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Coquelle Trails: Scientific Transparency & Public Lands Management presented by Bob Zybach
The theme of his talk was to discuss scientific and political “transparency” in this age of Internet communications – and to use the recently completed website report, Oregon Websites and Watershed Project’s (ORWW) “Coquelle Trails,” as a model and framework …
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What To Do About Problem Customers
No doubt the majority of your customers are pleasant, reasonable folks who gladly pay you for your services. They enjoy the time …
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A horse in Flathead County (Montana) has been diagnosed with the neurological form Equine herpesvirus (EHV1) after developing clinical signs of the disease.
Based upon the travel history of the animal and the incubation period of the disease, the horse was likely exposed at an event in Ravalli County earlier this month. The Department of …
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In past articles, we have looked at axioms of Classical Dressage. Here is a very important one, ‘ride back to front.’ All too often, we see dressage horses who are pulled together with the hand. These horses may appear ‘round’ …
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We have to mount and dismount every time we ride but rarely do we think about, much less practice, getting on and off the horse. There is a lot of fear, miscommunication, and poor technique when it comes to these basic skills. Pay attention to what …
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Karen Hanson of Hanson Farms just update their business info in the Horse Travel Resources and Training & Instruction sections of CentralOregonTrailHorse.com’s Business Directory.
Hay Stack Horse Motel at Hanson Hay Farm LLC Located in Central Oregon. 12 miles south of …
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Stef Perkins of Bend Equine Solutions just added her business to our Resource/Business Directory. Stef is an Equine Partnership Coach. All of her work utilizes a coaching model to guide her clients to gain results through relationship with the horse. She is available to work with you on your farm in Central …
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My partner is tree guy, not a horse person. But he is interested in dressage and asked me one morning at breakfast, “So when you are riding, doing like a half pass or something, are you telling the horse every …
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To use Mention Tagging in a post, use the @ symbol before the name of a person, business or …
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What happens when you ride your horse and give with the inside rein? Next time you ride, try it out. At any gait, establish contact and softness and then reach your inside hand forward towards his ears to release pressure. …
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It is well known that horses show symptoms of stress when ridden but relatively little attention has been paid to the effects on their riders. This is surprising, as equestrian sports rely on the close cooperation between the animals and their riders. How does the horse-rider team cope with the stress involved in competing in …
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CORVALLIS – A horse from Eastern Oregon that was referred to Oregon State University’s veterinary teaching hospital because of illness has been diagnosed with equine influenza virus, a highly contagious respiratory disease in horses that typically is not fatal.
The 4-year-old quarterhorse mare, which recently arrived in Oregon from Texas, has …
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Too often with dressage training and horse training in general, methods are forced upon the animals without attention being paid to what the animal is thinking. Horses will often submit to pressures but never fully understand what they are supposed …
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