Horses can experience trauma and events they perceive as aversive that make them experience physical or mental pain and/or made them feel like their lives were threatened. Horses can form negative associations with events, situations, environments etc. Can horses be traumatized? Both horses and humans are vulnerable to trauma. Both Read more…
Contact Carmen on 082 612 6966 to make an appointment. Step 2: Complete an Application to Adopt and pay a R250. 00 non-refundable deposit. Step 3:If we feel that you are suited to the horse you wish to adopt and we have received your application and deposit, we will conduct Read more…
Statistics submitted to British Horse Society show that within the last 10 years, 43 humans have lost their lives and 315 horses have been killed as a result of horse riding traffic accidents on our roads. In the last year alone 1037 road incidents involving horses and vehicles were reported Read more…
Blood Pressure Measurement There are two methods of assessing blood pressure in horses: direct and indirect. The indirect method of monitoring arterial blood pressure is noninvasive and more commonly used in neonatal foals or adult horses that are not anesthetized. Can you take blood pressure on a horse? To measure Read more…
What is horse allogrooming? Allogrooming is social grooming between two horses. They nip with their incisors along the necks or withers. Usually only bonded horses engage in social (mutual) grooming with each other. It increases bonding and establishes social hierarchies. What does it mean to curry a horse? The horse Read more…
The digital cushion (DC) plays a role in absorbing and dampening forces applied to the foot and therefore supports internal structures such as navicular bone; yet, its architecture is not well-known. What does digital cushion consist of? The digital cushion (pulvinus digitalis) is a highly modified subcutis consisting of a Read more…
Horses don’t just whinny and neigh — they also nicker. The horse you’ve been visiting with carrots every afternoon might nicker softly when she sees you coming. The word nicker comes from Scottish and North England dialect. Do horses nicker? Horses can make a number of different sounds to communicate Read more…
Hoof rot is caused by bacteria. When your horses, cattle, or other animals stand in contaminated soil or on contaminated ground, they are at risk for this bacterial infection of the feet. How do you get rid of foot rot in horses? The horse should be moved to a clean, Read more…
In adult horses, normal systolic pressure is 110 to 160 mm Hg and normal diastolic pressure is 90 to 110 mm Hg, creating a MAP of 110 to 120 mm Hg. Under anesthesia, the MAP in a horse should remain above 60 mm Hg. How much blood does a 500kg Read more…
Sodashi is a pure white white bred in Japan by Northern Farm, the breeding operation of her owner Makoto Kaneko. What does the name sodashi mean? A Sanskrit word, Sodashi means wholeness, purity and radiance. Has a white horse ever won a race? Sodashi is the first white horse in Read more…