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Super Natural Horses Newsletter
January 2010
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Welcome!
We are excited to (finally!) send out SNH's first newsletter - a little later than expected, but better late than never, right? We hope you enjoy our first issue - be sure to check out our contest for your chance to win a horsemanship book, and our article on Judy Wardrope and the concept of functional conformation. Since participating in one of Judy's clinics several years ago, Celena has been slightly obsessed with equine biomechanics and relating for to function, so she was pretty thrilled to get to talk to Judy at length about her observations and experiences.
We would love to hear any questions, comments or suggestions - we hope to hear from you soon. Happy New Year!
Cheers,
Anna-Marie & Celena
Super Natural Horses Co-Founders
Get Inspired Contest
To start the New Year off on the right foot (hoof?), we want to help inspire you to keep improving your horsemanship. Each of our three winners will receive a natural horsemanship book and a coupon for a free Super Fancy horse ad (no expiry date — keep it or give it as a gift) on Super Natural Horses. It’s easy to enter — just refer ten friends to our website or Facebook page. Check out our Get Inspired Contest page for complete details.
Question of the Month
What is your favorite thing — game, exercise, etc. — to do with your horse and why? Send us your answers to be included in our next newsletter.
Built for the Job: The Concept of Functional Conformation
“My mare wasn’t sound, so I bred her.”
We’ve all heard that one, even as we witness the tragic realities of horse overpopulation. Unwanted horses are being slaughtered and neglected to death, and still we continue to over-breed horses.
Part of the problem is that horses with conformational issues are being bred and passing these problems on to their foals. This means that more and more of the horses we are breeding are predisposed to lameness — which makes them difficult to sell and more likely to end up in a slaughterhouse, or worse, abandoned and starving to death. As horse lovers, we need to change what we are doing for the good of the horse....
Read the rest of this article to find out how Judy Wardrope, a sport horse breeder and respected equine journalist, is helping horse people make these changes.
Post your stud in our Stallion Directory for FREE!
The first five stallions posted in our new Stallion Directory will receive a FREE upgrade to Super Fancy for a year! (Our basic stallion ads are always free.) Limit one stallion per farm, please. Visit our Stallion Directory advertising page for more information.
Do you know a lot about natural horsemanship?
Share what you’ve learned by adding a tip to our natural horsemanship tips collection! Your tip can be a gadget that you find helpful, a great recipe for horse cookies or a training idea. Creativity encouraged!
Horsey Heroes: Teen and Horses Help Kids with ADHD
All of us horsepeople seem to love Sir Winston Churchill’s quote: “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” We don’t really understand why horses affect us the way that they do — all we know is that truer words were never spoken.
Fifteen-year-old Danielle Herb and her mother, Marianne St. Clair, are taking advantage of that positive influence horses have on people and using it to help people who are affected by ADHD – including the families of youth with ADHD....
Continue reading this article to learn more about Danielle’s inspiring Drop Your Reins program.
Coming soon — Personal Pages for Natural Horsepeople
Share your natural horsemanship triumphs and tribulations, your knowledge and your photos. Ask questions. Start a blog. Tell your stories. Brag about your horses (come on, you know you want to). Connect with other natural horsepeople. Coming soon to Super Natural Horses! Contact us if you'd like to know when our personal pages are up and running!
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