A sickle-hocked leg structure is one in which the back leg joints of an animal, usually a horse or other equine mammal, are set with too much angle, resulting in the hock also being excessively angled. This can result in uneven hoof wear, which is incredibly painful for the affected Read more…
You can compensate for sickle hocks when you train a horse by not forcing it to work excessively on movements that stress the hock, such as rapid turns and stops in reining, flying changes, and piaffe in dressage horses. The training programme should have two phases. Can you ride a Read more…
Brindle has occurred in such diverse breeds as Arabians, Thoroughbreds, Mustangs, Quarter Horses, Tennessee Walking Horses, German and Bavarian Warmbloods, Russian Horses, Spanish Horses, and also in Donkeys and Mules. Can you get a brindle horse? Brindle coloring in horses is extremely rare and in many cases is linked to Read more…
Horses that are pigeon-toed and/or base narrow are frequently seen to have lameness and gait fault issues. Ring bone, coffin joint disease, and collateral ligament lesions, as well as tripping and stumbling are common with these horses. What can pigeon-toed cause? Children with pigeon toes may trip and fall more Read more…
A: The toed-out condition you describe originates from the conformation of her forelimbs where her knees are rotated laterally (outward). This results in a condition called sheared heels, where the inside heel bulb of the foot is displaced proximally (pushed upwards). Can you ride a toed out horse? A little Read more…
between 900 and 1250 pounds. How much does a quarter horse weigh? The American Quarter Horse weighs between 900 and 1250 pounds. Generally, Quarter Horses aren’t tall. That means their weight comes from their bone density and powerful muscles. What does the average quarter horse weigh? 950 to 1,200 poundsThe Read more…
When you straddle something, you’re sitting on it with one leg on each side — like straddling a horse or a fence. Unless you’re using an old-fashioned side-saddle, you straddle a horse when you ride it. What does straddling mean? to sit or stand with your legs on either side Read more…
If the line is in back of the knee (i.e., the knee looks like it is bent even when the horse is fully bearing weight on the leg), the horse is considered “over at the knees” or “buck kneed,” a condition that also distributes pressure unequally over the leg. What Read more…
A soft swelling between the front legs is usually edema (fluid within tissue planes) that has settled here from an injury elsewhere. In the chest area, the skin and underlying connective tissues are very loose, and so when edema accumulates here it is “jiggly” or pendulous. What does it mean Read more…
An average miniature horse weighs 200 pounds and should receive at least 2 to 4 pounds of forage a day. Look for a fine, soft, leafy hay rather than a coarse, mature hay. Feed at least one-third to one-half of a flake of a good quality grass or alfalfa- grass Read more…