If your 12-ounce beers contain six percent alcohol (~0.72 ounce per beer), you’ll need to give the horse nine beers all at once, and all of that alcohol needs to be absorbed into the horse’s blood. Can a horse get Read more…
3. Why is it dangerous to feed them? Wild horses eat a very specialized diet of sea oats, coarse grasses, acorns, persimmons, and other native vegetation. What do OBX wild horses eat? Their diet consists of “sea oats, coarse grasses, Read more…
You should always leave at least 5/8-inch of frog skin covering the sensitive structure and it is even more important to understand that the 5/8-inch thick callused frog horses need can take at least a year to build and compact. Read more…
Pebble Beach. Before sunrise and after sunset, along the waters of the Tonto National Forest and into the adjacent Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation, visitors have a pretty good chance at catching a glimpse of Arizona’s wild horse population. Where Read more…
Turpentine should not be applied to the frog, the bulbs of the hoof, to the coronet band or above it. The frog (the “v” shaped portion on the underside of a horse’s hoof) is designed to be dynamic. It flexes Read more…
A healthy frog in the unshod horse should have full contact with the ground when he is standing and should look like a wedge at the back of the foot. “If the frog is big and healthy and contacts the Read more…
A small portion of oakum may be spread over the sole in front of the frog, but none must be put on the frog itself, excepting the bit in the cleft, which is necessary to prevent dirt working in from Read more…
In addition to rest, icing the hoof can help to relieve the pain and inflammation. “An acute bruise can be helped more with cold than with soaking, and we recommend putting the foot in ice,” says Bullock. “I also advocate Read more…
You should always leave at least 5/8-inch of frog skin covering the sensitive structure and it is even more important to understand that the 5/8-inch thick callused frog horses need can take at least a year to build and compact. Read more…
Initially, your farrier will also treat the thrush much like a dirty wound, trimming away the loose, diseased frog tissue and possibly applying dilute bleach. You can follow this up with applications of a mild astringent, such as Betadine®, or Read more…