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Riding a horse can be among the most exciting activities you can do over the weekend with your family and friends. Nevertheless, before you finally do this activity you need to make yourself familiar with the following facts. To begin with, you need to check if the horse is well-groomed before you finally decide to ride on it. You also need to make sure that as soon as you are done, the horse still gets care from you. The horse should be well taken cared of just like what you do with your car and other modes of transportation. You only have to be gentler since unlike those modes of transportation, a horse has life and you need to respect that.

Furthermore, you also need to educate yourself with the proper ways of grooming the horse. First of all, you need to know that shedding blade and other equipment are the best ones that you can use for sweeping the horse’s body. You also need to at least stop and clean the hair off of it every few seconds. At any point, do not use hard brush on the head and legs because it may only hurt the horse. You need to go lightly over the bony areas. You then need to move the soft brush in small circles, removing any loose hair and dirt next to the skin. This can even be among the best way to give your horse a massage. You have to push harder over the major muscles such as the hind quarters so you can give your horse the right kind of massage.

When it comes to the horse’s head you need to use soft brush very lightly, and only use it on the center of its forehead. It is highly recommended that you also use mane and tail comb to gently ease out any tangles and burs in the horse’s mane and even its tail. You need to start the brushing from the bottom of the hair and slowly work up to the top. In the event that the horse’s tail does not stand directly behind the horse because won’t see you and this might cause some accident. You always have to take the tail and pull it to the side in order to keep it safe for you. It is best that you also stand on either side of the horse’s rump as you work your way through.

In addition, you need to keep in mind that as you groom your horse, you may notice swelling or cuts. What you need to do is to actually stand at the back and look at the horse from all angles. By doing so, you will be able to see if there is any swelling in the legs or where the saddle and bridle would be. This situation is an indication that riding a horse is not that safe for you and for the horse too. In fact, if there is a major cut on your horse or a cut on the horse’s legs or where the saddle and bridle would be then you should never consider riding it. On the other hand, if the cut and swelling isn’t that bad then you can still ride, just be sure that you will treat the cut or swelling after you are done riding it.

Lastly, riding a horse can indeed be among the best activities that you can do with your family and friends but if you do not know the right ways of grooming it then you might just consider doing another activity. This fun activity should be considered seriously because if you are reckless enough, this fun activity might just turn to be among the worst ones for you.