Links & Resources

[Annie&Dixie]

Ok, so I love links...I love bookmarking them. I've collected many, I figured that it might be a good idea to make a resource thread for the forum. Anybody can reply back and give me more links or information about the links, I will be sure to keep this updated!! :)

Feel free to suggest new categories!!

Tack & Supplies
Abetta (http://www.buytack.com/index.html)
Action Rider Tack (http://www.actionridertack.com/) - Treeless and Trail Accesories
Arete Equestrian (http://www.aretesaddlery.com/)
Big Dee's Tack (http://www.bigdweb.com/)
Bit of Britain (http://www.bitofbritain.com/) - English Tack
Country Supply (http://www.horse.com/)
Chick's Saddlery (http://www.chicksaddlery.com/)
Distance Depot, The (http://www.thedistancedepot.com) - Endurance/Trail Gear
Dover Saddlery (http://www.doversaddlery.com/) - English Tack
E-Equestrian (http://www.e-equestrian.com/store/)
Equestrian Collections (http://www.equestriancollections.com/)
Equishopper (http://equishopper.com/)
Equus Now (http://www.equusnow.com/) - English Tack
Farm House, Inc., The (http://store01.prostores.com/servlet/thefarmhousein/StoreFront)
Hilltop Tack (http://www.hilltoptack.com) - Biothane bridles, breastcollars, etc. (Good for the trails)
Hitching Post Tack Shop, The (http://www.hitchingposttack.com)
HorseLovers Outlet (http://www.horseloversoutlet.com) - Colored nylon tack
Horseloverz (http://www.horseloverz.com/)
Horses Dacor (http://www.horsesdacor.com)-Trail Tack (great stuff!)
Horse Tack Co. (http://www.horsetackco.com)
Jeffer's Equine (http://jeffersequine.com/)
Just for Ponies (http://www.justforponies.com)
Long Riders Gear (http://www.longridersgear.com) - Endurance/Trail Tack
Moss Rock Endurance (http://www.mossrockendurance.com) - Custom biothane tack (Including dog items! luvs2Ride loves her dog collar!)
Renegade Hoof Boots (http://www.renegadehoofboots.com) - Renegade Hoof Boots (Like Uber bootage!)
Rod's Western Palace (http://www.rods.com/) - Western Tack
Running Bear (http://www.runningbear.com) - Endurance/Trail Tack
Schiender's Tack (http://www.sstack.com/)
Smith Brother's (http://www.smithbrothers.com/)
Snugpax (http://www.snugpax.com) - Good quality saddle bags
Sport Tack (http://www.sportack.com/) - Endurance/Trail Tack
State Line Tack (http://www.statelinetack.com/)
Sunset Halters (http://sunsethalters.com/) - Rope Products; halters, bridles, reins (I (Annie&Dixie) love mine!), etc.
Tack of the Day (http://www.tackoftheday.com)
Tack Stop, The (http://www.thetackstop.com/) - Barrel Racing Tack
Tractor Supply Company (http://www.tractorsupply.com/)
Trumbull Mountain Tack Shop (http://www.trumbullmtn.com)
Victory Canter (http://www.victorycanter.com)
VTO Saddlery (http://www.vtosaddlery.com)


Classifieds
Ag Direct (http://agdirect.com/)
DreamHorse (http://dreamhorse.com/)
Equine Friends (http://equinefriends.com/classifieds/index.php)
Equine Now (http://www.equinenow.com/)
Equine.com (http://equine.com/)
Equine Hits (http://www.equinehits.com/)
FreeHorseAds.com (http://www.freehorseads.com/)
Horse Clicks (http://www.horseclicks.com/)
HorseTopia.com (http://www.horsetopia.com/)
UsedSaddles.com (http://www.usedsaddles.com)


Trainers
Al Dunning (http://www.aldunning.com/)
Bob Avila (http://www.bobavila.net/)
Chris Cox (http://www.chris-cox.com)
Chris Irwin (http://www.chrisirwin.com)
Clinton Anderson (http://downunderhorsemanship.com/)
Craig Cameron (http://www.craigcameron.com/)
John Lyons (http://www.johnlyons.com/)
Julie Goodnight (http://www.juliegoodnight.com)
Karen Scholl (http://www.karenscholl.com/)
Linda Tellington-Jones (http://www.lindatellingtonjones.com)
Mark Rashid (http://www.markrashid.com)
Yvonne Barteau (http://www.kybdressage.com/)
Martha Josey (http://www.barrelracers.com/)
Stacy Westfall (http://westfallhorsemanship.com/)
Pat Parelli (http://www.ultimateparelli.com/)


Other Horsey
2 Hot to Trot (http://www.2hottotrot.com) - Horsey photo rating web site and photo hosting.
Sustainable Dressage (http://www.sustainabledressage.com) - One of my(luvs2ride) favorite Dressage training/information web sites.
Saddle Fitting - Kaaren Jordan (http://kaarenjordan.com/treelesssaddlefittingguide.html) - Guide to choosing the right saddle, geared toward treeless and part-treed saddles, still great fitting information for all saddles though.
Rendaivu (http://www.rendaivu.com/) - Free online horse management software.


Other Non-Horsey
Spark People (http://www.sparkpeople.com) - A great weight loss and support web site, FREE!
Get Rich Slowly (http://getrichslowly.org/blog/) - A blog about a common sense approach to personal finance


Blogs & Member's Websites
Annie&Dixie's Blog - Horses Me and More (http://horsesmeandmore.blogspot.com)
Flair's Blog - Between Golden Ears (http://sbtrailrider.blogspot.com/)
Fugly Horse of the Day (http://fuglyhorseoftheday.blogspot.com)
ImaBronsonBear's Blog - Obsesssed With Horses (http://obsessedwithhorses.blogspot.com)
luvs2ride1979's Website (http://www.barbarasdomain.com)
Palogal's Blog - Train the Horse (http://trainthehorse.blogspot.com)

[Dakota Sunrise]

I think it's a great idea. Very useful!:D

[Annie&Dixie]

Thanks Dakota and I'm bumping this up due to recent discussion in the support and administration section!

[Flair]

Y'can add some stuff

Sportack (http://www.sportack.com/) - Endurance/Trail Tack
Long Riders Gear (http://www.longridersgear.com/) - Endurance/Trail Tack
Running Bear (http://www.runningbear.com/) - Endurance/Trail Tack
Horses Dacor (http://www.horsesdacor.com) -Trail Tack (great stuff!)
Hilltop Tack (http://www.hilltoptack.com) - Biothane bridles, breastcollars, etc. (Good for the trails)
Snugpax (http://www.snugpax.com/) - Good quality saddle bags

Flair's Blog - Between Golden Ears (http://sbtrailrider.blogspot.com/)

[Annie&Dixie]

Adding them now!

I didn't know you had a blog, I'll bookmark it in my bookmarks as well :)

[Flair]

Aye madam, zee link to zee blog, she ees in mah siggy. :) I try and update it kinda regular. Especially now that I have the pony.

Couple of trainer links

Mark Rashid (http://www.markrashid.com/)
Julie Goodnight (http://juliegoodnight.com/)
Linda Tellington-Jones (http://www.lindatellingtonjones.com/)
Chris Irwin (http://www.chrisirwin.com/home.php)

[Annie&Dixie]

I know, I realized that after I had posted :rolleyes:

I'm more of a visual person, sometimes I skip over the words and go right for the picture. It's a bad habit ;) But, I've always noticed your siggy and avatar :D

I'll add the trainers too, thanks for all of the links! I think I might use some of those trail ones when I'm ready to get a nice breast collar for trails, I want an over the neck style one.

[Flair]

The avatar and siggy have more swoosh. It's like Fabio or something. Blonde is eye-catching. Text is just blah. Like Urkel.

I love my biothane breast collar. Just toss the thing in a bucket to wash, and the endurance style is really good. I do the same thing with my biothane Turbo bridle. That bridle is happyshiny. Just clip it to the halter and go. Plus, my halter and my reins come from Sunset Halters. Yay for them. My lead rope too.

Oh, more links:

HorseLovers Outlet (http://horseloversoutlet.com/) - Colored nylon tack
The Distance Depot (http://www.thedistancedepot.com/) - Endurance/Trail Gear
Renegade Hoof Boots (http://www.renegadehoofboots.com/) - Renegade Hoof Boots (Like Uber bootage!)

I have loads of links. I'm an internet shopping junkie. Or at least an internet oogling junkie, I'm too poor otherwise. :hysterical:

[Annie&Dixie]

Haha, so true for the oogling, one of my few talents ;)

Do you have the samson rope? That's what my reins are made out of, I love it. I hate leather reins.

Oh and I checked out your blog, Mitch looks super amazing in all of his turquoise!

Feel free to give me anymore links you think should be added!!

[Flair]

I like to look. And lordee, how I look. I have a wish list longer than my arm. Probably even longer than my whole body. :innocent:

Derby rope, actually. Since it's the only one that comes in colors like turquoise.

I did order some Samson flat braid reins though. I like the round rope for trails because it can double as a lead rope as necessary and I like having the feel of it in my hand on the trails, but I like flat braid for around the barn because it's well, flat. I hate leather reins too, they're just not cool to me.

Why thank you, he is a handsome boy in all the turquoise. It goes well with his color. But then, it also went well with that black mare I leased too.

I'll dig up more links on the morrow then.

[Annie&Dixie]

I've got a super long wishlist too and it just got longer as I looked at some of the sites you suggested :rolleyes:

Ok, cool, I've been thinking about getting some derby rope ones for the trail. I hate having my split reins, they just get in the way and this way I can get purple. :innocent: ETA - Gah I must be tired, the samson rope actually does come in purple but they're a bit pricier than the derby rope.

Oh yeah, I bet the turquoise would look great on a black mare but I don't know, Mitch looks pretty amazing in it.

[Flair]

Hee, it'll probably get longer still. The way I see it, I need a whole barn full of Haflingers to accommodate the things I want. Mitch can't possibly carry all this tack at once.

Yep, the Derby reins are pretty nice. The rope's nice and soft. Not quite the same as the Samson because it's just a solid braided rope without a core, but I like it. And the colors. Yay for colors. You could probably get split reins in the Derby rope, but I really like having continuous ones. Especially because it's safer on the trail, and I'm using a snaffle and need to have both hands on the reins anyway (more or less, sometimes I actually have one only hand on the reins, but it's all power steering with two since that's how you gotta ride with a snaffle)

[Annie&Dixie]

Haha, there ya go. You better start collecting your haflingers now. You've got one, what? Maybe about five or six more to start? Maybe more?!

Yeah I'm all for the continuous reins on the trail. I also ride in a snaffle, as you know, and Dixie isn't the greatest at responding to a rein on her neck. She will but I often have to do both; direct rein where I want her to go and then rub the rein on her neck so she'll get the point...we're getting there. So yeah we do the power steering thing :) I've got a couple of pairs of continuous but they just seem too short for me to actually do trails in, Dixie puts her head streched out and even with her topline, it's just her natural headset and then I prefer to give her as much rein as possible so she can do what she needs to. Right now, I've got 7 1/2 inch split reins and she uses almost all of it but maybe a little more than a foot. The two continuous reins I have are 6ft and 8ft...the 8ft one might be ok, I'll have to see how she does, I know I'm giving her more rein than she really needs but I prefer that over too little.

Ok, I'm done rambling for the moment. :)

[vicklynn]

Another trainer...Chris Cox

I sure hope WB stickys this

[Flair]

Nah, I think I ought to start at a round dozen. So eleven more golden butterbutts for me. Well, time to win the lottery. :p

Sheesh, 6 foot reins. Short! I got 7 foot reins once, and they just were not long enough for me. Took the reins apart and ended up putting it together as a neck rope for riding bridleless. My turquoise rope reins are 8 foot I think, and then I have a little string on them to hold if he gets a drink. My tan-colored rope reins are something like 9 feet or so, and I just got 10 foot long flat braid ones. I like long reins, but want them closed for riding on the trail.

And since Vicklynn suggested him, here's the link to Chris Cox (http://www.chris-cox.com/)

[Country Girl 43]

I'm glad you bumped this! Great stuff. I hope WB can sticky this one at the top.

[Horseaholic]

Annie what a great idea! I'm off to surf these links for a while :)

[PoniesRock101]

ooo! Great idea! especially around christmas! (to bump it up) :D

[Annie&Dixie]

Thanks all and Vicky and Flair, I will go ahead and add Chris Cox right now, I'm surprised I haven't already!

[WP~Paint]

Umm...WOW!!! This is GREAT! Great idea to start this! Thank you!

[cloedoll]

Horse Tack Co. (http://www.baywindfarm.com/forum/horsetackco.com)
Arete Equestrian (http://aretesaddlery.com/tack/index.php)
The Hitching Post Tack Shop (http://hitchingposttack.com/)
Trumbull Mountain Tack Shop (http://trumbullmtn.com/)
Tack of the Day (http://tackoftheday.com/Community.aspx)
UsedSaddles.com (http://usedsaddles.com/)
VTO Saddlery (http://vtosaddlery.com/)
Just for Ponies (http://www.justforponies.com/)
The Farm House, Inc. (http://store01.prostores.com/servlet/thefarmhousein/StoreFront)
Victory Canter (http://www.victorycanter.com/)

[lovesfortune]

Not sure if it was mentioned, but I think Palogal has a blog too.

[Annie&Dixie]

Cloedoll, everything has been added!

LF, Palogal's blog has been added!

Thank you!!!

[luvs2ride1979]

I like http://www.mossrockendurance.com for custom Biothane tack. I just recently bought a DOG collar and it's AWESOME! ;)

http://www.equinefriends.com is another free classifieds web site.
http://www.2hottotrot.com is a horsey photo rating web site and photo hosting.
http://www.sustainabledressage.com is one of my favorite Dressage training/information web sites.
http://kaarenjordan.com/treelesssaddlefittingguide.html is a guide to choosing the right saddle, geared toward treeless and part-treed saddles, still great fitting information for all saddles though.

NHR
http://www.sparkpeople.com a great weight loss and support web site, FREE!
http://getrichslowly.org/blog/ Get Rich Slowly blog, a common sense approach to personal finance

Oh, and my own personal web site, http://www.barbarasdomain.com

[luvs2ride1979]

Hey, you should add a MySpace page section! ;)

[Annie&Dixie]

I will add those links now, thank you! And I posted a thread in the non-horsey section about people's myspaces and facebooks! Thanks for the awesome suggestion!

[FoxFireEMT]

Good thread! I love links & I have tons of bookmarks!

[WP~Paint]

Could we possibly sticky a thread with the tack brands we all like and what is good and what is bad. I am still learning the names that are good and not so good. It would be helpful.

[Horseaholic]

just wanted to say I really LOVE this post. :) I come here often and use the links. So, thanks!

[Annie&Dixie]

I'm so happy you use it!! I was wondering if I was the only one ;)

Thank you! :D

[miatapony]

Al Dunning is a great trainer i got to work with him for a little bit it was so much fun on my horse and on his he has nice horses.

[cloedoll]

Trainers
Al Dunning (http://www.aldunning.com/)
Bob Avila (http://www.bobavila.net/)
Chris Cox (http://www.chris-cox.com/)
Chris Irwin (http://www.chrisirwin.com/)
Clinton Anderson (http://downunderhorsemanship.com/)
Craig Cameron (http://www.craigcameron.com/)
John Lyons (http://www.johnlyons.com/)
Julie Goodnight (http://www.juliegoodnight.com/)
Karen Scholl (http://www.karenscholl.com/)
Linda Tellington-Jones (http://www.lindatellingtonjones.com/)
Mark Rashid (http://www.markrashid.com/)
Yvonne Barteau (http://www.kybdressage.com/)
Martha Josey (http://www.barrelracers.com/)
Stacy Westfall (http://westfallhorsemanship.com/)

I just realized...NO PARELLI?! :eek:

[alittleoffkey]

I didn't see http://www.rendaivu.com/index.php on your list - it's a free online horsey record keeper. :)

[Annie&Dixie]

I just PM'd WB about adding links, I'm sure she'll get right on it.

ALOK, I love Rendaivu...so nice and easy. Can't believe I didn't think of either of these, thank you!