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Clippers for maintenance grooming of your horse

Maintenance Clipping for Your Horse

Learn the 8 steps that will keep your horse well-groomed with maintenance clipping along with suggestions for purchasing and keeping your clippers in good shape.

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Bathing Your Horse

Learn what you need to have handy when bathing your horse and the 9 steps to get your horse thoroughly clean and dry.

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Grooming Your Horse

Learn about the essential tools you will need to groom your horse and the 8 steps to follow for an efficient grooming routine that will keep your horse happy as well as looking good.

Two horses running in pasture during turnout.

Learn about your horse's need for daily exercise and the many ways you can make sure your horse is getting the kind of exercise workouts that will help increase stamina, endurance and resistance to disease.

Horses with a round-the-clock feeder that allows them to eat whenever they want some forage.

Hunger and Thirst and Your Horse

Learn why your horse needs to eat small amounts of forage frequently to keep its digestive system working and the healthy ways you can satisfy your horse's hunger and thirst to maintain good health.

Happy young woman because daily once-over reveals a healthy horse.

Giving Your Horse a Daily Once-Over

Learn the 5 steps you can quickly and efficiently take each day to make sure your horse is healthy and hasn't developed any physical problems such as lameness or infections over night.

Keeping horse stalls mucked and clean with wheelbarrow and helpful tools.

Daily Horse Care Tasks

Learn the 5 daily tasks that are necessary for good horse keeping and the ways you can lighten your load, while keeping your horse-care tasks on schedule.

Horse eating from feeder filled with hay.

Establishing a Daily Routine for Your Horse

Horses do need daily care when it comes to feeding, satisfying thirst and exercise. Learn how you can make meeting your horse's basic needs an enjoyable break from the every-day world of work with good organization and a go-getter attitude.

Essential tools for caring for your horse

Caring for Your Horse - Tools of the Trade

Learn about the 8 different types of essential tools you need to care for your horse and how each is important in providing adequate care.

A horse grazing near a red barn with stalls, open doors and windows.

Housing Your Horse

The housing that a horse owner provides for a horse is often determined by circumstances. Learn about housing choices for your horse, the pros and cons of each, and what it takes to effectively house and manage a horse.

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