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Decorate Your Barn!
Get Thrifty With Your Holiday Decorating Story and Photos by Aliena Hook Whether you’re at a boarding facility or keep your horses at home, decorating the barn is a great way for you and your...
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Learn on the Road
Combine Your Equine Education and Vacation by Kim Roe There’s a hot trend in equine education and travel: combine them! Opportunities can be found worldwide, but some of the best training and...
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The Best Presents are Free
The Gift of Time Brings Joy in Any Season by Kim Roe Animal care is a generous gift for horse owners. Photo courtesy Kim Roe Sometimes the holidays are overwhelming. We want to give presents that...
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January 2018 Digital Edition is HERE!
January 2018 Cover Story: David Lichman and His Liberty Horses Featured at Washington State Horse Expo Feature Story: Buying a Horse? 9 Tips for a Successful Match Trainer’s Corner: Control Your Hands...
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Double Trouble in the Fall
Seasonal Risk Factors for Laminitis by Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D. Laminitis is inflammation of sensitive layers of tissue (laminae) inside the hoof in horses and other animals. Horses are more likely to...
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Buying Your Dream Horse
9 Ways to Riefine Your Search by Kim Roe Photo courtesy Katrina Carabba The dream has become a reality. Lists have been made and double-checked. You’re spending hours looking at horse ads, emailing...
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February 2018 Digital Edition is HERE!
February 2018 Cover Story: Natural Herbs by Chava Naturals Feature Story: Apartment Barns Trainer’s Corner: Thinking of a Mustang? (New Trainer!) Small Farm Makeover: Traveling with Horses? Trail...
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Ionophore Toxicosis
Poison in Your Feed Bag by Kim Roe Photo courtesy Kim Roe One of the joys of horse ownership is pouring grain or concentrates into a bucket and offering it to a happy horse. Concentrates provide our...
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March 2018 Digital Edition is HERE!
March 2018 Cover Story: Northwest Horse Fair and Expo – Celebrate the Spirit of the Horse! Farm Design Competition – Win $3000 for Farm Improvements! Feature: Reduce Your Farm’s Environmental Impact...
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Apartment Barns
Next Level Equestrian Living by Dustin Gruetter Photo courtesy DC Structures Caring for horses is a labor of love, but the time and resource investment can be tiring. Whether it’s driving back and...
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Is Saving for Retirement a Pipe Dream?
Financial Planning for Equine Professionals by Jeff Kauffman, Investment Advisor ©pinkomelel-stock.adobe.com Are you a small business owner? Does the thought of not having enough for retirement...
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Reduce Your Farm’s Environmental Impact
Tips for a Greener Barn and Farm by Dustin Gruetter Photo courtesy DC Structures When it comes to your land and animals, perhaps you’ve wondered if there are things you can do to lighten your...
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Make the Most of Manure
Two Spreader Options Compared One reality we all face on our horse properties is manure – and lots of it. We know we need to construct manure composting bins, but then what? How do we get the compost...
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Decorate Your Barn!
Get Thrifty With Your Holiday Decorating Story and Photos by Aliena Hook Whether you’re at a boarding facility or keep your horses at home, decorating the barn is a great way for you and your...
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Consider Your Options: To Shoe or Not
Handy Hoof Hints #1 By Carole Herder History Lesson Horses were first shod with metal shoes 1500 years ago when they were captured for use in battle. The confined horse’s hoof was weakened by a fetid...
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Easy on the Hooves: The Importance of Arena Footing
By Dustin Gruetter, President and Founder of DC Structures Photo credit DC Structures Arena footing—seems easy enough, right? Decisions surrounding the footing you choose for your riding arena are a...
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An Interview with Kerri Kent
Kerrits Founder Designs Clothes for All Women By Kim Roe from an interview by Karen Pickering Photo credit Kerri Kent In the little town of Bingen, WA (population 712) you can find something truly...
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July 2018 Issue IS HERE!
July 2018 Cover Story: Grant County Fairgrounds – A Superior Equine Events Facility Feature Story: The Qualities of a Performance Horse Feature Story: Keep Your Performance Horse Sound Willfully...
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The Qualities of a Good Performance Horse
What Makes a Top Prospect? By Kim Roe What is a performance horse and what makes him different from any other horse? Performance horses are horses that accomplish something and have the ability to...
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Preventing Injury in Performance Horses
Multiple Therapies Keep Hard-Working Horses Going Strong By Theresa Rice Performance horses are true athletes in their disciplines. Whether you’re training and maintaining that athlete yourself or...
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