Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine Feb 2020 Vol 5 Issue 1

Everything Horses and Livestock Magazine ®

and trail care. Another way is to use social media for good instead of evil. I’m kidding here, of course, on the evil portion, but I think that all of us, myself included could stand to back out of participation in heated ugly Facebook debates. We can all also try to do better about taking people’s statements with a grain of salt or even realize that we may never change someone’s opinion and it’s perfectly ok for someone to carry that opinion. I have made an effort to limit controversial posts and just not air my laundry on the internet; I try to ask myself if the post that I’m making is helpful (including funny things) and try to just stay out of heated debates (blanketing, bits and other b topics; my life has been a lot

more peaceful since I made the choice to do that!). We can use our positive experiences with horses on social media to help create a positive attitude about horses in general. One last suggestion, although there are many more solutions that I know the bulk of us can come up with, is to band horsemanship amongst us! We have English, Western, Dressage, Driving, Jumping, Polo, Trail Riding, Pleasure Riding and so many many more. We also have so many different personalities and experiences and we may not all always agree on things, but the one thing we can agree on is our love of horses. together. We have so many different flavors of

A fantastic way to band together is to support Kansas Horse Council by being a member. It’s truly a great organization that represents all of our variety and works for us all by keeping up with legislation and lobbying for horses when necessary, providing education and scholarships and of course they bring us Equifest. Maybe if we can work on these things and more, we can rebuild a bigger equine community in this world. Those of us that already know what impact horses have on our lives can see that would make the world a better place!

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