Video – Chelsie Kallestad Loves ActiVex Equine Supplements!

“I highly recommend the ActiVex products.  I have had great success with them.   Since I started my horses on ActiVex Liquid Joint, I have seen a big improvement in their performance and comfort. For example, my Arab has ring bone and I have not been able to find a joint supplement to help him [...]

Horse Bolts Out from Under Me

Q. Hi Chelsie, What can I do to keep my horse from bolting out from under when I’m getting on him? Louise B. A. Hello, Thanks for the question. It sounds like you need to get this horse better desensitized. Can you put the saddle on your horse on both sides without your horse being [...]

…Horse afraid of everything…Spooky…Bolts…

Q. Chelsie, I have a 4 1/2 Halfinger I rescued from Arizona.  He is afraid of everything.  He has a bolting problem because of his fear.  I tried a tainer who took me for a fool and didn’t help the pony at all.  Instead of teaching him they led him around on a quad.  I [...]

Horse was stolen….when I got him back…traumatized…

Q. Hi Chelsie  I am a 56 yr.old vet on disability.   I have worked colts for 30 years up to 4 years ago… [My horse] was stolen a year and a half ago. When I got him back he was a real handful. He tried to buck me off 3 times and I rode [...]

How can you stop a horse from jumping out of his pen?

Horse jumping fence

Q. I was keeping a 2 yr old after it was gelded for a friend.  He did really well,  and the methods we use on Jenny he picked up perfectly.  One day he was feisty and was running around the stall which is 16 x28.  He  jumped the stall panel which is 5 five [feet] [...]

What should we do with a blind horse?

Q. Do you have experience with blind horses? Has anyone you know owned or trained a blind horse? Blind Faith is a totally blind 14 hand mare, apparently between the ages of 8 and 15, who recently arrived at The Horse Shelter. So far, she appears in otherwise good health. All here, and friends, have [...]

Breeding a Peruvian Horse to a Gypsy Horse

Gypsy Horse

Q.  Hi Chelsie, Say, we have two Peruvian Paso mares.  [We] just bought one [of the] mares.  She is 16 and has had 4 foals thus far in her life time.  [We] want to be very careful of our new mare as well as our other Peruvian mare who is 17 and only had one [...]

Horse gets frantic when asked to longe to the right

Bucking Horse

Q. Hi Chelsie, I have three horses on a small farm near Bonham, Texas. Two of them are mine and one belongs to my renter. The problem is with the renter’s horse, Blaze, a 4 yro quarter horse. Blaze has never been successfully ridden. She bucked off her owner the first time he tried and [...]

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