Cherry, Peach, and Plum: These flowering fruit trees are fine for your yard or orchard, but they’re dangerous to horses. It’s because different parts of the plants contain cyanide, which is a powerful poison. Are peaches poisonous to horses? While the leaves on a peach tree are extremely dangerous for Read more…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set a daily recommended intake of selenium for an average horse (weighing 1,100 pounds) per day as 3 mg or 0.3 ppm in the diet (ppm stands for parts per million and is equivalent to milligrams per kilogram). How much selenium should a Read more…
It is the right bumper + A, and obviously a direction to skid steer pretty much on the spot. Of course you need to have met the necessary level of bonding with that horse to do the special moves. Also (cut’n’pasted) RB + X from a stand still will rear Read more…
First, let me make it clear that just about any horse can do a nice little two foot slide on good ground. It’s another thing altogether for a horse to slide 15 or 20 feet. If you want big time stops you need a horse that has the ability and Read more…
While the leaves on a peach tree are extremely dangerous for horses, you may be shocked to learn that peaches themselves are actually safe for your horse to eat as a treat. Can horses eat peaches? Horses love to eat peaches and can safely do so if they are fed Read more…
All horse trailers require registration in Florida, regardless of weight. If you have a new trailer, you need the manufacturer’s certificate of origin, the bill of sale and a state-issued photo identification for registration. What size trailer does not need registration in Florida? 2,000 poundsThis answer has been viewed 11180 Read more…
Horses need 1 – 2 acres of pasture space each to provide them with enough forage to sustain their diet. This much space should also be enough so that the horse doesn’t completely eat the grass down, but that it is able to continue to grow and replenish during the Read more…
No. Florida law does not require that you purchase separate insurance to cover your trailer. The insurance that you carry on your vehicle will generally cover the vehicle it tows. Do I need to insurance my horse trailer? If you’re going to be transporting your horses, it’s incredibly important to Read more…
The force applied by the horse on the ground. The force is due to the friction between the ground and the cart. The cart will only move if the force applied by the horse is more than the frictional force.
Early horse-drawn disk harrows were first featured in the 1890s. One type of harrow used here was the spike-toothed gang harrow. The spikes were diamond shaped and welded to the frames. These harrow sections were linked together and pulled behind a horse or tractor to smooth the ground and break Read more…