Guest Posts Category

Home At Last Sanctuary

I’ll always be interested in helping promote those who do good things for horses and almost any rescue or sanctuary falls under that category. This week I’m pleased to present a guest post by Donna over at the Home At Last Sanctuary about their establishment.

Jim & Donna Jim and I are retired educators and we both faced and survived life threatening issues- breast cancer for me and a terrible auto accident for Jim. In 2004 to celebrate our recoveries we decided to get a mule. We had horses in our younger days, but it had been over 20 years since we had them.

How We Started

We found a mule- May Belle- at The Sunshine Sanctuary in Los Molinas CA. When May Belle arrive she came with two surprises- Jessie, another mule, and Sweet, a Kiger mustang. We were thrilled. Within a few weeks we started getting calls about taking old, injured or unwanted horses.
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Mangalarga Marchador – Brazils National Horse

A guest post by Lynn Kelly over at Summerwind Marchadors about the National Horse of Brazil. Be sure to follow her on twitter @swmarchador

Mangalarga Marchador

Image from Mangalarga Marchador Gallery

The Mangalarga Marchador is Brazil’s National Horse, first developed in the 1740’s from ancient Iberian stock crossed with Barb and Jennet horses.

Clearly Canadian

A guest post from Monica Culic, B.CS over at Canadian Horse Breeders, be sure to check out her website to learn more about the beautiful Canadian Horse.

Canadian Horse

Image credit Monica Culic

A Brief History

Once the finest stable horses of King Louis XIV, then used by Canada’s pioneers as partners in building the country in the 1700s, rumoured that Justin Morgan’s stallion, his namesake was indeed one, the Canadian Horse or Le Cheval Canadien, is Canada’s true yet little known National breed.
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Horse Shoeing & Lameness – Why Your Horse is At Risk

It is my pleasure to announce my very first guest post. Thanks to John over at Care 4 Horses for taking the time to put it together and share his knowledge with us

Farrier Tools Ever worry about lameness to your horse? You should, let me explain why.

Keeping Them Sound

I’m a Farrier in the Bay Area, California for 18 years now; my claim to fame is I haven’t had one single lame horse due to my method of shoeing during those 18 years.

When I graduated horseshoeing school even though I graduated at the top of the class when I walked out the doors I knew (I could just feel it) there was something seriously missing in the education I got there. The school I attended is noted as the “Best in the World”.
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