Horses have an innate preference for salty food and seem to like sweet things, too. They don’t like bitter or sour food. Can horses taste sour things? Researchers don’t know a lot about what horses taste, but it’s assumed that they share the same four basic tastes we do – Read more…
Most horses are trained to slow down at the sound of a whistle (a low pitch soothing whistle) and at the “whoa”. What words do you say to a horse? When you’re ready to talk to your horse, use short words, like “whoa,” or “trot,” so your horse can understand. Read more…
Horses often react quickly to what they perceive as danger. As a prey animal, a horse’s natural instinct will be to run from danger. Horses can and will bolt or run away, bite, kick and strike with their legs; horses react quickly giving the handler little time to react. How Read more…
Horses are flight or fight animals. If confronted with a threatening situation, they prefer protecting themselves by running away from the danger. If running away from a threat isn’t an option, horses can protect themselves by biting, striking, rearing up, bucking, or kicking. How do horses protect themselves from the Read more…
LED stable lights for horses are much more energy efficient and work well in both warmer and cooler temperatures. Not only are LED lights the more efficient option, but they are also the more cost effective choice. If you don’t have electricity in your stable, don’t worry! Do LED lights Read more…
Horses will often urinate if stressed, and if they can’t relieve themselves because they can’t relax, such as in a trailer or when being ridden, they can become antsier. What do horses do when their nervous? Like us, horses can get stressed and nervous when traveling, competing, or learning the Read more…
What you’re seeing is the tapetum lucidum, a structure that reflects light back through the photoreceptor layer of the eye so that the horse has a high sensitivity to light, especially light reflecting off of the ground. How does light affect horses? Mares need roughly 15 hours of constant light Read more…
December 1. The good news for breeders is that putting a mare under lights is relatively easy. Begin December 1 by supplementing the daylight in your horse’s stall or paddock with artificial lighting, for a total of 16 hours of light each day. When should I put my mare under Read more…
It helps ease pain, relieve inflammation, and protect against oxidative stress. In horses, red light therapy is used on a number of ailments including: Muscular injuries. Tendon injuries. What does red light cure? Red light therapy (RLT) is an emerging treatment that’s showing promise in treating wrinkles, redness, acne, scars Read more…
Horses, like people, have allergic reactions. Perfume can be an offending allergen not only to you and others, but to your horse. How sensitive is a horse’s smell? Horses are thought to have about 300 million olfactory receptors, which is considerably higher than humans (five or six million olfactory receptors). Read more…