Pawing is an indication something is not okay in the horse’s world. It’s body language expressing either 1) mental stress or 2) physical discomfort ranging from anticipation of a treat to painful ulcers. Pain, boredom, frustration, impatience, anxiety, hunger, excess energy and isolation can all be causes of pawing. How Read more…
A stud fee is a price paid by the owner of a female animal, such as a horse or a dog, to the owner of a male animal for the right to breed to it. What is stud fee? : a fee paid the owner of an animal at public Read more…
A male horse over the age of four years old is called either a stallion or a gelding, depending on its ability to reproduce. Between the age of one-year-old and four years old, male horses are referred to as colts. You may also hear a male horse called a stud Read more…
Physitis involves swelling around the growth plates of certain long bones in young horses. Suggested causes include malnutrition, conformational defects, excessive exercise, obesity, and toxicosis. How do you treat Physitis? Removal of infected tissue may shorten the amount of time that a horse needs to be treated with antimicrobials. Systemic Read more…
The size of the opening in your hymen is irrelevant, unless it is so small and causes blood flow obstruction and pain (then you need to see a doctor). Using tampons, bike-riding, doing gymnastics and horse riding are very unlikely to damage your hymen. How can horse riding break your Read more…
Much like English, Spanish has different words for male, female, and young horses. “Caballo” is the Spanish word for a male horse. Use “yegua” to describe a female horse. What is a female horse called? …male horse is called a stallion, the female a mare. A stallion used for breeding Read more…
It means that you are at one extreme of a situation, and you want to change it so hard that you fall into the opposite extreme. What does falling off the horse mean? It is a metaphor for not letting a little set-back defeat you. If something goes wrong, immediately Read more…
As most foals are born eleven months later, this means that many foals are born at the start of August. This differs in the Northern Hemisphere where warmer weather begins around December, which is why horses birthdays are celebrated on 1 January. Do horses have 2 birthdays? Horses born in Read more…
January 1. Regardless of when a racehorse is born, they all have the same birthday, January 1. What is the birthday of all horses? The selection of the 1st of August is explained by the breeding season. The gestation period of a horse is 11 months and the breeding season Read more…
Estrus is typically referred to as the time the mare is in heat. This is the time of follicular maturation and ovulation. During diestrus, the mare is not receptive to the stallion. Ovulation most frequently occurs 24 to 48 hours prior to the end of estrus. Estrus duration is usually Read more…