Full Circle Equestrian Center

12/30/2024

Horse Tack

12/29/2024

How To Go Horse Camping_ Where to Keep Your Horse

12/20/2024

I would add to pull the pad up into the swell of the pommel to relieve pressure when tightening the cinch.

Great visuals on checking saddle placement and shoulder and cinch checks.

*The saddle should sit even in front and back, this image shows a downward slope to the hind.

12/17/2024

This is actually the technique I taught in my foal handling classes! Makes it do easy to handle the babies!

Body Haltering A Foal CavvySavvy_com - We Know Working Horses

11/23/2024

Saddle Fit for Horse and Rider

11/20/2024

Yellowstone fans that are real horse people got a little confusing information on the Sunday, November 17, 2024 episode. This popular show appears to take pride in its western production on being very authentic - yet some how they had a BIG mistake with treating a horse with intramuscular Banamine.

What is the BIG deal? In this Yellowstone episode a horse was administered Banamine (Flunixin Meglumine) intramuscularly. Yet the nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory is only administered orally (in the mouth) or intravenously (in the vein). Remember Banamine is never recommend to be administered to horses any other way.

Why not? Banamine causes muscle damage when injected intramuscularly! There are spores of bacteria known as clostridium that can rest in healthy muscle; however, the bacteria may awaken if the muscle becomes damaged from an IM injection particularly when Banamine is administered this way. This may cause clostridial myositis - which is a serious and sometimes fatal disease. Post injection signs of a problem would be swelling and a painful injection site with gas underneath the skin. The bacterial toxins may migrate into the bloodstream causing depression, colic, fever and a lose of appetite. Treatment by a licensed DVM is necessary if you make this mistake. Supportive care, antibiotics, and possibly a surgical excision of the infected injected site may be necessary.

This episode of Yellowstone was a good reminder - what is entertaining may not always be real and correct. Check with your equine veterinarian if you are unsure how to administer Banamine.

10/29/2024

10/23/2024

So true 😂😂

10/23/2024

10/22/2024

09/12/2024

Good idea! I used to use my corral panels!

08/11/2024

When we first got horses, we allowed our horses to do this because we saw others and didn't realize how bad it was. One day, driving down a back road my mare got slapped with a mesquite limb. I'm lucky she didn't suffer major injuries, but I learned my lesson!

Advice from a trucker.
If this is how you trailer your horse on the drivers side, please stop it immediately. Yesterday made the 3rd time in recent years that I’ve had to put a semi in the ditch (maintained control, not wrecked) to keep from decapitating your equestrian friend with his head 3 1/2 ft. over the center line on a narrow road. Thank you!

06/06/2024

In light of an accident that occurred while riding out from Hideaway Horse Camp, I feel it is important to pass this information along.

During a ride last September, after it had rained the night before, 2 of our guests experienced a rare event when riding under some power lines. The hair on their arms stood up, as did the mane hair on their horses. One horse reacted by striking out and the rider decided to get off. Considering how sensitive the skin on a horse is, it must have felt it was under attack by some unseen force.Although standing in a customarily safe spot beside her usually calm horse, it struck out lightening fast again, hitting its rider’s arm and breaking it.

Later, fearing that something was amiss with the power lines, I looked into what could have caused the event, which was under power lines that I had personally ridden under for years and had never experienced anything like this. In speaking with an Electrical Engineer experienced with high voltage transmission lines, I learned some interesting facts that everyone travelling under them should know:

-This type of event usually happens after a rain and especially if the grass under the lines is long.
-It does not make a difference if the horse is shod or not. In the above case, the horse had rubber boots on.

THE SAFEST WAY TO CROSS UNDER POWER LINES:

-Stay away from crossing under the lowest point in the slack of the power lines.
-Look for the nearest tower and travel along the side of the clear-cut right-of-way, as far as possible from the lines. When you reach the nearest tower, cross as close to it as you can.

Ride safe and return safe.

05/02/2024