Horses Get Dementia Too?!

Almost May already and, as always at this time of the year, I was duly taken out into the garden by the better half to be briefed on the changes she expects over the winter gardening period. I won't bore you with the list since it covers a whole A4 page but it looks like I'm going to be busy!!

I never thought about the prospect of dementia in elderly horses but it happens! Here's an interesting article from Equisearch on caring for the condition
http://tinyurl.com/43ukpu

The Perfect Stop For Your Horse. How to master your stopping cues to stay in-sync with your horse, and up your chances of a 'dynamite' showmanship pattern.
http://tinyurl.com/4um8tj

My UK friend Roger Bourdon has just published the final part of his series on 'Training To Load' your horse. The programmes come from a new dvd from Sue Gardner in the UK and if any of you would like further details just drop me a reply and I'll send them to you.
http://www.anyhorsebackriding.com/myblog/

Here's a great article from Karen Briggs on Horse.com on whether you can influence hoof growth and what form that might take. Incidentally, if you haven't registered for this site then you really should. It costs nothing and it's a mine of info for horse lovers.
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=3297

Before you decide on signing up for horse training classes, ask yourself the following questions to determine whether this is the right track for you - from Heidi Edris http://articlepower.org/blog/?p=15398

Looks like sunshine for the next week - don't forget to rug the horses for the cold nights though!