To keep your horse hydrated in the summer months, tend to his waterers and troughs to make sure he has easy, safe access to clean water at all times. During warm weather, making sure your horse drinks enough water is a top management concern. Where do horses drink water from? Read more…
An automatic waterer is a device that provides horses with a continuous supply of fresh water. Most automatic waterers are connected to a water source (such as a well or city water supply) and use gravity to fill the trough. How does an automatic waterer work? Automatic waterers are standard Read more…
Supplementing with salt Adding a small amount of salt to your horse’s diet can stimulate his thirst and encourage him to drink more. Start by adding 1-2 teaspoons of table salt (sodium chloride) to his grain 1-2 times a day. How do I know if my horse needs water? Skin-pinch Read more…
Water horse Portrait of a boy riding a nøkk in the form of a water horse, by Theodor Kittelsen Sub grouping Lake monster Sea Monster Sea serpent Lake serpent Other name(s) Kelpie, Waterhorse Region Celtic nations Scandinavia What is the Greek word for water horse? The scientific genus of seahorses Read more…
The full proverb reads like this: You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. People, like horses, will only do what they have a mind to do. What type of phrase is you can lead a horse to water? proverbToday’s Phrase ‘You can lead a Read more…
A horse may be led by a person on the ground, sometimes called “leading in-hand,” or may be led by a rider mounted on another horse, a process called “ponying.” A “string” of animals refers to animals tied to one another by their leads, whether the human leads the horses Read more…
you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. What does it mean to lead a horse to water? Today’s Phrase ‘You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink’ is a proverb which means that you can give someone an opportunity Read more…
White vinegar is right up there with baking soda as an accessible and inexpensive barn odor neutralizer—as long as you prefer the smell of vinegar to the barn smells! Keep some vinegar in a spray bottle and spray your horse’s mats before adding shavings and also spray it on the Read more…
Quote by Henry David Thoreau: “The cart before the horse is neither beautiful” Where did the phrase cart before the horse come from? The meaning of the phrase is based on the common knowledge that a horse usually pulls a cart, despite rare examples of vehicles pushed by horses in Read more…
The most likely is that it comes from horse-racing circles: a tipster supposedly has inside information so good that it comes straight from the horse. According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the expression goes back to 1917. What does the idiom straight from the horse’s mouth Read more…