Sometimes you will see horses doze off when they are enjoying a wonderful grooming session or they seem to be lying in their field for dead. Like all animals, horses need rest and sleep so that the brain and the rest of the body can recover. How do you rest Read more…
UltraCruz Ichthammol is an equine critical care product for use in wound care. Ichthammol has been shown to increase the healing of several skin ailments. It can also be used as a salve to draw out infection and pus from open sores and wounds and as a treatment for hoof Read more…
How to Measure Hooves for Horseshoes Fit your horse with a halter and tie him in a safe location. Hold a tape measure in your right hand and measure from the tip of your horse’s toe, or end of the hoof, to the back of the frog at the widest Read more…
Once you remove the saddle from any horse and put it on the new one, that “main/original” horse becomes a temporary horse and will go away permanently over time. If you still want to keep that “main/original” horse then it’s best to have it follow you (or ride it) to Read more…
Sweet chestnuts are edible, but Sweet chestnuts are poisonous. If eaten, they can cause digestive problems such as abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and throat irritation. What does horse nut taste like? Another difference: Chestnuts are starchy (and edible). Horse chestnuts taste horribly bitter. In a word: inedible. What should I Read more…
Happy horses will have their ears forward and alert, engaged in their surroundings and moving towards where they are listening. Unhappy horses may have their ears pinned back or softly drooping. What are signs that a horse is happy? 13 signs your horse is happy His nostrils. Your horse’s nostrils Read more…
Wooden block brakes When this method of brake technology was prevalent, horse-drawn carriages and steam-powered automobiles used steel-rimmed wheels. Did horse-drawn wagons have brakes? There were purpose-built shooting-brakes designed to carry the driver and a footman or gamekeeper at the front facing forward, and passengers on longitudinal benches, with their Read more…
Nowadays, the Amish still use horse and buggy rides to get around. They’re also popular in New York City in addition to a number of different cities all over the world. When did people stop using a horse and buggy? Most experts believe the horse and buggy days started to Read more…
1863 – Belgian engineer Jean-Joseph-Etienne Lenoir invents the “horseless carriage.” It uses an internal combustion engine and can move at about 3 miles per hour. This is the first commercially successful internal combustion engine. Who invented the horseless carriage? engineer Richard TrevithickBack in 1803, the great engineer Richard Trevithick demonstrated Read more…
The Shire is a horse of great size: a mature stallion should stand over 18 hands and weigh up to 1,000 kilos. Mares and geldings are slightly less massive. It has relatively large, wide-set and expressive eyes, the nose is rather convex (“Roman”). The shoulders are large and deep and Read more…