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Harness, vehicles, equipment, and other driving supplies

The Buggy Connection The Buggy Connection sells ponies, carts, and supplies in Parma, ID.
Northwest Leather and Harness A harness supplier in Bonners Ferry, ID
Country Carriages USA Harness, vehicles, and other supplies in North Carolina
Carriage Driving Essentials An excellent source for harness and equipment, located in California.
Pacific Carriage Company Pacific Carriage Company is the most successful manufacturer of horse carriages, buggies and carts in North America with a reputation for safety, superior design, and customer service.
The Carriage Barn Pacific Carriages dealer; Carriage Maintenance - wheel bearings - frame inspections - repairs; Hydraulic disc brakes installed; Tube bending - shafts, seat rails - anything. Wheels, seats, and covers for sale.
McKee's UltraLite Whips Featherweight driving whips made from graphite rod blanks; very easy on the hands!
The Coachman's Guide Lots of useful information about driving equipment, on the "Coachman's Delight" webpage
Harness Parts This page has a good description of carriage driving harness, with excellent illustrations
Shaft Table This chart gives the appropriate length of shaft and wheel diameter for equines of different heights

Links to other member's websites

L.J. Cabinetry John McEnroe's kitchen cabinet and wooodworking business
Willow Grove Ranch Linda has recently added driving to her extensive skills and two awesome Hackney horses to her stable near Emmett, Idaho.
TeamDonk Jim and Kristi Kingma have cool driving donkeys in Grangeville, ID.
Mary Van De Bogart Mary is a local equine artist who belongs to our club.
Lone Fir Friesians Inga Thompson is one of our new members; she breeds and drives Friesian horses in Halfway, Oregon.

Links to other organizations

American Driving Society The American Driving Society provides rules and officials for many driving events.
The Carriage Association of America The CAA is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and use of horse-drawn vehicles.
CarriageDriving.net The Online Resource of the Carriage Driving Community. Lots of news, articles, classifieds, and more.
The Idaho State Horse Show Association This organization sponsors many shows in Idaho
Idaho Miniature Horse Club Promoting the miniature horse breed
AddMe - Search Engine Optimization A free service to list websites on search engines

Links to events

Idaho Horse Expo The 24th Annual Horse Expo at the Idaho Horse Park, Nampa
WEG Championship CDE Information about the World Equestrian Games Championship Combined Driving Event in Lexington, Kentucky, on October 7-10, 2010.

Links to equine health and management articles

Safergrass An excellent source of information about feeding, laminitis, and pasture grass
Carrot Stretches "Carrot-Practics" carrot stretches for your horse
Beet Pulp "Beet Pulp Safety Warning (aka the amazing squirrel story) Funny story on the website of Susan Evans Garlinghouse, DVM, MSc. Site also has good information about beet pulp.

Links to Training Websites and Articles

The Clicker Center Alexandra Kurland's great website on clicker training
Training Your Horse to Drive A step by step description of training a driving horse, with great pictures, from 3G Farms
Bending the Driving Horse A wonderful article by Hardy Zantke

Links to YouTube Videos (require a good fast Internet connection)

Unicycle & Pony Drill Team This is an amazing video; I can't imagine even riding a unicycle, let alone longlining a pony at the same time!
Lisa Singer Shares Carriage Driving Knowledge About seven minutes of YouTube video of a pairs lesson with Lisa Singer
Carriage driving - Basic Driving 1 A very basic, very British video series from the British Driving Society.
Clicker trained minis & horses This is a really fun video!

Links to arenas, farms, and show venues

Happ's Happ's is a farm in Southwestern Washington that hosts CDE's and clinics
Idaho Horse Park The Idaho Horse Park in Nampa hosts many equestrian events
Knox Farm Knox Farm is located near Chesterfield, Idaho. They raise Connemara ponies and Connemara x Thoroughbred sporthorses, and sponsor a driving trial in September.
Lone Fir Friesians Friesian horses and driving lessons in Halfway, Oregon.

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