TIE YOUR HORSE UP. Tie them for a long periods of time. Tie them alone and in a comfortable place teaching them to respect the end of a lead rope and teaching them that they will be fine alone. Learning to tie comfortably teaches horses patience. How do you deal Read more…
If urine concentration increases to a normal value, then it is likely that your horse has psychogenic polydipsia, which means he drinks excessive amounts of water. This is usually a behavior associated with boredom from being confined in a stall for most of the day. What are the signs of Read more…
Light horses are smaller horses, with small bones and thin legs. Most weigh less than 1,300 pounds. Ponies are also small horses, usually less than 800 pounds and shorter than 58 inches from ground to withers (the ridge between the shoulder blades). Many ponies have short, stout legs. How much Read more…
You might need 7,000-8,000 lumens to light your kitchen as a reference. In comparison, you would need about 20,000 lumens to light an area of 100 square meters, a possible area for an equestrian arena. How many lumens does an outdoor arena need? A foot candle (fc) is equal to Read more…
Horses are very light sleepers and awaken at any sound. To enter a light sleep (kind of like a nap), horses will remain standing, close their eyes and doze off. When they hear even the slightest sound, horses will be ready to run from danger! Do horses like to sleep Read more…
Horses aren’t natural jumpers, although in the wild they will jump obstacles that get in their way. This is what makes watching a horse jumping fences so fascinating as you see them using their bodies to an extreme. Why are horses jumpy? When a horse becomes jumpy, it is usually Read more…
Since infrared therapy enhances and improves circulation in the skin and other parts of the body, it can bring oxygen and nutrients to injured tissues, promoting healing. It helps ease pain, relieve inflammation, and protect against oxidative stress. Does infrared help heal? Unlike ultraviolet light – which has damaging effects Read more…
Red light therapy is gaining popularity as a non-invasive therapeutic way to help a range of ailments. From wound healing, to helping muscle inflammation its effects are being seen across both humans and animals with equine red light therapy helping horses around the world. What does infrared do for horses? Read more…
Bite victims treated with antivenom (horse serum) can produce antibodies against the horse serum and the snake venom. We studied distributions of the IgG subclasses of both these antibodies produced in response to antivenom injection and snake bite. What serum is used for a snake bite? Antivenom serums have been Read more…
The most common reaction to a snake bite is shock. Swelling, particularly if bitten on the nose or muzzle, can impede breathing through the nostrils. The horse may experience severe pain, nausea, muscle weakness, and shock directly following the bite. Are horse’s immune to snake bites? But, aside from young Read more…