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From MyHorse.com:
Are the trails where you ride in danger of being developed? Consider forming a trail-preservation club with your riding buddies. Having an official name, website, and an army of help can facilitate a dialogue with your local government authorities about sponsoring and maintaining the trails you frequent.
Post fliers for an initial club meeting at your favorite trailheads and/or in your area’s tack and feed stores, with the owners’ permission. Send meeting dates and times to your regional horse publication for its community-events section. You’ll find out just how many people are using the trails you’d like to save.
After you’ve assembled a core group, find out how you can help conserve trails by contacting your state’s horse council, your county extension office, and the Equestrian Land Conservation Resource (815/858-3501; www.elcr.org).
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Industry News
(6/19/2008)
A three-day event will be held Oct. 24-26 in Sedalia, Mo. that is geared toward women involved in the horse industry. The event is a celebration of Women and Horses. It is aimed at horsewomen, whether they are first-time horse owners, long-time horse owners, horse enthusiasts, professional horsewomen or horse-related business owners.
The concept for this event came out of the Women and Horses Mind, Spirit and Body seminars that are conducted by Cheryl Childs and her staff. The seminars deal with assisting women in overcoming fears and bad experiences that may be stopping them from enjoying their horses.
“It’s about how women relate differently to their horses, and to problems with their horses, than most men do,” Childs explained. Out of that came the concept for an event aimed at horsewomen.
“Women are just going crazy over this event,” said Childs, owner of New Visions Marketing & Promotions, an equine advertising/marketing business that is co-producing the event. “We are getting calls from all over the country from women wanting to attend, participate and be vendors,” she said. “We have had women call and say they heard about the event while they were riding with friends.”
It appears that horsewomen are willing to support this event in every way they can—whether it’s attending, participating in breed or discipline demonstrations, being vendors, presenting, or lecturing. Women represent 80 percent of the market and want to be recognized as the driving force in the horse industry by companies that they patronize.
Along with a trade show featuring the latest and most innovative products for horses and their owners, there will be breed demonstrations, a stallion showcase, stallion parades, and a daily parade of breeds. An Equine Art contest and a Women and Horses “Stall of Fame” honoring horsewomen and their accomplishments are being planned for the run of the expo. There will be a host of speakers and lecturers presenting a wide variety of topics.
Julie Goodnight, of RFD-TV’s Horse Master television show, will be presenting several times during the event. Singer/songwriter Templeton Thompson will perform with her horse Jane. Imagine a Horse will entertain and inform with enlightened trick training. Cheryl Childs of Women and Horses, Mind, Spirit and body will speak during the event. Claudia Misner, who is a German trained dressage rider and judge, will perform dressage demonstrations at beginner and advanced levels and Lyn Walker of Lynwood Equine will be joined by other guest speakers. Gary Norris of Quarter Ridge trailers will present “Trailer Safety and Backing” demonstrations (men are welcome). The Royal Friesians of Kansas City, an all-Friesian, all-woman drill team, will perform daily.
Find more information at www.WomenandHorsesExpo.com.
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June 16, 2008
by Bonnie Davis
I’d like to remind all of you now that you’re beginning to trail ride, haul, show and horse camp more to take WATER! Don’t rely on a water supply at the trail head or campground or anywhere you’re going. It might say “Water Available” on the brochure or in a book or on a map but that doesn’t mean water will actually be there!!
When I travel always take two of the 5-gallon plastic water cans with me. They’re rectangle so they fit into a corner in the trailer or truck. It’s water from home and Nic will drink it. Plus remember that water pail so you have something to pour water into.
If for some reason you can’t get a horse to drink, try mixing some apple juice in. Or use one of the new Horse Quencher packets that are on the market. They work great. Nic likes the apple flavor. Houston goes for peppermint. You can even mix ‘em in bran mash so it gets flavored to.
I use the little individual travelling packets ’cause they only mix for one gallon and can be tossed into towing vehicle glove compartment, put on trailer door tray, in first aid kit, dropped into saddle bags. You always have water enticement for that I-won’t-drink-it-because-I-know-it’s-poisoned horse. You can get more information on ‘em at Two Horse Enterprises, www.twohorseenterprises.com.
When thinking about your horse, don’t forget your dog when you travel. Lots of horseowners also own a dog. Beginning July 1st in California “a dog cannot be left alone in a vehicle for longer than two hours.” I’m not sure who is going to patrol that, but for me, Holly goes just about everywhere so it’s going to mean I have to figure out what to do with her. I don’t want to board her for a day or leave her at home. When she travels with me, she has a water dish, feed dish and one of those little battery operated fans that blow on her while she sits in front or hops into the back. The bed of truck is covered so I have a fan back there for her too. Plus, in the truck bed are her blankets to sleep on, a few hundred chew toys (if you own a dog you know what I mean!!), another water bowl and a feed dish. And the side windows are opened as are the cab windows. So she may pant but it’s not from the heat — it’s from being excited and her “Hey, I’m going. Look at me” attitude.
If I’m taking a cooler I buy bags of ice, fill the cooler with drinks and then dump ice on top. That way I can have a cool drink after a ride plus take some of the ice out, put it in a bucket and offer it to Nic. He likes to crunch the ice so I know he’s getting water. Plus a couple handfuls go into Holly’s water bowls. (As I’ve said before, I never take a dog with me on trails so she stays in the truck.)
When back home, I dump the water out and be sure to leave the lids off cans. Since plastic can get a ’sour’ smell, pour in about 1/4 cup of baking soda, turn the can over and let it be. Baking soda will keep can smelling sweet plus when the can is needed again just rinse it out, fill it, load it and go. Baking soda won’t hurt the horse if any is still in the can.
Have some good rides……and stay safe!
Bonnie
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The Producers of National Geographic’s “Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan” are looking for two dog/horse related shows.
1. Do you have or know anyone with a dog and horse that have some kind of problem relating to each other ie. the dog is aggressive towards the horse and the horse is afraid of the dog or vice versa. Or, do you have a horse that is aggressive towards dogs and your dog won’t come when you call it. Or any other interesting dog/horse scenario? If so, please go to cesarmillaninc.com and click on “Dog Whisperer” and then click on submissions. Follow the directions and send a tape as soon as possible.
2. Do you have or know someone with a dangerous horse? We’re looking for biting, bucking, rearing, kicking horses that Pat Parelli could work with while Cesar works with red zone dogs. Please send videos to: Sheila Emery MPH Entertainment 1033 N. Hollywood Way Suite C Burbank, California 91505 818-441-5040
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Industry News
(6/11/2008)
The Economic Stimulus Act that President Bush signed into law on Feb. 13 is intended to provide a jump-start to the lagging U.S. economy. The horse industry will gain substantial additional benefits from two incentives that are attached to the legislation. These benefits were largely brought about by the influence of the American Horse Council (AHC) on decision-makers in Washington D.C.
“The new law includes two tax incentives that would allow a much bigger write-off for horses and other depreciable property purchased and placed in service during 2008,” said Jay Hickey, President of the AHC. “This should provide an additional incentive for people to invest in more horses for racing, showing and breeding as part of their business activities.”
The first incentive would increase the so-called Section 179 expensing allowance for horses purchased and placed into service in 2008 from $128,000 to $250,000. This expensing allowance also applies to farm equipment and most other depreciable property. Once total purchases of horses, and other eligible depreciable property, during 2008 reach $800,000, the expense allowance goes down one dollar for each dollar spent on eligible property over $800,000.
“The horse industry almost lost the Section 179 expense deduction in 1996. The House of Representatives passed legislation taking this deduction away from the horse industry,” said Hickey. “But we were able to convince the Senate to remove this restriction before passing the final bill and the deduction was preserved. It was worth $17,500 then. Over the years it has been increased and will now go up to $250,000 for 2008. That is a real benefit to horse owners.”
To illustrate the expensing allowance, assume a horse business purchases $750,000 of depreciable property in 2008, including $650,000 for horses. That business can write off $250,000 on its 2008 tax return and depreciate the balance. If instead, purchases were $900,000, the expense allowance would go down by $100,000. In either case, the amount of the purchases not expensed may also be eligible for bonus depreciation, which is reinstated for 2008 in the new tax stimulus package.
The second incentive brings back 50 percent first-year bonus depreciation for horses and most other depreciable property purchased and placed in service during 2008.
“Bonus depreciation was first passed in 2002 as a way to stimulate the economy. It phased out at the end of 2004,” noted Hickey. “It was a benefit for the industry then and it should be again.” It does not apply to property that has a depreciation life of over 20 years.
Also, as was the case when bonus depreciation was available in 2003 and 2004, the property must be new, meaning that the original use of the horse or other property must begin with the purchaser for the property to be eligible. “Original use” means the first use to which the property is put, whether or not that use corresponds to the use of the property by the purchaser. “There is no limit on the amount of bonus depreciation that can be taken, as there is with the expense deduction,” noted Hickey.
To illustrate bonus depreciation, assume that in 2008 a business pays $500,000 for a colt to be used for racing and $50,000 for other depreciable property, bringing total purchases to $550,000. The young colt had never been raced or used for any other purpose before the purchase. The business would be able to expense $250,000, deduct another $150,000 of bonus depreciation (50 percent of the $300,000 remaining balance), and take regular depreciation on the $150,000 balance.
For more information, email AHC@horsecouncil.org.
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Attention: Parelli Denver, CO Tour
We want to alert you to a unique opportunity: Parelli Natural Horsemanship Tour is coming to Denver, CO on Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22!
ABOUT THE TOUR: Come see a whole new tour from last year and watch as Linda and Pat Parelli address common concerns faced by horse owners worldwide and provide eye-opening answers, phenomenal riding and demonstrations of Parelli Natural Horsemanship.
Saturday’s event is open to the public, and Sunday’s event is for Savvy Club members only.
LOCATION:Come and see Pat and Linda in Denver, CO for this day long event at National Western Complex, Events Center, 4655 Humboldt Street, Denver, CO.
COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS:
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1 - Share this information with your friends.
2 - Logon to the Parelli Natural Horsemanship Web site to get complimentary tickets for your friends. Logon to www.parelli.com, create an account, select your quantity of tickets and enter discount/coupon code BNEQN08 to receive your free tickets. Or call 800-642-3335 and give the discount/coupon code.
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The following article is from MyHorse.com and is important info. Enjoy!
Horses with white hair and pink skin underneath, such as on a blaze or snip, are in danger of sunburn.
Sunlight has beneficial effects for horses, including the manufacture of vitamin D by the skin, relief of muscle and tendon stiffness or soreness and possibly even improved immunity.
But horses with pink-skinned areas may suffer sunburn if overexposed and could be at higher risk for equine skin cancer over the years.
Zinc-oxide cream, the white goop lifeguards use on horse’s noses, is one of the most effective sunscreens available. It’s safe for horses and helps heal any skin irritation or blistering. You can generally also use any sunscreen product on the market for people, such as those containing PABA, on your horse. However, some horses can have allergic/sensitivity reactions to these products or to fragrances in them.
Since the reactions themselves are also red and angry-looking, like a sunburn, if you respond to the reactions by putting even more sunscreen on the horse, you can end up with a severe reaction with open, oozing skin. Some sunscreen-sensitivity reactions, though, occur only after the horse has been exposed to the sun and are the result of a reaction between the sunscreen agent and the sun.
To test the horse for sensitivity, apply the product at night to a sensitive area like the back of one pastern, and check it in the morning. If there’s no redness or swelling, use the product during the day on only one pink-skinned area. If the spot with the sunscreen applied actually looks redder at the end of the day than the areas that didn’t have it, your horse is sensitive to that sunscreen. Don’t use it on him.
A particularly severe type of sun reaction is photosensitivity, where the skin becomes red, swollen, and cracks open. Crusts will develop, and loss of the skin can occur. These reactions can easily develop infections and are extremely painful. The reactions only occur in pink-skinned areas. When horses have the pink skin/white hair on their legs, photosensitivity reactions may be confused with scratches/”dew poisoning” or chigger infestations. Several drugs and plants can also cause photosensitivity.
Possible Photosensitizing Agents
The following ingredients or products can cause a photosensitivity reaction in your horse:
• Tetracycline antibiotics
• Sulfa antibiotics
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, especially ketoprofen
• Chlorpromazine tranquilizers
• St. John’s Wort
• Klamath weed
• Rape pasture
• Goat weed
• Spring parsley
• Alsike clover
• Buckwheat
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Industry News
(5/22/2008)
Wall Street Detectives Inc. and Texas A&M University have teamed up to create the Equine CODIS system, which has the capability of identifying horses to an accuracy of 99.999999999999 percent and is now available. This proven low-cost tool of identification is based upon the same process as the FBI’s own CODIS crime laboratory. The CODIS system (Combined DNA Information Systems) enables crime-fighters nationally and internationally to compare DNA profiles and information electronically in an instant.
“We are on the cutting edge of technology now applied to the horse, enabling an Equine Identification Number (EIN) to track, trace and provide absolute identification,” said Raymond Sigler, President of Wall Street Detectives Inc. and developer Equine CODIS and the EDNA test. “The Horse can now have its own EIN number, [just as] all of our vehicles have a vehicle identification number, called a ‘VIN’. Ultimately I believe this testing will cause insurance premiums to fall, and will result in a distinct decline in horse theft and related fraud.”
Dr. Gus Cothran, who supervises the Equine CODIS program for Wall Street Detectives at Texas A&M recently stated, “The Equine CODIS system uses the identical technology as the FBI’s human version, testing the similar 13 genetic markers found in common with humans. The prevalent differences between the tests are CODIS uses only horse-specific markers and satellites.”
Recently, the US Department of Homeland Security approved a $5 million grant to fund a fourth year of product research and development at Texas A&M University’s National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense. Zoonotic diseases are any infectious disease communicable from animals to humans under natural conditions, but can be manufactured by man for other purposes. If an incident such as a natural or terrorist disaster occurs, horses could be easily traced, identified and tracked using Equine CODIS. Since horses don’t have fingerprints, DNA is the only absolutely accurate method for identification, as microchips, tattoos or branding can be altered, changed or manipulated easily.
For more information, visit www.equinecodis.com.
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Below is a blog from Bonnie Davis, who will be at the Western States Horse Expo in Sacramento, CA. Enjoy!
Stop by and say Howdy!
May 20, 2008
by Bonnie Davis
If you’re in the Sacramento, California, area June 6-8, be sure to stop by and say ‘howdy’!!! The Western States Horse Expo is that weekend and it will be their 10th year. And my 10th year talking about “Horsecamping.”
HorsExpo is held at the CalExpo Fair Grounds off Exposition Way and includes EVERY building, nook and nitch that can be found! It’s grown into the ‘Nation’s Finest Horse Expo’ and with over 700 vendors, acres of trailers, trucks and Expo Horse Sale — if you can’t find a horse, trailer or tack there it probably isn’t made!!
Daily at 1 p.m. I’ll be down at the Trail Symposium in the olive grove talking about camping. I’ll set up my trailer, put up highlines, build a ‘pretend’ fire (in some past years the temperature has been up in the 100’s so a ‘pretend’ fire was all one needed), set out California Certified Weed Free Feeds and in general get to talk about my favorite subject. Only problem I have is that the one hour usually isn’t enough time and I tend to be rather long winded when it comes to camping and trail riding. Start each day with how to get your horse ready to camp, what’s needed, where to go, the new environmental regulations but no matter how fast I talk, never manage to get it all in. Which is why everyday is different in content!
It’s really quite an honor for me to be there. This year’s clinicians include Chris Cox, Jonathan Field from Canada, Richard Shrake, Charles Wilhelm, Donna Snyder Smith and more…..quite a few more. (Go to website www.horsexpo.com for a complete schedule.)
I’ve meet a lot of people, made a lot of friends at HorsExpo. Have folks come up to me and say “I was at your first presentation!” Never thought that first year I’d be there for 9 more years!! How time flies when you’re having fun.
But the best part of being at HorsExpo or at any of the expos I go to is when people come up to me at the ‘camp’ or in Two Horse vendor booth and tell me, “I went camping for the first time. It was great. Wish I would have started years ago!” Other folks tell me, “You’re right. I don’t have to give up trail riding and camping just because I’m getting older” or “had a knee or hip replaced!” Those are the folks who will carry on the camping tradition and riding trails long after I’ve passed through that ‘gate’ and found my long gone trail horses — Sig, Bud, Flint, Sam.
So be sure to stop by and talk. If you’d like some Expo Bucks which are good for a $2 discount off daily or three-day tickets, send me your name and address and will send you a few. For you and your friends. You can e-mail me at horsecamping@comcast.net or call (510) 657-5239. Only requirement — you gotta stop and say ‘howdy’.
Stay safe…….
Bonnie
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Trail Ride & Dance to Benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital
Outback Ranch Inc. of Houston, Minn. will be holding its 6th annual trail ride and dance benefiting St. Jude Children’s Hospital on June 13 & 14, 2008. Friday night, recording artist Heidi Newfield will be the headliner, with Geoff Landon & the Wolfpack opening at 7:30 p.m. There are a limited amount of tickets available for Friday night from $25-$30.
Saturday’s trail ride and walk-a-thon begin at 10 a.m. At 1 p.m., there will be a calf scramble and sawdust pile with prizes for the kids. Mike McAbe & Tim and the Floppy Cowboys will play in the beer and food tent Saturday. The afternoon and evening band lineup includes The Cheap Charlie Band, The Back Home Boys and Geoff Landon & the Wolfpack. There will be a $10 cover charge for Saturday’s entertainment, with all proceeds going to St. Jude.
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