Tennessee Walkers are not only extremely willing to please but extremely versatile -- they are a wonderfully dispositioned all-around horse. Some have shown in hunter/jumper, dressage, and they do great at Team Penning. Bear in mind, that if you want to go clear to the top with exceptional performances, stick with the breeds that are best known for that. TWH's excel on the trail. I own three -- point them and they go. In terms of riding. If you want to show hopefully you can find a QUALIFIED

I see you're in West Virginia, do you have access to Triple Crown feeds? They have a Lite and a Low Starch feed that are great. The Lite is fed by many folks with insulin resistant horses - I always hear glowing reports about it. I have an insulin resistant horse but the nearest Triple Crown dealer to me is 90 miles away; that is why I feed rice bran. I really do live in a "Good Ole Boy" area that refuses to let Triple Crown come in. It's either Purina, Co-op brand, TSC brand, or

I gotta say this seems to be the major year for abscesses, soft soles and serious WLD (white line disease). I will stand corrected, but it seems the bulk of the horses who have suffered these issues are out 24/7. There's not one thing wrong with that except when it's been raining almost non-stop and their hooves don't have a chance to dry out where the soft soles and white line are concerned. My four come in every night which gives their hooves a chance to dry. I also carefully pick hooves

Great advice already given. I have a horse that would be exactly like yours if I didn't give him corrections, to one degree or another, nearly every day of the week. He is a pushy horse by nature. I have owned horses 50 of my 62 years and this fella has been whapped more times than all my other Keeper horses put together. There are times when children need a hand connected hard to their bee-hind and it's the same with an 1,100 pound horse. Doesn't mean the horse needs the skin beat off

[quote user="Brittany"] [quote user="txspots"] Didn't you say he's been getting worse consistently? It started showing before now, it's just that it's finally gotten bad enough for you to question it. [/quote] True. Hes tried to test me before but I've proven to him(then) that I'm boss & what I say goes. He is consistently getting worse but he is inconsistent on what he will & will not do on different days.. [/quote] You also commented: " His

Here's a couple links for you to look at. http://www.crestridgesaddlery.com/html/gaited_horse_saddles.html I own one of these for my TWH that is built like a QH and like it. Mine is leather & synthetic and light weight. This is the Allegheny Mountain trail saddle. I've heard good reviews on the gaited horse forum I belong to, but I don't know anything about them. http://trailridingsaddles.com/ Another good saddle for gaited horses are the OLD Orthoflexes. They went thru an organizational

I have rescued a handful of horses over my lifetime. My current rescue is a registered Arabian who now 23-1/2 years old. He was a head attached to a skeleton when I rescued him as 7 year old. It also didn't take me long to find out he also had an injured vertebra, which meant I could never ride for the type of trail riding I used to do. He ended up being a lesson horse for children 12 and under and if they weighed less than 100 pounds. He is the absolute best babies and toddlers babysitter I

Nupe ---- not at all. Sounds like a big lack of common sense on the visitor's part

"they" shouldn't be cleaned too often or the good bacteria will be destroyed. I have had a lot more cleaning issues with my geldings since we moved to Middle Tennessee with all this high heat and humidity. I check all of them for beans every 4-6 weeks and will remove those and just clean everyone out with a damp cloth but not that thorough. I know when it's time to go bean hunting because anyone of them will start dropping and stay dropped - something that is not normal for any

[quote user="txspots"] Personally I've not had any real luck with any of the herbal remedies or supplements. Wish I could say I have, but unfortunately, I haven't. This is strictly my opinion, but they just seemed like a waste of money to me. I think the only "green" thing I've used that has worked well is the fly predators. [/quote] I have heard this about 50% of the time. I think maybe the remedies only work if the horse needs them in the first place While I do subscribe