The best way to help your horse shed their winter coat is to brush them regularly. This will speed up the shedding process and help keep their coat and skin healthy. Use a curry comb to loosen any dirt and dead hair clinging to your horse. A rubber curry comb Read more…
When the days begin to grow shorter, the horse’s body knows it’s time to start preparing for the winter months and begins to shed out the “summer coat” in preparation for the winter coat. And once spring hits and the days begin to grow longer, the horse will shed out Read more…
An individual providing Horse Reiki, or Equine Reiki, restores positive energy flow into the animal’s body, correcting imbalance. Horses are particularly sensitive and quickly pick up on the healing a practitioner offers through hands-on or even hands-off means. How does reiki healing works? Reiki therapy is based on an Eastern Read more…
A diet that’s rich in Vitamin A, Zinc, and sulfur will lead to a healthy, glowing coat. If you struggle to give your horse enough of these nutrients, talk to your vet, or animal nutritionist, about a supplement. Do horses grow a summer coat? As the daylight hours and temperatures Read more…
1960s-1970s. When was the horseshoe mustache popular? The horseshoe mustache rose to fame in the 1960s-1970s. Back then, however, it was known as the biker mustaches. What year was the mustache trend? Possibly the most bizarre trend of the 2010s, the moustache marvel first appeared around 2012, and thankfully, was Read more…
The nuts are also poisonous to cattle, horses, sheep and chickens, and they have been found to cause colic in horses. Wild deer, however, seem to have no ill effects from eating them. Can you feed chestnuts to chickens? Can Chickens Have Chestnuts? Chestnuts are another nut that must be Read more…
Pain relief is front and center when treating horses with ringbone, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) often provide the first line of defense. The most commonly used are phenylbutazone (Bute), flunixin meglumine (Banamine and others), ketoprofen (Ketofen and others), and firocoxib (including Equioxx). What can you do for a horse with Read more…
two fetlock joints. A horse has two fetlock joints in its forelimbs and two in its hind limbs (Figure 1). How many fetlocks does a horse have? The ergot is a small callosity (Calcar metacarpeum and Calcar metatarseum) on the underside of the fetlock of a horse or other equine. Read more…
Collagen granulomas are small hard bumps usually found on the horse’s back or neck. These bumps consist of scar tissue that forms due to inflammation caused by pressure from the saddle or by insect bites. What causes lumps on horses back? Clearly defined lumps and bumps (not more generalized swellings) Read more…
hindquarters. hindquarters: the large, muscular area of the hind legs, above the stifle and behind the barrel of the horse. What are the parts of a horses leg called? After the pelvis come the femur (thigh), patella, stifle joint, tibia, fibula, tarsal (hock) bone and joint, large metatarsal (cannon) and Read more…