When given a choice, horses are motivated to achieve social contact and they chose to remain longer in a paddock with other horses rather than being alone.
Summer's heat and humidity can be much more than just uncomfortable for your horse; they can be deadly and can lead to disastrous consequences as a result of inadequate care or belief in common myths about heat, cold water, and their effect on horses.
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With the arrival of summer visitors including children, horse owners need to have strict safety rules in place for anyone coming to visit them and their horses.
"Horse trainer with nearly fifty years of experience offers techniques based on common sense and knowledge that allow anyone to work safely with horses.â
If we use our common sense (horse sense) we will see when horses need to be shod and when they only need to be trimmed. Every horse has different needs.
As part of a continued commitment to improving the welfare of horses, WeatherBeeta has announced that a portion of all proceeds from their customerâs purchase of any WeatherBeeta product will support an initiative to outfit horses recently adopted throu
Founded in 2003, Road to the Horse strives to inspire people to reach a higher level of horsemanship and develop unity with a horse based on trust and not fear.
According to Philip Johnson, professor of veterinary medicine and surgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia, âThere is a striking parallelism between humans and horses when it comes to obesity. Some of the very same problems humans encounter wit
Researchers determined that whether or not a horse learns new behavior by copying another horse depends upon their social status, and they will only readily pick up the new behavior if they have a certain relationship with the horse they're watching.