If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!There are some basic things you need to know how to do when owning a horse.
Feeding the horse is one of the most important parts of horse ownership.
Horses require adequate pasture time. They also need vitamin supplements. […]
The disease, grass sickness can affect not just horses but ponies and donkeys too.
First recognized in Scotland in 1907, it commonly occurs in the U.K., Ireland, Europe and North America.
Young horses are more susceptible to grass disease. The disease does not appear to have an affect on suckling foals.
Grass sickness is prevalent […]
Talking with others about horses is easier if you understand the basic terminology used when referring to horses.
If you or someone you love is really in to horses, you will want to be able to converse with them intelligently.
Here are the basic horse terms and what they mean.
There are some basic “age related […]
It is often seen on trail rides - an inexperienced or ill-mannered rider yelling, hitting or using too big of a bit in order to “control” the horse.
Punishment does not work on horses!
Horses simply do not understand the concept of punishment. Watch a crowd of horses, do you see any form of punishment […]
Horses have been around for a long time.
There are cave drawing of primitive horses.
The first domesticated horses known to man were those located in the steppes of central Asia somewhere between 3000 and 4000 B.C.
The first horses were thought to have been kept for their meat and milk. Early man probably started […]
Unfortunately horse abuse and neglect is prevalent in the United States and around the world. Typically most of the reported cases turn out to be false. Often the reported horse is under vet care for an illness or is a very old horse with normal aging problems.
There are some guidelines for determining if abuse […]
