Is monotony the reason for wood-chewing in horses? Or has blame been misplaced?
Maintaining and caring for older horses can become more expensive than caring for younger horses depending on their over-all condition and health.
The findings of the poll underscore the inherent risks associated with enjoying horse sport and highlight the imperative for riders to prioritize safety measures.
Keen observation of the horse will help their owner figure out whether the weight loss issue is one of not enough feed versus energy expended by the horse through heat loss in the cold weather, or something else.
Horse barns can be designed to make it easy to ‘batten down the hatches’ and increasingly horse property owners are opting to include features to mitigate the risks for flooding, roof collapses, and wind damage.
From Coast to Coast and around the globe, EquiMed wishes you and yours a prosperous and peaceful New Year.
Riding during the winter is important but using a cold, frozen bit can cause mouth damage, and a cold equine bit not only causes pain but can create numbness, physical discomfort, injury and a head-shy horse."
The health and welfare of working horses, donkeys and mules has a direct impact on human livelihoods and at Brooke USA we know that when working equines thrive so do families that depend on them.
As wood is a natural insulator, using wood for horse barn builds is a good idea.
A groom is like a horseshoe on a horse; it all starts there.