Mesa Verde Horses offered for Adoption

Editor’s Note: We welcome the National Mustang Association of Colorado as a new sponsor at Cayuse Communications! The non-profit organization successfully gathered horses from Mesa Verde National Park, and, after starting them with positive reinforcement methods, is pleased to offer this horses for adoption. Check […]

Ode to the Sweetest Mare

A note from Cayuse Communications owner, Maddy Butcher: Years ago, a Montana public safety agency produced a Designated Driver video, featuring a trusted steed at liberty, picking up his cowboy from a bar. Because one-upping is fun, I set about making a better horse-as-sober-friend […]

“Right to Food” Opens Door to Cruelty

Editor’s Note: Dr. Janelle Tirrell owns Third Coast Equine, a large animal veterinary practice based in Palermo, Maine. She is also the Legislative Committee Chair and a board member of the Maine Veterinary Medical Association. We welcome this guest column. Dr. Tirrell writes: This fall, […]

Considering Heart, Gut, Mind

Editor’s Note: Trish Lemke is the founder of Joy Rides. She leads horse riding excursions around the world and is a certified Martha Beck life coach. Lemke lives in Durango, Colorado, with her family and horses. She is part of Camp Cayuse, a program in […]

Witness to a Miracle

Go gentle into that good night, gophers

I’ve worked for years to improve my pastures. It’s hard work that has involved rotational grazing, overseeding, weed mitigation, and harrowing. So this spring, when pocket gophers wreaked havoc in several spots, I started to take it personally. What to do? I’m not one for […]

Welcome Boulet Boots!

We welcome Boulet Boots, the storied, Canadian company, to the Cayuse advertising family! Boulet Boots was founded some 90 years ago in Saint Tite, Quebec. During World War II, it was the leading provider of boots for the Canadian Armed Forces, producing nearly 300 boots […]

Pharm Aloe Success Story

Editor’s Note: We hear this week from our friends at Pharm Aloe Equine and one of their success stories. Aloe Vera is dose responsive (up to a point) as determined by the University of Wisconsin research project, meaning the more you administer the greater the […]

Welcome Ranger Ready – Goodbye ticks

We’re excited to welcome Ranger Ready to our growing family of advertisers. Use the code “equine10” and receive 10 percent off your order. Ranger Ready is fittingly based in Connecticut, where tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease are a constant concern among outdoor enthusiasts. It partners […]

Riders Need to Stay Relevant

Like any other niche community, us horse owners and riders know what we like. We gravitate to anyone or anything that speaks our language. We can spot each other a mile away. In my neck of the woods, the ‘I get horseback’ uniform is: Long, […]