By Marc de Jong / Published on April 27th, 2008 / Animals
The cat backs up to the door, lifts the tail and releases a fine spray of urine. Yes, your cat is spraying. You have a problem. But one you can solve.Figures from the British Association of Pet [..]
By Kathy Burns / Published on April 26th, 2008 / Animals
Pet Boxers, although low-maintenance, require your consistent attention, exercise, human interaction, consistent obedience training and lots of love. You cannot leave them to their own design for [..]
By Kathy Burns / Published on April 25th, 2008 / Animals
How Boxers Work With the FamilyBoxers are very family-oriented and always love to be around people. Treat them as family members. Never underestimate their need for human companionship, which is [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 24th, 2008 / Animals
To the uninitiated horse owner, there are timely facts about horses they should know. In fact, when someone first gets a horse these timely facts should be studied and learned. These timely facts [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 22th, 2008 / Animals
Horse training is an art. But it also has rules that govern how to work with and train a horse. For instance, when you're training a horse to do something, you don't want to drill him with it so [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 21th, 2008 / Animals
Picture this. You go to pet your horse and he bites at you - and he does this constantly. Why? Here's another one. You timidly ride your horse hoping he won't get so spooked over the littlest [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 20th, 2008 / Animals
Imagine being on a horse and he bolts. You pull those reins to slow him down but it’s no use. He resists and the fence posts go whizzing by you as you panic and pray he doesn’t shift his [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 19th, 2008 / Animals
It’s been weeks since you went riding. Now you have time to ride this afternoon and there ain’t no one gonna stop you. Excited, you saddle up your horse and get on him. You get about 50 feet from [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 18th, 2008 / Animals
Horse training can be a relatively mysterious subject to people who have not studied it. Even more mysterious is a behavioral problem a horse has that causes his owner stress and frustration. [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 17th, 2008 / Animals
I’ve been around many people who try to lead a horse by controlling their head with a lead rope. They end up pulling or jerking the lead rope and the horse will typically pull back or push around [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 16th, 2008 / Animals
Horse owners who are history buffs may recognize the name Jesse Beery. Beery was an enormously famous horse trainer from the 1800's and early 1900's. He learned to train horses at a very young [..]
By Andy Cirru / Published on April 15th, 2008 / Animals
In the animal kingdom there is a pecking order. Richard Shrake points out that it’s a lot like the military. He ranks in the pecking order go from General down to Private. The General will get [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 14th, 2008 / Animals
If there is an art to getting horses to load in a trailer, then this it. The first thing that must happen is communication between the horse and his handler. The horse must understand what is [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 13th, 2008 / Animals
I get a lot of horse training questions about stopping a horse from kicking. The kicking habits of these horses range from the horse kicking at virtually anyone to kicking at only the husbands. [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 12th, 2008 / Animals
There is a dangerous problem that horse owners should be very aware of. It’s when a horse stands up on his back legs. It’s called “rearing.” This problem can be quite dangerous and cause severe [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 11th, 2008 / Animals
If your life is so busy you literally only have a minute or two a day to spend with your horse, then here are 5 smart training tips you can use to keep your horse "tuned up" when you have just [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 10th, 2008 / Animals
Picture this. You're late for work one day. You look at your watch and notice you have about three minutes to feed your horse before you have to leave. Plus, it seems to worsen every day. You [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 9th, 2008 / Animals
As you likely know already, horses have at least 10 times our strength. If they also had our intelligence, they would probably be riding us humans. Fortunately, horses cannot reason like human [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 7th, 2008 / Animals
Some people have horses they don’t dare tie. Why? Because they break their halters and/or crossties. So what is a person to do in their horse training practices?My first suggestion is to get a [..]
By Andy Curry / Published on April 6th, 2008 / Animals
There are lots of ways a horse can go lame. Perhaps the most common cause of lameness is a result of Navicular Syndrome. The fortunate thing is that it can be treated where the horse gets [..]
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