Cool-season perennials, such as reed canary grass, fescue, bromegrass and orchardgrass, grow rapidly in the spring and fall and endure cold winters well. Yet they produce little to no new growth during the hot summer months. Warm-season annuals include sorghum, sudangrass and johnsongrass. What do horses need in the spring? Read more…
The Chinese Horoscope 2022 predicts a year of creative achievements and new love experiences. A horse would not have to do back-breaking work to accomplish great tasks in the year of the water tiger. Your smallest of efforts will give you satisfactory results. Is year 2022 lucky for horse years? Read more…
Hoof flares are caused by a weakening of the attachments (laminae) of the hoof wall to the coffin bone inside the foot. In wild horses the separation that occurs at the lower part of the wall allows that portion of the wall to break off so their hooves don’t grow Read more…
Cutting the hoof too low can injure the soft tissues, causing your horse to limp or, even worse, become lame. With the availability of better tools, horse owners can trim their pony’s hooves. That said, you need to be extremely careful to avoid unnecessary injuries. What happens if you trim Read more…
Sometimes they will groom one another with little chomps and nibbles. Sometimes a horse will playfully bite a companion horse. At other times, a horse will bite at another rival horse for space or territory. Other instances horses will bite other horses if they feel scared or hurt. How do Read more…
Herbs can offer a wide range of support to the horse, from maintaining healthy digestive and immune systems, to helping soothe those prone to nervous or excitable behaviour. What do herbs do to horses? Herbs offer various benefits for horses ranging from improved digestion, enhanced immune system, soothing excitable behavior, Read more…
Answer: The reason horses “root” against the bit is because at some point they had a rider that held too much contact on the bit. Some horses attempt to root, by pulling the bit and reins away from the rider to at least momentarily give themselves a relief. How do Read more…
All the study animals ate a normal diet, and the Ashwagandha groups also consumed 2.5, 5 or 10 grams of Ashwagandha root extract daily. How much ashwagandha do you give a horse? By offering Ashwagandha, you may be able to ease your horse’s distress as well as improve recovery time Read more…
(of a horse) to jump from all four legs. Collins English Dictionary. Why does a horse Pigroot? He kicks up or pigroots, because he knows this will relieve pressure from his rider. What does Pigroot mean? pigroot (plural pigroots) A area of soil where pigs have turned up the ground Read more…
Toxicity in Animals Redroot amaranth is toxic to most animals, including cats, dogs, horses, pigs, sheep, goats and cattle. Is amaranth good for horses? Although portions of this plant are edible, ingestion is detrimental to pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, and horses. This variety of pigweed is different in appearance than Read more…