Note that most horses will require at least some training to learn to wear these ear plugs without objection, but horse ear plugs really can be extremely helpful for the animals (especially during competition riding) once they’re well acclimated. Horses Read more…
Stable vices is a term used to describe undesirable stereotypies displayed by horses. They are typically caused by boredom or stress and can become an unbreakable habit. The repetitious nature of these behaviours can result in physical strain on the Read more…
Common examples include cribbing, biting and weaving. These behaviors frustrate horse owners. As a result, we often refer to them as vices. A vice is a fault or failing on the part of the horse. What type of abnormal behavior Read more…
Over the course of the war, both Germany (2.75 million) and the Soviet Union (3.5 million) employed more than six million horses. Who used the most horses in ww2? Not many people know that the greatest use of horses in Read more…
Horsecars were in all ways low-tech and old wave, yet they worked and moved millions of passengers each day. They were indispensable to urban life. The public became enthralled with riding and would not walk unless the cars stopped running. Read more…
about 300 degrees. Their range of vision is about 300 degrees, except for an area of about three feet directly in front of and six feet behind them. binocular, just like humans, and he gains some depth perception. In order Read more…
Thus began the adventure of Spyn, our foal who was born with no eyes, a condition known as anophthalmia. A funny thing about adventures, though, is that they often come to you cleverly disguised as catastrophe. What makes a foal Read more…
At the end of the First World War Australians had 13,000 surplus horses which could not be returned home for quarantine reasons. Of these, 11,000 were sold, the majority as remounts for the British Army in India (as was the Read more…
For the majority of horses, long, pasted grass is better than short, young grass. Most horses do not need the high nutritional value and benefit from the many fibers and the low nutritional value of long grass. What is the Read more…
If the horse is ear-shy, avoid handling the ears at all; start by rubbing his neck. Move your hand closer to the ear and then back again, then a little closer to the ear, and back. Gradually keep working toward Read more…