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Equestrian Days Newsletter Edition 1 Volume 1

From Your First Horse, To Your First Foal

News From The Editor:

With 2004 coming to an end, I just wanted to send this out to all my subsibers who have been waiting a long time to hear anything from me.

I appreciate your support and continued input about the website. I have add some new articles to the site within the last couple of weeks.

With the new year, I will be able to send the newsletter out on a more regular basis and look forward to doing so. If there is information you are looking for, or something you would like to see added to the website, please feel free to email me.

I hope everyone has a very Happy Holiday season and a safe one. I'll see you all next year!

Michelle Sepelak
4819 Viola Rd
McMinnville TN 37110
1-931-635-3195

Book Reviews

New Articles:

What is HYPP?
Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis Disease (HYPP) is a muscular disease that affects both horses and humans. It is caused by a hereditary genetic defect that disrupts a protein called a sodium ion channel, a tiny gateway in the membrane of muscle cells.

Training MythunderstandingsTeaching a Horse to Lead

Heeding uses methodically applied directional pressures to create shapes that the horse can understand. You create those pressures by changing the relationship between the horse's primary and secondary lines of influence and your own. The primary line of influence runs from front to back.

Communitcating by the Seat of your Pants

WAVERLY, WV--Sometimes a super horse appears at the events where our instructors are showing that really catches my eye. He is already such a nice mover or I can see that he has the potential for three good gaits as he progresses. The following year, however, I might not even recognize the same horse much less tag him as a rising star.