While the leaves on a peach tree are extremely dangerous for horses, you may be shocked to learn that peaches themselves are actually safe for your horse to eat as a treat. Can horses eat peaches? Horses love to eat Read more…
First, let me make it clear that just about any horse can do a nice little two foot slide on good ground. It’s another thing altogether for a horse to slide 15 or 20 feet. If you want big time Read more…
It is the right bumper + A, and obviously a direction to skid steer pretty much on the spot. Of course you need to have met the necessary level of bonding with that horse to do the special moves. Also Read more…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set a daily recommended intake of selenium for an average horse (weighing 1,100 pounds) per day as 3 mg or 0.3 ppm in the diet (ppm stands for parts per million and is Read more…
Cherry, Peach, and Plum: These flowering fruit trees are fine for your yard or orchard, but they’re dangerous to horses. It’s because different parts of the plants contain cyanide, which is a powerful poison. Are peaches poisonous to horses? While Read more…
Treatment of Cyanide Poisoning in Horses This is done most frequently with the intravenous administration of sodium nitrate or sodium thiosulfate, either separately or simultaneously. Inhaled amyl nitrate could also be used, followed by an injection of the sodium thiosulfate. Read more…
Slow feeders are a great alternative to grazing if you have limited access to a pasture. Slower feeding can be beneficial for horses prone to certain conditions like foundering, laminitis, or ulcers. Available in many different forms, slow feeders can Read more…
As well as riding the ranch also offers; hiking, shooting, archery and trips into Tombstone, making it a great experience for non-riders. Tombstone is suitable for all levels of rider and the ranch has a large herd of horses. Riding Read more…
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a serious and highly contagious animal disease that affects all cloven-hoofed animals including cattle, sheep, goats, camelids, deer and pigs. Cloven-hoofed animals are those with divided hooves. It does not affect horses or zebras. Does hand Read more…
Vesicular stomatitis is caused by a virus and affects horses, cattle, and pigs. It also rarely affects sheep, goats, and llamas. The virus can be transmitted to humans and may cause flu-like disease. Vesicular stomatitis is seen only sporadically in Read more…