Either shoulder or hip tends to be the most popular locations on horses that are branded. The point of branding is to make owner identification easier, so they should not be hard to find. Where can I brand a horse? Read more…
Keep your brand a simple combination of three letters, numbers or symbols. Your brand needs to fit on the hip or shoulder of your horse. Choose several designs as your brand will be rejected if it resembles another brand too Read more…
As long as the bit is properly fitted to the horse’s head/mouth it should cause no pain. Do horses feel pain when getting branded? YOU MAY HAVE HAD AN INKLING – Study proves hot-iron branding to cause horses more pain Read more…
Ariat. 1. Ariat. Ariat is one of the most renowned equestrian brands in the world. What is the most popular style of horse riding? Some of the most popular horse riding events, like dressage and gymkhana, fall under the two Read more…
A horse’s teeth are hard-wearing but chewing rough fibre for over 18 hours a day can wear them down at a rate of approximately 2-3 mm per year. To compensate for this wear a horse’s teeth continue to erupt through Read more…
Horses don’t feel pain in their hooves. There are no nerve endings in the outer section of a horse’s hoof, so they don’t feel any pain when you’re nailing on those shoes! Does it hurt the horse when you clean Read more…
Wild horses have shorter necks, are more slab sided with shorter legs, with more upright pasterns than our horses. So while genetically domestic horses may be identical to ancient wild horses, the process of domestication brings out characteristics that wild Read more…
Horses rarely consume too much salt. However, salt toxicosis may occur when water is limited or unavailable. Horses who eat too much salt may exhibit signs of colic, diarrhea, frequent urination, weakness, and recumbency. In advanced cases, horses may eventually Read more…
The Indians didn’t use shoes for their horses, but they generally had multiple horses available to use. From comments in journals, it appears that the trappers favored horses shod with iron shoes, however available evidence from inventories suggests that most Read more…
Salt Toxicity and Deficiency Signs of salt toxicosis include colic, diarrhea, frequent urination, weakness, recumbency, and death. Salt blocks often become toys for bored stalled horses. What happens when a horse eats too much salt? Horses who eat too much Read more…