Unless you are piled high with money, you want to provide the most attentive care you can to your horses at the least cost. Here are some simple recommendations that may help you achieve that:
1. Prevention:
You have to be familiar with the old saying, “An oz. of prevention is worth a pound of cure” old [...]
If you’re into trekking on foot, you don’t have to be told about the joys of going out into the country side. It is a great experience ever single time. You see forests at close quarters, you get to see some wildlife, and if you’re a flora or a fauna nut, you can see tons [...]
The last thing you should be is stuck on where to start if you have made up your mind that you want to take up horseback riding classes. There’s really no end to the resources you can avail of.
You need to start by getting yourself an expert riding instructor. You will find one by checking [...]
Pasture during fall could be a source of cheap feed for horses, but the lushness of the grass can hide some issues that bear watching. Horses are prone to digestion problems and founder when they eat fall grass or early spring grass.
Horses need to adjust to the change in climate. Change in climate is accompanied [...]
There should be about a thousand professional pony trainers out there. Like with all professions, there are those horse trainers who are in a class of their own, there are those who are excellent, and there are those who are satisfactory. If you want your horse trained, you wouldn’t lose anything much by going to [...]
Every now and then, I used to attain some kind of ecstasy in my horses’ Barn. It sometimes occurred shortly after the stalls had been scoured and cleaned, and every pony had received his ration of hay, grains and water. Passing breezes would produce music from the halters hanging around the stalls. It also typically [...]
Is your pony favouring his front feet? Does he appear to be having problems with flight patterns? How does a ride on him feel these days - comfortable or not? Is he stumbling or tripping over his very own feet?
What about his attitude, is he exhibiting obvious changes in approach?
And here is the big one: [...]
This text will attempt to give the reader a clear idea of what the illness laminitis is, and its identified causes. It must be clarified nonetheless , that there is a lot that is unknown about this illness. It is understood that laminitis influences old as well as young horses. It has effects on horses [...]
Horse insurance is often called equine insurance (from equus, the Latin name for horse). It is a specialist form of insurance that is usually provided by agricultural insurance providers rather than pet health insurance companies. Read more articles by this author on celiac disease symptoms
Even if you think of your horse as a pet, [...]
If you have even the smallest interest in equestrianism, you may have been captivated by the sheer amount of cash certain horses for sale might get at a few of the major auction houses today. It’s not unusual for 2 year old horses to get in excess of one million under some circumstances. Exactly what [...]
