If you choose to breed - take care ;)

5 things ....
....you should ask yourself before you breed a foal or buy a youngster

1. Am i confident enough to be able to handle a young horse, and able to commit enough time to him?
2. Once he's fully grown, will we be well suited? A cute foal may soon turn into a boisterus 17hh four-year-old.
3. Have i got access to the right facilities, as well as the necessary experience, knowlege and common sense to bring on a young horse?
4. Have i got enough funds to support my youngster through his young years an pay for professional helb when it's needed?
5. Am i prepared to wait several years before i have a horse i can ride, hack and compete?

Look at this picture above. Should this really be the perfect dressage-horse of tomorrow? I hope not! Please dont use the rollkur and ride your horse in a natural straightening. Below you see the right and the wrong way.

Good example

Worse example

 

We ask for too much

What do we do to our horses? Are we asking for too much, because we derive benefit from them? I ask me this question as a friend told me about a horseman. The show horses have never seen a paddock. The reason: The horses are precious and the risk of injury is excessive. To balance that the horses leave the stable three times a day. Under the saddle and at the lunge. They haven’t the chance of moving free and have fun with their fellow species. Horses are sensitive beings which absolutely need contact to each other. Many live in social isolation, separated by wood and bars. Solitary confinement! Results are conduct disorder or sickness. At this point we should ask ourselves about the expectations to our horses. So please ask yourself constantly and do your best to keep your horse healthy and happy!

Callaho's Benicio

A dream of a horse. He's the winner oft the six-year old dressage horses at Bundeschampionat 2011 in Warendorf. He got a 10 fot trott and walk, 9 for canter an a 10 for general impression. "This is a horse to fall in love with", said judge commentator Christoph Hess.

Here you can see an short video of  "Benni" and his rider Anna Sophie Fiebelkorn at Gestüt Famos.
www.gestuet-famos.de

And Allah took a handful of southerly wind, blew his breath over it, and created the horse ~ Bedouin legend

Welcome

Hello and Howdy !! Welcome to my new blog HAY AND STRAW !!
In brief you will find all news about horse-riding, horses, equipment and so on. Best wishes  an yyyeeehhhhaaaawwww !! ;)