Your Aging Horse: Winter Horse Care
…DVM, recommends focusing on the two areas of winter horse care that can have the biggest influence on the health of older horses–-horse feeding and horse blanketing. From EQUUS magazine….
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Winter Horse Care Tips
Make sure you’re ready for the cold months with these winter horse care tips from the American Quarter Horse Association: Horses drink an average of 10-12 gallons of water per…
Horse & Rider’s 2001 Articles Index
…File, May, pg. 44 Sand colic/psyllium, Horse Care, Sept., pg. 52 Conditioning Starting a conditioning program, Horse Care, April, pg. 80 Event-specific conditioning, Horse Care, May, pg. 74 Reconditioning, Horse…
Managing the Changing Needs of Older Horses
…have included aged horses at the Kentucky Horse Park, reminds people to use their hands, not just their eyes, when evaluating a horse’s weight. “When considering the normal horse’s ideal…
From Sour To Sweet: Solving Barn and Buddy Sour Problem Horses
…to distract your horse, divert your horse, and put your horse to work. The message, “Don’t be buddy sour, don’t be afraid, stop that!” means nothing to your horse; it’s…
Winter Care and Feeding
…When they are turned out in cold, windy and/or wet weather horses need to be monitored carefully for shivering (whether blanketed or not). A horse’s respiratory health during the winter…
Winter Horse Care
…have less insulation. • A horse that is shivering is cold. Outside Horses Many horses that spend a good bit of their time outside will grow a nice, thick winter…
Sweepstakes-Contest-Giveaway Winners
…Horse&Rider Shawna Brown Warwick Schiller Horsemanship Giveaway with Horse&Rider Diane Saunders Sandy Terry Everett Donna Hatten Weaver Leather Synergy Saddle Pad Giveaway with Horse&Rider Wendy Kunz Nanette Kamp Amber Murchison…
Developing a Trustworthy Trail Horse
…is more likely to succeed in leading your balking horse through from horseback, but even then your frightened animal may crowd and jostle, so look for a rock-solid horse-rider combination…
How to build a trustworthy trail horse
…water closely behind to help “push” your horse along. Trying to lead a resistant horse through water can be dangerous. First of all, you can’t physically pull the horse across,…