It's that time of year again! There are only a few days left until Christmas... keep your horse in mind and treat him well with a homemade horsey treat.
Better yet, make a whole bunch and share with everyone at the barn! These are easy to bake and horse approved.
Ingredients:
1 cup molasses
1 cup oats or sweetfeed
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup salt
Preheat oven to 350F, grease a cookie sheet.
Mix ingredients in a bowl, form balls and place the balls of dough on the sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
Try adding shredded carrots and mashed up apples for a bit of extra juicy flavor!
Horses really enjoy this sticky but delicious treat!
Let us know how they turn out!
Horse Listening – Book 2: Forward and Round to Training Success
Stop printing off the articles! Your favorite training articles are compiled in this beautifully bound paperback book. Have everything at your fingertips - this book can be taken to the barn as a quick refresher or leisurely read at home.
Signed Author Copies available - perfect gifts!From the book:
"Regardless of discipline, what would be the most significant effect a rider would want to have on her horse?
We all want our horses to improve in their athletic
development, skill acquisition and connectedness. Much of our rider development and training efforts go into working toward our show or personal goals....
But the best riders aspire to do one essential thing each and every day, regardless of goals and lesson plans: they work hard to improve their horse’s way of going.
Because proper balance and weight carriage is essential to a horse’s longevity. Each and every minute of each and every ride has the potential to contribute to your horse’s health and well-being.
Or not."
Just as with all the Horse Listening Collection Books, this book is focused on helping the rider improve for the sake of the horse. But this book goes deeper into the best training articles from the blog - horse-centered theory, strategies and ideas you can try with your own horse.
The book begins with the horse's hind end (!), considers the horse's back, moves on to rider development, and fills it all in with the fundamentals of horse riding so your horse can be:
happier in his bodyhappier in his "work"better balanced all-aroundAvailable as an eBook or paperback.