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> Four Things You Need to Train Your Horse
By Keith Hosman & Josh Lyons
Training a horse is pretty simple. It's four things: motivator, spot, direction, reward. That's all training a horse is. First, motivation. Do you have a job? What if I asked you to quit your job? What if I said I was going to hire you and give you two bucks an hour. Would you do it? Working with a horse is very similar. You're asking the horse to quit his job and come work for you... - Continue Reading -

> America's Native Horses
North America was the birthplace of the horse. Up until about 10,000 years ago, wild horses roamed the continent. This 23-page research essay explores the history of the horse in North America, the feral Mustangs, and our notions of what is "natural".
Read it online @ TUHS, and then take the Poll on our homepage-- tell us what you think!

> Sacking Out

Sacking out is a basic training method based on the fact that horses, when slowly and calmly introduced to "scary" objects, will learn to no longer fear those objects when they realize they are harmless. This article shows Blaze, a 2-year-old Quarter Horse stallion, being sacked out. View Page @ TUHS

>New blog posts
I've been updating my blog like a good webmaster... Barrel race pics, trigonometry applied to the barrel pattern... View Blog

>New! "Ultimatehorse" Chatbot. Bored? chat online with the horse-crazy chatbot. Yeah, it's a computer... or is it?
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It's summer, it's warm, and your horses are probably working up a sweat. So we have two new articles on water by Dr Ward: "Water" and "Optimum Drinking". Read them online @ TUHS

Cholla - The Painting Horse
You've heard about a paint horse... but a painting horse? It's true, this Mustang/Quarter Horse cross is an equine artist! Read it online @ TUHS

>Story: Campsite Excitement You Just Don't Need by Beth Dore
"I do have to comment that Sonny and Chief were darn well mannered with their first experience of a landing helicopter."
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>Story: Rainbows
by Gemma Carls
A little foal is missing.
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>Story: The Concussion
by Annamaria Tadlock
Dizzy, dreamy... where am I?
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>Story: The Farrier From Hell
By Jef Meulemans
"Farriers are like barbers; there are bad ones and good ones."
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>New Mystery Mares!
These are due in July, 2006.
Adopt them online @ TUHS

>Animals and Paychecks
by Ron Hevener
How often do we hear the criticism (noble as it sounds on the surface) that if you really love animals, you won't "exploit" them for money?...
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