Naturalist, adventurer, actor, activist, environmentalist, and horse-trainer are just some of the words to describe “Naked And Afraid XL” star Jake Nodar. Having an obsession with horses since childhood, when he moved with his parents to a small farm when he was 18 it was only natural that the first thing Jake would do was…
Horses have proven to have a healing power that humans are incapable of imaging. The crucial role that horses played in the rise of Temple Grandin from an autistic youngster to a professor of animal science at Colorado State University is the perfect example of what has just been said. A paper published in the…
According to a scientific publication, a horse cannot comfortably carry more than 10 percent of its own weight, which means more than 80% of people cannot ride horses. However, public opinion tends to disagree with this and so do we. According to The US Cavalry Manual of Horse Management (1941), a horse should not carry…
The archaeological findings related to horses have been very successful during the last 10 years. Did you know that 10 years ago an international team of archeologists has discovered the earliest known traces to date of horse domestication by humans, dating back to 5500 years? What about the Equidae family, first appearing 55 million years…
Shanking is the practice of jerking violently on the lead line of the horse, often with a chain under its chin. The US Equestrian Federation has been blamed to have allowed whip use for the horses, The protest centered around the US Arabian and Half-Arabian National Championship Horse Show, with allegations that abusive correction techniques,…
Morgan, a 20-year old horse was overweight, hence the owner was advised to put him on a restricted diet to help him lose weight; his vet was concerned about a metabolic disease of the horse and by saying that, the diet was very needed. The owner stopped giving his horse beet pulp and senior feed…
Britain leaving the EU is one of the hottest topics of the last two years. When people talk about Brexit, the conversations lean towards the negative effects of such agreement, but when it comes to the Equine industry, it can be a positive thing. Britain leaving the EU could be “an opportunity to make things…
We know that horses are typically very tender animals, but sometimes they can be dangerous to the extent of risking people’s life. However, the example in the video is not that drastic of a case. What you are going to watch is a cyclist who tries to get close to the horse and pamper it,…
We have constantly talked about the incredible connection that a dog and a horse might have and yes, it is time for another story of this kind. Dally, a six-year-old Jack Russell Terrier from Washington State, and his pal Spanky, a seven-year-old miniature horse, were rescued by horse trainer Francesca Carson and have worked together…
The horses are considered to be very smart animals, but the one in this video is the horse version of Albert Einstein. In the beginning, the owner asks her horse to give the jury a big smile and so he does. Right after, his owner ties a handkerchief on his front leg and he unties…