old enough to collect social security. The dvds are nice, and this guy has gotten bad reviews as he has gotten older; but his early books are simple and true. http://www.thriftbooks.com/w/lyons-on-horses_john---lyons_sinclair-browning/278803/?gclid=CjwKEAjw1 qHABRDU9 qaXs4 rtiS0SJADNzJis1Ns86 fNNfVs5 aRi1Y5Mkx2 utUxTCl9XhRsLo-YEJNxoCyk_w_wcB#isbn=038541398X&pcrid=70112894112&pkw=&pmt=&plc=

Ground drive the living day lights out of him. Get him used to anything and everything you expect him to deal with under saddle. Get three solid gaits on a lunge line both with and without a saddle. I "belly" them before I throw a leg over. I teach them stand by the mounting block and then lean my weight into the saddle. I'll hang over the side for a couple days and have someone lead them around for a couple minutes. Then I throw a leg over and again, have someone lead them. I keep the first several rides under 5min. Initially I do a whole lot of walking under saddle and practicing stop/go. I want the most solid of solid 'woahs' before I go asking for any speed. Nothing is worse than a horse that won't stop or is a PITA about being asked to stop! We then walk all over creation. I gradually ask for short bursts of trotting here and there. I like classical dressage, so the whole time my goal is teaching them to use themselves correctly to engage their core and really use their hind end. Over time we do more and more trotting and when they're working correctly there, we add some cantering. I do dressage work both in and outside an arena. For books, Lyons, Parelli in the early days (before hooking up with Linda), Buck Branneman, Dorrance brothers are all great. I like Parelli's 7 Games. It's all stuff horses should learn. I don't always love how they teach it exactly and I certainly don't subscribe to a lot of their philosophies these days, but it's a decent foundation done right. Done wrong and you create spoiled brats.

Clinton Anderson is good in my opinion and does a lot of focus on ground work

I really like Alois Podjasky's approach at The Spanish Riding School. It's very gentle and focused on showing the horse what you want rather than making him guess. I also like Buck Brannaman's teaching. Along with the recommendations for driving, I suggest ponying. My first young horse I had ponied off my old horse everywhere for a couple years. I also took her running with me, so she knew how to go ahead, left, right, be directed by her tail and one lead rope behind her. By the time I got on her, it was no big deal.

John Lyons on horses. His oldest book. Best ever.

Personally, I love Clinton Anderson for ground work. I spent 2 years doing his ground-work training with my then yearling before putting him under saddle at three. Fast forward 15 years later. My horse still remembers everything he was taught, even after sitting in a corral waiting for me to be done with pregnancies and newborns.. I can walk in the arena and he hooks on and does anything he is asked. Hours of round pen work in short fun doses!!! Have fun !

Storey's Guide to Training Horses by Heather Smith Thomas. Basic, simple advice that complements any other clinician. I'm a huge fan of the Dorrances, Hunt, and Brannaman but I keep her book on hand for simple straightforward advice when I need it.

Clinton Andersons Fundamental DVD set is gold.

Avenza Maps is an app for both iPhones and Android devices and work on Airplane mode which saves battery. You can mark your poi nt's like where your trailer is and get back to it. Very easy to use. It was a great tool at Moab this year.

Get one or more of these little guys and keep them in your saddle bags (fully charged) -- There are many different styles and types for under $20. This should give most phones a full charge, but at the least, enough to find your way home when your phone battery runs out. -- Also, like others, when riding with my GPS enabled, I would turn airplane mode on. If you need cell signal for phone/text, then at least turn mobile data off. http://a.co/c0HXghI

SPOT Gen3 Satellite GPS Messenger is popular with backpackers as it includes rescue functions & you can txt loved ones

Garmin Fore runner is great, you can even put your check points in before hand and the battery lasts for days. I have had mine for nearly 8 years

Julie Jackson-Biegert has a great location in Knoxville, to tell you about.

I always stayed at River Glen Equestrian Center in Knoxville. It's quiet, you can camp there or stay at a nearby hotel, affordable, and very friendly manager.

Big South Fork on the KY/TN border has several campgrounds. I rented a cabin here and used their stables and really enjoyed my stay. http://www.williamscreekcabins.com

Ruby Lingo. Hasnt hauled endurance horses but big name hunter/jumper, barrel horses, Olympic horses. She hauls for the pros., international horses flying in to houston etc. She is top notch. Amazing rig, amazing to deal with. I can put you in touch with her if you are interested.

Dannie Gilder. Always fair prices and horses arrive when he says they will. Excellent communication along the way

Was pretty happy with Equine Express on two occasions.

I've hauled the middle chunk of both routes and the southern is easier as far as mountain passes. We live in Eastern Oregon but are from Western Nebraska so that's the section I'm familiar with. There is a great rest stop at Rock Springs with a corral and water for horses. We stayed the night in Pocatello and stalled the horses at the Bannock Co Event Center. We live in La Grande, OR and could board them for the night here. PM me.

Leslie Phillips is chiro and acupuncture and is awesome!!! She's a vet so very knowledgeable...

Also thoroughly recommend Ghost, Marlene Moss from Badlands Equine stocks them in the US and offers demo saddles so you can try before you buy!

I just consigned a Freedom Saddle at Green Apple Equine in Ocala. It was custom built for a narrow, short backed horse. Endurance style with western fenders.

I been there a number of times and check out www.easyfitsaddles.com Happy to help you if in Ontario

From my own page: Off to holler bloody murder to the media: two rigs to evacuate Shelley and Don's horses were just turned away two miles from their destination by law enforcement claiming "horses are of no consequence compared to humans". WTF? Mares and foals are NOT out. Sterling Silver is one of 25 Shagya breeding stallions in the US, rare breed plus breedstock. Sparsley populated area.

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Eagle Ranch near Collins, MO is nice.