It’s biodegradable The process of extracting and using materials like horse hair is also more environmentally beneficial than creating man made fibres. Is horse hair sustainable? Horsehair fabric is made from long strands of horse tail and used in upholstery, Read more…
Now that we’ve got your attention, let’s talk about this uncommon notion called horsehair braid! Historically, it was made from the stiff hair of a horse’s mane and tail, and then from cotton and linen, but today’s version is made Read more…
Just like the gowns and full skirts in the movies. You can buy horsehair braid -in different dimensions – starting from 3/4 inches, I guess to 2 inches. Small width is easier to work than a wider one. For that Read more…
Congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) is the inability to see in low to no-light conditions. Horses with two copies of the leopard complex white spotting pattern allele (LP) have CSNB. This includes horses from the Appaloosa, Miniature Horse, and Knabstrupper Read more…
Avoid leaving braids in overnight. But in general, for reasons of both safety and comfort, you should avoid doing this too frequently. Leaving your horse’s mane braids in overnight is probably not safe, since you’d need a hood to cover Read more…
But most of them do like having their hooves picked and don’t mind shoeing at all – so long as an expert does it! Nevertheless, most horses are relatively “neutral” when it comes time for them to be shod. They Read more…
Hair taken from the mane is softest and ranges from 50 to 150 microns (a micron is about 0.00004 inch) in diameter. Hair from the tail, coarser and with greater resilience, ranges from 75 to 280 microns in diameter and Read more…
Whipping the horses over and over again inflicts physical and psychological pain and increases the likelihood of injury. Somehow, the racing industry has escaped accountability for this blatant act of animal cruelty. Is it cruel to use a whip on Read more…
Wild horses amble long distances daily, usually over rough grassland, which gradually builds up hard hooves. Domestic horses usually grow weaker hooves because of intermittent exercise, often over softer, damper ground, and sometimes exacerbated by an unbalanced diet. Do wild Read more…
The first cutting usually has a higher weed content, and quality decreases after the second cutting, so the second cutting is usually the best to feed. What cutting is best for horses? The most common choice of hay is second Read more…