Posts Tagged ‘track system’
Horses and Conservation Part Two
Written by Hiddenhorse on 12/05/2010 – 9:31 pm -The field you keep your horse in is also the environment you keep your horse in. It is the horses home. Ideally it should be where your horse lives all the time, preferably with a group of other horses (i.e. a herd). It stands to reason that everything that happens in that environment will have an effect on the horses and the way the horses interact with the environment will affect the environment too. Read more »
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Horse Environments and Conservation
Written by Hiddenhorse on 12/05/2010 – 2:39 pm -Introduction
I’ve recently been reading a book on, ‘pasture management for horses’, you might think that’s probably because I have too much time on my hands and not many friends. Neither of which is true, I hasten to add. Anyway, the book has raised some interesting questions. The approach taken by the (otherwise excellent) author is rather conventional. I would describe it, not so much as sound advice to the horse owner more as one way of looking at pasture management. I tend to think of this approach as ‘Penelope’s perfect pasture plan’. – (probably for Penelope to keep her perfect pony in), but enough of this alliteration. Read more »
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Horse Manure can be Interesting! – Honest
Written by Hiddenhorse on 24/09/2009 – 12:21 pm -This post is in response to some correspondence I’ve been having on on of the ‘paddock paradise’ websites. It is a site for people who keep their horses on a track based system. The initial issue was raised by a lady in Florida who was having trouble with her horses leaving large amounts of droppings in certain areas of her track and this was becoming a nuisance, especially in hot weather.
Now while it might be rather sad to spend one’s evenings discussing horse manure on a transatlantic basis, really this seemingly simple problem is the starting point for some really interesting discussion and observation about the lives of horses, (trust me! – it is…:-). Read more »
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What is Paddock Paradise?
Written by Hiddenhorse on 17/09/2009 – 7:56 pm -Paddock paradise is a management system for horses based on allowing the herd constant movement, (should they choose to take it), around a continuous looped track. This system was first proposed by Jamie Jackson in his book ‘Paddock Paradise’ published in 2006 by Star-Ridge Publishing. Read more »
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