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Smiths feel horsemanship more about teaching, not training
SALMON, Idaho - Spring’s not far off. Soon it will be time to saddle up old Bud and start logging in some riding time. But, before you begin any serious training or riding, no matter how old or gentle your horse is, it might be a good idea to spend time reviewing his ground manners, especially if your horse has been basically turned out for the past several months. Horses are creatures of habit and if they haven’t been handled for a while, their manners can be rusty. In fact, don’t be surprised if your horse is hard to catch the first few times. Just like us, they can be reluctant to go back to work. So don’t get upset, just be prepared to spend a little more time at the barn than you normally would.
SALMON, Idaho - Ever had one of those days when you went to the barn after a rough day and all you wanted to do was go for a quiet, relaxing ride, but instead, right from the start, everything went wrong. Your horse didn’t want to be caught. He danced around as you tacked him up, then was just defiant when you finally got on and you had give him an “attitude” adjustment? We all have days like this, but many times, the one needing the “adjustment” isn’t the horse, but the human. Horses are extremely sensitive creatures and masters at tuning into minute changes in the human body, attitudes and emotions. Changes that are so small the person himself may not realize there is something different.
THERMOPOLIS, Wyo. - Bill Smith is back from Texas where he held a seminar at Lyle Lovett's ranch and started a dozen of Lovett's colts. Now he is working on getting his own horses ready for their spring sale.
BROOKINGS, S.D. - For every 10 degrees the temperature drops below 32 degrees, horse owners will need to feed an additional 2.5 pounds of high-quality feed.
DAYTON, Ore. (AP) - Just outside Dayton, on the edge of a 125-acre dairy farm, sits Art and Ann Hop's house. But it's not the dark green farmhouse where the two spend most of their time. It's the large RV parked in the gravel driveway in which the couple spend nine months out of the year, traveling to rodeos all across the west.
SALMON, Idaho- Kicking off the New Year, about 15 riders gathered at the WTRRA arena in Salmon, ID, on New Year’s Eve for a game of horse soccer. The game is much like the human version except in horse soccer; the horses either shove the ball with their front legs or nudge it with their noses to the designated goals.
SALMON, Idaho- Being the center of attention isn’t unusual for Tater Tot, a 31-inch tall Miniature Horse who’s a part of Salmon, Idaho’s, Discovery Care Center’s pet therapy program. Wherever Tater goes, the little palomino and white horse attracts attention, whether visiting residents at the Care Center, entertaining youngsters at the Child Development Center or pulling his cart down Main Street during the annual Salmon River Days Parade. Almost everyone in town knows him, as he’s one of Salmon’s biggest celebrities. As a therapeutic equine with the Whitewater Therapeutic and Recreational Riding Association (WTRRA), Tater who, has been visiting the Care Center for over 14 years, is also a pioneer in his field, as he’s one of the first equines to actually go into a care center and make bedside visits with the residents.