A horse’s vision is similar to a person who is red-green color blind. Horses can only see blues and yellows. However, unlike a human, a horse can probably not see any intermediate hues. What color is most visible to horses? Horses can see colors such as yellow and blue the Read more…
Regular grooming with clean grooming tools will help keep your horses coat and skin in tip top condition, stimulating circulation and natural oil production. A diet rich in vegetable oils, omega-3 fatty acids, and supplements containing biotin can also promote healthier skin. How do I get rid of dandruff on Read more…
Treating scratches: Start by clipping or scissoring away any long hair around the affected area. Gently wash with a shampoo made for treating fungal and bacterial skin conditions. Dry the area with towels, or if your horse will allow it, use a hair dryer – getting the area completely dry Read more…
Commonly prescribed anti-itching medications include corticosteroids and essential fatty acids. A program that stresses preventive control of parasites in the horse’s environment—including insect control and regular deworming programs—can help eliminate or reduce some causes of itching. What home remedy can I use to stop itching? How to relieve itchy skin Read more…
300ml citronella (available from most pharmacies) 25ml lavender oil (also available from most pharmacies) 4tbsp vinegar. 6tbsp Dettol. 2 cups of cold strong tea. Pour into a 2 litre plastic pop bottle and top up with water, then decant what you need into a spray bottle when needed.
White Vinegar One of the most versatile horse grooming aides is white vinegar, and it has a wide variety of uses. Stain removal on your horse’s coat is one of them! Just rub the white vinegar right on the stain. Is white vinegar harmful to horses? If you put vinegar Read more…
The mechanism of the reported analgesic response is unknown; however, the agent is purported to provide more effective analgesia for slow, chronic pain than for sharp, acute pain. Reportedly, Sarapin is also widely used as an analgesic agent in the horse, generally in combination with corticosteroids and other agents. How Read more…
A quiet nicker while the horse moves towards the person or horse they’re nickering at is a simple hello, indicating that the horse is happy to see them. Stallions will nicker louder and a bit more aggressively, accompanied by a head shake, when they’re trying to attract a mare for Read more…
“Siting a barn is always location specific, but generally we see structures facing in the east/west direction,” Benoit says. “Positioning your structure this way will allow the sun to travel over the top of the structure evenly. What is the best direction to build a barn? A barn or building Read more…
Injuries to local nerves, such as the hypogastric branch and pudendal nerve, can have an effect on the bladder or urethral sphincter. If nerves are damaged, the horse will have no bladder control and be unable to urinate normally. Instead, the bladder will overfill and urine will leak out constantly. Read more…