bridle. Horse Bits 101: How Bits Work and Basic Bit Terminology. Bits attach to the bridle and the reins and rest inside the horse’s mouth. What holds a bit in a bridle? function in bridle The bit is a horizontal Read more…
A horse should eat one to two percent of their body weight in roughage every day. Horses who spend much of their time in stalls aren’t doing much grazing, but their natural feeding patterns can be replicated by keeping hay Read more…
On average, a horse can swim for about 30 minutes before tiring. However, if a horse is fit and in good condition, it can swim for substantially longer. What is this? As for distance, horses can usually swim for about Read more…
Since the horse’s ears’ anatomy has no lower passage that will drain the water, it will build up inside them and cause discomfort and infection. What happens when water gets in a horses ear? Also try to keep water out Read more…
Feathering. Feathering or feather is the long hair on the lower legs of some breeds of horse and pony. On some horses, especially draft breeds, the hair can almost cover the hooves. What is the hair on the fetlock called? Read more…
Drawing agents such as Epsom Salt and Animalintex can be used to reduce swelling. To treat horizontal stress and pinching the crack is debrided often using a motorized Dremel tool. Necrotic, infected and undermined tissue is removed. The unstable back Read more…
Microchips are implanted by licensed veterinarians, who sterilise the area of implantation before administering a local anesthetic at the insertion site. A 14-gauge needle is then inserted under the skin and into the ligament to inject the chip, which is Read more…
Because it’s so large, a horse provides an abundance of collagen, the material used to make animal glues. However, it’s illegal to sell horses to kill them to make glue or for any commercial purpose. If you’ve been around the Read more…
A flat-footed horse is walking on the sole of his foot as well as on the hoof wall and frog. Flat-footed horses are often sore-footed or lame, since the sole of the hoof offers little protection against rocks and other Read more…
When I hear horses are flat they may actually have muscle soreness and may not being willing or capable of moving with the vigour or intensity that you desire for them. After a period of rest or an increase in Read more…