Center your body weight and sit deep in your saddle When your horse bucks, point your heels down and tilt your shoulders back slightly. This power position allows you to pull on the reins strongly, preventing the horse from lowering its head. A horse cannot buck with its head up. Read more…
Because horses can not stay off their feet for long periods, broken bones do not have a chance to heal, and so often sadly the kindest way to help a horse with a broken limb is to put it down. Do horses that fall get put down? In most cases, Read more…
Likewise, it does happen. There are plenty of examples of horses crashing into other horses, fences, jumps, walls, etc. Will a horse run off a cliff? Horses frequently end up falling down the steep slope after losing their footing or colliding with another horse. Some have had to be euthanized Read more…
Equine neurological disorders are typically caused by an infection or a malformation in the spinal column. What is the most common neurological conditions in horses? Many diseases can affect horses’ central nervous systems, but four of the most common disorders are cervical vertebral stenotic myelopathy (CSM), equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), Read more…
General Anaesthesia Risks All anaesthesia procedures have the following potential complications: cardiac arrest, tissue damage, bone fractures, iatrogenic injury. What are some complications of general anesthesia? You may experience common side effects such as: Nausea. Vomiting. Dry mouth. Sore throat. Muscle aches. Itching. Shivering. Sleepiness. What is the biggest risk Read more…
One of the primary reasons why horses lick is to correct deficiencies in their diet. Licking the skin of their owner or rider provides them with salt and other minerals that they may not be getting enough of in their daily meals. What does it mean when a horse is Read more…
Zebras also have very different temperaments to horses. They’re far more aggressive and a lot more dangerous. Zebras have been known to kick each other to death, they will viciously bite any human that comes too close, and there are even many accounts of zebras killing lions. Why are zebras Read more…
Horses are highly social herd animals Horses that live in herds and graze naturally get to exercise their senses frequently. For example, they smell each other when greeting and they smell each other’s dung. They use their visual and hearing senses to look out for and listen for danger. What Read more…
submission. Many people know empty chewing as a sign of submission. This can often be observed when foals or young horses meet horses of higher rank and want to show them that they submit to them. With this type of empty chewing, the horses move their lower and upper jaw Read more…
Many colors are possible, but all variations are produced by changes in only a few genes. The “base” colors of the horse are determined by the Extension locus, which in recessive form (e) creates a solid chestnut or “red” coat. When dominant (E), a horse is black. How does horse Read more…