As a rodeo competitor, your attire is not merely a fashion statement but a crucial component of your performance and safety in the arena. The clothing and equipment you choose can significantly impact your comfort, mobility, and ability to communicate effectively with your horse during intense rodeo events.

Horses are herd animals and they evolved to cooperate in groups. Since they are also prey species their survival is based on alerting members of the herd. Throughout their evolution horses developed ways to communicate with each other.

Bodywork is a complementary therapy that helps address issues your animal is having. This may be joint pain, strained muscles, healing from injury, or disease. The goal of bodywork is to stimulate the cells and encourage circulation.

Animal athletes such as performance horses benefit greatly from bodywork along with training. In addition, it has many applications for pets.

Fly masks are an important part of your horse’s health. They protect the eyes from insects, pollen, and sunburn. Fly masks come in a variety of styles and sizes. It can be confusing to know which one to purchase. And they are not just for summer!

The days are getting longer and sunny. You are excited about the upcoming show season. These are the 10 essential steps that you need to complete before taking your horse anywhere.

Equine eye injuries are fairly common and should always be taken seriously. Vision is important to a horse and affects their behavior.

Horses are prone to eye problems in part because their eyes are large and located on the side of their head.

Cycloid Vibration Therapy (CVT) is a safe and easy treatment used on soft tissue injuries, sore muscles, and joints. The vibrations stimulate the musculoskeletal system increasing circulation and flexibility.

Animal bodywork practices are methods that treat problems in animals such as joint and muscle pain, soft tissue injuries, and anxiety. They are often termed complementary therapies because they are used to complement or work in conjunction with your veterinarian’s treatment.

Kinesiology taping provides support, stabilization and relieves swelling for your horse. By providing soft tissue manipulation the tape mimics a massage. How wonderful is that?

Ruminants have a more complex digestive system and need quality nutrition. Excel R8 will support your livestock’s overall health and have them ready for showing, breeding or just being a quality farm animal.

Your horse’s health is important. Horses need vitamin E to develop quality muscles and are especially important if your horse is active. This blog will help you decide if supplemental vitamin E is needed in your horse diet.

Coggins is actually a test. Every year along with your annual vaccinations your horse should receive a Coggins test. This test draws blood which is examined for the disease Equine Infectious Anemia.

Ready to take trail riding one step further? Endurance riding is a fun bonding activity that you can do with your horse. Exploring beautiful trails and sleeping under the stars is a wonderful experience.