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.
"Even in horse dense communities like Norco, California, Ocala, Florida, Aiken, South Carolina and Lexington, Kentucky as well as Texasâ horse country, horses are stolen from farms and ranches of all sizes.â
On the HereforHorses website, potential and current horse enthusiasts can now find information on events, education, volunteer opportunities, and places to learn to ride or drive a horse.
The PAST act would amend the HPA to prohibit a Tennessee Walking Horse, a Racking Horse, or a Spotted Saddle Horse from being shown, exhibited, or auctioned with an âaction device,â or âa weighted shoe, pad, wedge, hoof band or other device or mater
âIn advance of the weekend, the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, whose volunteers are present daily on the river to monitor and steward the wild horses, offers ten tips for safe and enjoyable viewing of wild horses.â
Although horses usually don't develop cavities like humans do, problems can occur with pits, chips, splits, breaks, sharp points and other conditions that compromise the horse's dental health.
During hard economic times, finding enough feed for a horse may be difficult for some horse owners. The temptation may be there to let a horse eat feed that is not meant for horses such as cattle feed or feed or grain intended for poultry or other animals
Findings show that no true 'wild' horses are left, only feral horses that descend from domesticated horses including Przewalski's horses and mustangs.
âResearchers discovered that whether a horse learns new behavior by copying another horse depends upon their social status, but they'll only readily pick up the new behavior if they have a certain relationship with the horse they're watching.â 74
How safe is your horse? Really SAFE? In his stall? In the pasture? At a show? We all love our horses. Feed them. Keep 'em updated and current with health issues. Make sure they get proper diets. Shod or trimmed when needed.Â