Avoid Heat Stress in Your Horse
…with the most recognizable being heat exhaustion and heat stroke. They can come on fast – especially if your horse is not acclimated to high heat. Although they are most…
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Preventing Heat Stress in Horses
…focus anymore. Don’t keep pressing the horse or he may keep going until he collapses. Stage 3: Heat Stroke Heat exhaustion can advance to heat stroke quickly. If a horse’s…
Heat Stress Prevention Strategy
…a focus anymore. Don’t keep pressing the horse or he may keep going until he collapses.” Stage 3: Heat Stroke Heat exhaustion can advance to heat stroke quickly. If a…
Heat Stress in Horses
…humid weather when sweat doesn’t evaporate and adequate cooling cannot take place. The result is heat stress, which often leads to heat exhaustionor life-threatening heat stroke. What It Looks Like…
Keep Your Horse Cool in the Heat
…drink. Keep trying. Black/brown horses and overweight horses will have the most trouble regulating their body heat. Foals and older horses may also be less heat tolerant, and horses with…
Taking Care of Animals in Extreme Heat
…more sensitive to heat than horses – and certainly (I imagine) animals in South Dakota are generally more susceptible to high heat and humidity than our Kentucky horses – with…
Heated Water Buckets Prevent Dehydration in Horses
…100-gallon stock tank. Consider that most 5-gallon heated buckets use 120 to 130 watts of power, whereas most standard stock tank heaters use between 1000 to 1500 watts. In a…
Horse Cooling Products Prevent Heat Stress
…articles address how to identify and relieve heat stress in horses. Rather than reacting to the effects of heat stress, the Equine Koozie is intended to prevent Heat Stress in…
How to Ride Safely in Extreme Heat
…a lot of problems related to heat. It is also important to watch what you eat and drink before riding in extreme heat. Midday rides on the weekends, in particular,…
Protect Your Horse From Heat Stress
…generate significant heat, especially when he’s active. Sweating is the mechanism his body uses to dissipate the heat. But soaring temperatures and high levels of humidity (see below) make it…