General Horse Health and Care

• Deb Bennett, Ph.D., of the Equine Studies Institute, has a marvelous web site with lots of information about conformation with excellent illustrations. "Dr. Deb" also presents her philosophy of riding, which makes for interesting reading. Definitely worth a visit if only for the equine anatomy lessons. You can also purchase her books there. http://www.equinestudies.org/



• Here is probably the largest collection of links to equine veterinary sites on the net. http://www.haynet.net/Veterinary_Resources/



• And here is the largest site on the 'net about farriery science. It has several different bulletin boards where farriers will answer owners' questions about hoof problems, as well as a wealth of articles to read. http://www.horseshoes.com/



• Jaime Jackson observed horses in the wild for many years, and especially their feet. He has a method of trimming for domestics derived from his studies that is taking the horse world by storm. Learn more about his ideas on the Natural Horse and hoof trimming at his site. http://www.alltel.net/~star/



• Dr. Hiltrud Strasser (veterinarian) has done extensive research and practical work with laminitis, founder and navicular using a trim similar to Jaime Jackson's. Her book, A Lifetime of Soundness, has influenced many vets and farriers as well as owners around the world. It's not unusual to see even Grand Prix show jumpers in Europe wearing boots instead of shoes. She advocates keeping horses shoeless their entire lives, and this site has an amazing array of information, documentation, photos and x-rays. You'll learn a lot here! http://members.screenz.com/gretchenfathauer/



• An excellent description with illustration of how the horse's gut works. http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/AS/AS-429.html



• A bit of this and that, from tying up, selecting hay, to feeding of beet pulp, from an endurance rider and equine nutritionalist. http://www.shady-acres.com/susan/index.shtml



• Plants toxic to horses, from North Carolina. http://burke.ces.state.nc.us/pubs/horse/toxic.shtml



• University of Pennsylvania with information on equine parasites (and some really nasty pictures!) http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/parasit/horse/indexhorse.html



• Cherry Hill has written a number of books on horse health care and training. She has a web site with some articles selected from those books, and it's a good place to browse around and learn something. http://www.webaccess.net/~cherryhillbooks/INFOtopics.htm Check it often, as she is always adding something new.



• Serenity Equine - Virginia's Equine Transitional Care Facility Utilizing Advanced Laminitis Techniques. Interesting information on lamainitis techniques used at this advanced hospital in central Virginia. A good explanation with lots of pictures of founder. http://www.serenityequine.com

Horse Training and Gentling

• Here is one of the best all around horse training sites on the 'net. It covers all kinds of training problems, domestics to mustangs, little bitty guys to draft horses, all using humane, "least resistance" methods and explained in plain language with lots of (fast loading) photos. http://www.kbrhorse.net



• Ever curious about the first treatise ever written about horsemanship? Here it is complete, on the 'net! Xenophon's On the Art of Horsemanship. Xenophon was a Greek born around 430 B.C. to a family of knights; he fought as a cavalry soldier and officer in many wars, and valued a well trained mount. He wrote an amazingly humane tract on training horses that holds up well even today. Here it is: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookup=xen.+horse.+1.1&vers=english .



• Heard of clicker training for horses? Boy, does it work! Here's a great site: http://www.angelfire.com/az/clickryder/home.html



• This site is a wonderful account of gentling a wild mare, presented chapter by chapter. http://www.horseweb.com/articles/gentling/index.htm



• The Trail Less Travelled -- a great website for natural horsemanship. It has a print magazine as well as the website (which publishes one article from the magazine each month).
  
  
• For those interested in buying a Thoroughbred off the race track, here is a one page collection of tips that may help. For more information, there is a book called Reschooling the Race Horse that may be valuable. http://www.rerun.org/onyourown.html
  
  
• Here's a place to purchase training books and videos: http://www.roundpen.com/

Trainers

• Mark Atwood has been a clinician at both of the Wild Horse Workshops to date and is scheduled for the November, 2000, one as well. He is a solid wild horse trainer, and just building his website where he will have links to good wild horse trainers across the country. He's located in Knoxville, Tennessee. http://www.markatwood.com



• Frank Bell http://www.horsewhisperer.com/ also a Wild Horse Workshop clinician who had solid results with wild horses.
  
  
• Buck Brannaman's site: http://www.brannaman.com/
-- check out his excellent tapes.


• Brad Cameron - specializes in mules as well as horses http://www.muletrainer.com/
  
  
• Peter Campbell http://www.willingpartners.com/
  
  
• Barry Cox http://www.barrycox.com/
  
  
• Chris Cox http://www.chriscox.com/
  
  
• Denstar Farms -- a wonderful Kentucky farm run by Robert Denlinger, a trainer experienced with difficult or wild horses, as well as draft horses. Robert was a clinician at the 1999 Wild Horse Workshop, where he impressed everyone there, including the horses. He'll be at WHW'2000 too.
  
  
• Leslie Desmond http://www.lesliedesmond.com/ -- one heck of a good mustang gentler and trainer in general.
  
  
• Kenny Harlow http://www.kennyharlow.com/
  
  
• Ray Hunt http://www.rayhunt.com/
  
  
• Gail Ivey http://www.epcomm.com/gisoh/
  
  
• Mark Rashid http://www.frii.com/%7Erockin5r/
  
  
• Dennis Reis http://www.reisranch.com/
  
  

Mustangs and Burros

• The central information site for the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro program is http://www.blm.gov/whb/



• Their section on adoption information is here - http://www.blm.gov/whb/adpinfo.html



• The Virginia Range wild horses and ponies information site is http://www.vrwpa.org/



• An interesting Canadian wild horses site: http://browser.to/thelastwildhorses



• Least Resistance Training Concepts Wild Horse Mentors is a group of volunteers who help adopters who need assistance in gentling their newly adopted horses or burros from the BLM. They also hold workshops in various training and gentling methods. http://www.whmentors.org/



• Lifesavers, a Lancaster, California, wild horse rescue. Does good work and offers occasional clinics. http://www.wildhorserescue.org/

• How to Fit a Saddle, from Courbette http://www.courbette.com/infos/howtofitasaddle.html



• Fitting both English and Western Saddles http://www.silver-and-leather.com/saddleguides.htm



• Fitting a Saddle from The Horse http://www.thehorse.com/0598/saddle_fit0598.html



• Saddle Fit - I wrote this article for Florida Wild Horses and Burros Association http://www.flwildhorse.org/saddlefit.html



• Caring for a Saddle, from Courbette http://www.courbette.com/infos/saddlecare.html(You get the idea I think saddle fit is important? Heck it's one of THE most important things you can do for your horse. And remember that your horse's back will change shape as he gains or loses muscle and/or fat, and as he grows up and then ages.)



• Jessica Jahiel - Horse-sense Newsletter Archives. Some interesting information from a long time horsewoman answering questions from her readers. http://www.prairienet.org/horse-sense/newest.htm



• The Rec.Equestrian FAQs, an eclectic collection of equine information from health to gaits and more. Interesting to browse through. http://www.horse-country.com/faqs/index.html

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