[Conclusion] These results support that horse-riding exercise enhances balance, gait, and ADLs in stroke patients. How can I improve my balance while riding? Lift up out of the saddle and keep your weight down your legs and through your heels. Read more…
The plant has a strong pungent minty odor when crushed. Perilla mint plants are toxic to horses, and all plant parts (especially the flowers and fruits) contain the toxin. Can horses eat peppermint plant? Mint – Peppermint and Spearmint have Read more…
Peppermint oil has a cooling, soothing and anesthetic effect on the smooth muscles of the stomach and intestines, which makes it one of the key herbs to choose when dealing with horses prone to colic, gastric or duodenal ulceration, smooth Read more…
Do Horses Eat Sugar Cubes? Sugar cubes are mainly used to sweeten our drinks, however, many horse owners feed them to their horses as treats! Although they are not the healthiest horse treat available, many horses love them. They can, Read more…
How To Feed Lemon Balm. This product can be mixed with your horses daily feed at the following amounts: Small Horse (Under 450kg) – 30g per day, this can be split between feeds or given at once. Large Horse (450kg+) Read more…
Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) has a soothing effect on nervous symptoms in horses and dogs. The lemon-scented medicinal herb has soothing effects on the nerves as well as on gastrointestinal ailments. Can horses eat fresh lemon balm? Many herbs, including Read more…
What is this? Butterscotch – Butterscotch hard candies are another sugary treat option for horses. Many horse owners enjoy giving their horses a couple of butterscotch candies each day. What are horses most favorite food? What do horses eat? Grass Read more…
Good herbs for your horse Six commonly used herbs. Stinging nettle. Comfrey. Dandelion. Garlic. Valerian. Meadowsweet. What herbs are good for horses gut? In these cases, the use of soothing, healing, anti-spasmodic, astringent and anti-inflammatory herbs such as slippery elm, Read more…
Many essential oils repel horse flies and are safe to spray on your horse, such as lavender, lemon, citronella, sage, bergamot, cedarwood, lemon eucalyptus, lemongrass, peppermint, geranium, sweet orange, and rosemary. What essential oil keeps flies off of horses? Certain Read more…
Researchers don’t know a lot about what horses taste, but it’s assumed that they share the same four basic tastes we do – sweet, sour, salty and bitter. Although all horses are individuals and have their own preferences, in general Read more…