Each horse is different, so monitor your horse daily and if they start to look tucked up or if their winter coat isn’t coming through as much as it should then this would signal a good time to bring your horse inside.” Should I bring my horse in at night? Read more…
Breeding Stock Paints can sometimes showcase small color traits, particularly if they carry sabino genetics. Such traits include blue eyes, pink skin on lips and nostrils, roan spots, and minimal roaning. What horses have pink skin? Sabino-white horses are pink-skinned with all-white or nearly-white coats and dark eyes. They are Read more…
Planning Your Horse Paddock Size In practice, the minimum size paddock for an individual turnout should be approximately 50′ x 50′. How much turn out should a horse get? Research has shown that horses require at least 8 to 10 hours of turnout per day, on good quality pasture, to Read more…
Structural deviations that may be observed are “camping out” and “camping under.” A horse that is “camped out” will stand with its legs too far in front of it, causing excessive pressure to be placed on the hooves as well as the knee and fetlock joints. Can you ride a Read more…
One of the benefits in owning a horse is you get a lot of fresh air and physical activity. Horseback riding is definitely one of the best forms of exercise. It improves your balance, coordination, flexibility, muscle tone, and overall core strength. It is also great cardiovascular exercise. What are Read more…
Black Horse Dream Meaning Seeing a black horse in your dream can mean there is a positive energy about to enter your life, although it may not be obvious at first. This energy can come into your life in a myriad of ways. It could be a new relationship, a Read more…
795 to 990 pounds Horse weight based on height Horse height in hands Horse weight 13.2h 660 to 880 pounds (299.5 – 399 kg) 14h 795 to 990 pounds (360.5 – 449 kg) 14.2h 880 to 990 pounds (399 – 449 kg) What weight should a 14.2 Connemara be? If Read more…
Hunter’s bump is a prominence of the tuber sacrale, a part of the hip bone that lies at the highest point of both sides of the horse’s croup. How do you fix a hunters bump on a horse? Stall-rest for several weeks is indicated to allow time for the ligaments Read more…
2. Back at the knee. Also known as calf knee, a conformation fault where, when viewed from the side, the horse’s knee is behind an imaginary vertical line dropped down from the front and top of the foreleg. What does it mean when a horse is back at the knee? Read more…
Compulsive circling at the walk generally results from some type of brain disease. Blind horses also tend to circle compulsively in one direction, either as a means of directing the good eye forward or, if blind in both eyes, as a behavioral trait associated with fear or anxiety. What are Read more…