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Farmworkers demand ban on a toxic pesticide. The EPA is considering whether to ban the use of chlorpyrifos, an insect killer that can cause serious damage to human health.

Natural Ways to Repel Fleas and Ticks Repelling fleas and ticks is important to prevent short- and long-term health problems. Here are the natural ways on how you can repel fleas and ticks from your pets.

Cooling out a Hot Horse Use these guidelines during hot weather, and you can avoid the potentially serious horse health problem of overheating.

Calm Healthy Horses - The importance of salt! Horses grazing green, growing, over-grazed or otherwise stressed grass can be ingesting many times the amount of potassium per day than they require.

Calm Healthy Horses - Grasses to eliminate We all would rather do without thistle but in actual fact most thistle species found in NZ are harmless and in fact, some horses love picking off the flower heads to devour the kernal.

Bits, Bridles And How They Affect Your Horse This is a great video showing the physiology of the horse’s head and how bits and bridles can affect your horse.  Horses mouths are so sensitive, and many of them are uncomfortable with the b…

The Bonds That Heal: Studying Human-Animal Interactions Two researchers are showing us just how significant our relationships with animals can be. Focusing on a horse-riding academy for at-risk girls, the scholars are documenting how human-animal interaction can serve as a powerful educator of what works and what doesn’t in a healthy relationship. Their…

How You Can See A Horse’s Active Back – And What To Do When It Happens “Could you post a couple of pictures of how the back/topline should look like when horses get more conditioned?” This was a question posed to me by one of our Horse Listening readers (t…

You're saddling your horse wrong... Something we'd like to tell a lot of people...

Caring for a Horse May Help Reduce Stress | Human-Equine Interaction A recently published study reveals that kids who work with horses have a significant reduction in stress.

Helping With Horses: Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) Can a horse assist in psychotherapy?

Ode to the Stretchy Trot . Oh stretchy trot, friend of friends, honest and true, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. . There in the beginning, and there at the end, thy calming presence evolving into the finest equi…