Lighthoof: Designing a Horse Friendly Farm, Part 4: The Social Lives of Horses
Equine social structures and a horse’s social needs can be pretty complex, but designing your farm to take your horse’s social life into consideration doesn’t have to be. Kelly Munro of Lighthoof has the details.
Tuesday Video: Time For the Chase Scene
We don’t normally recommend chasing down your loose pony with a motor scooter, but in a high-traffic area, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Video: Lemme Lend You a Hoof
It’s every horse owner’s dream come true: a steed that actually helps with the barn chores. Well, sort of.
Proposed Changes to Model Veterinary Practice Act Could Impact Farrier Industry
The elimination of a farrier exemption from the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Model Veterinary Practice Act could have far-reaching implications for the farrier industry. We’ve got the details.
‘Oh Crap’ Monday: In-Hand Edition
Monday is already the crappiest day of the week, so it only makes sense that we make things official. Here’s our latest “oh crap” video.
SmartPak Monday Morning Feed: Have You Taken the Horse Health Challenge Yet?
Learn about multiple aspects of horse care, earn special offers and enter for a chance to win a $1,500 prize package, all from SmartPak? Sounds like a win-win-win!
Kentucky Performance Products: Soaking Hay
Soaking hay can reduce the amount of sugar, but it can also reduce the amount of important minerals and calories. Kentucky Performance Products has the scoop.
Best of JN: Texts From the Horse Show Husband
I have chronicled several of my husband, Wayne’s, ventures into “horse show husbandry” on Horse Nation. First there was the How to Train Your Horse Show Spouse series, where Wayne navigated the waters of horse showing one step at a time.
Then there was our first anniversary, where Wayne ever so lovingly allowed me to pick the destination: The Kentucky 3-Day Event. And who can forget the time I let Wayne take the reins (metaphorically, not literally) and write up his own thoughts on being a horse husband in “10 Scary Things I Have Said to My Horse Show Husband.”
There isn’t a day in our life together that we don’t get to laugh at the expense of one another over horse related topics. It isn’t uncommon for me to receive a fairly entertaining text message that I may or may not screenshot and send out to my horsey friends for our giggle of the day. That’s when it hit me.
I have a treasure trove of content right at my fingertips.
So I present to you, good people of Jumper Nation, actual texts from the horse show husband himself. Bless his soul.
1) The Donkey Endeavor
2) Out of Order
3) Dear SmartPak, You Are Like the Third Person in Our Marriage
4) The Dream Birthday Present
5) You Broke Your Calculator
6) Wayne is Psychic
7) Press 1 for English
Go Horse Show Husbands!