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17 Dec
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Posted by Marnago
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The Horse care basics include keeping the hooves trimmed and picked, ensure the shoes have the proper fit and visit your farrier regularly. The importance of looking after the hooves of your horse is aptly conveyed by the adage “No foot, no horse.” Improper hoof care can cause an animal to experience pain and discomfort and even become lame. Diseases and infections can also the effects of hooves that are not properly cared. Horse hoof supplements are a good investment
Horse Hoof caring Tips
If you lack familiarity with the characteristics and anatomy of a horse’s foot, you may want to do some research on the topic. General knowledge and background information will aid you understand how your horse’s feet should look and will help you find if the feet are healthy and normal or whether the
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y have abnormal characteristics. The frog portion of your horse’s foot should normally feel like a brand new rubber eraser. The frog normally looks dry whilst the shedding period lasts. Close attention should be given to the care of the horse’s hooves.
You can pick your horse’s feet if you notice any stones and debris wedged in them. Keeping the hooves free of foreign objects by regular cleaning or picking will enable you to keep an eye on any signs of in
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juries. This will prevent the horse from suffering from more serious health issues later on. You need to pick your horse’s feet before riding or walking your horse to remove any debris which can cause soreness after the activity. By using a hoof pick, you can remove debris from the horse’s hooves like stones and dirt that can be stuck inside the frog (a part of the hoof). Carefully check the frog for any infections which can be detected from its smell and secretions.
Trim your horse’s hooves
Whether your horse is wearing horseshoes or is allowed to walk barefoot, you must make sure that you trim and level hooves regularly. Ensure the horseshoes are the right size. For horses that wear horseshoes, it is important that the shoes are not loose, as these can give discomfort and even cause lameness. Ensure that the nails fasten the shoes securely in place and such that no stones or other debris are wedged between the horseshoes and the rim.
A good farrier is an excellent resource for quality hoof healthy and care advice. Never forget to visit on a regular basis. It is generally advised that you visit the farrier in 4 to 6 week intervals during the summer, going a little bit longer between visits in the winter. If your horse is wearing corrective shoes, more frequent visits may be needed. Your horse’s overall health and well-being will depend on the condition of its hooves. Hence, you should learn to give time and invest in the right products that can improve the health of its hooves.
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5 Sep
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Posted by Marnago
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The major mistake many people do when their horse bolts is to try to stop him; they tense up, tug at the reins and in doing so become more likely to fall off. The more tense you are on a horse, the easier it is to fall off. The first thing you should do when your horse bolts is to focus on staying on.
Unfortunately many riders panic when their horse bolts and they try various ways to stop the runaway horse. One of these methods is to force the horse into a tight circle, but by doing t
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his you compromise the horse’s ability to see where it’s going and you risk driving him into an obstacle. Pulling a horse’s head to one side when he’s bolting will also unbalance the horse which could result in him falling.
Many people try to hold onto the reins with one hand and pull with the other to try and stop the horse by using sheer force. This causes the horse a lot of pain and can result in the horse running even harder in an attempt to escape the intense discomfort you’re causing
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. Holding onto the reins for dear life in this way also causes your body to tense up, causing you to bounce around on your horse’s back which makes you susceptible to a fall.
When your horse bolts, you should focus on riding him. If you feel safer holding onto a neck strap or saddle you should do so but make sure you don’t hold on too tightly as your body will tense up and you will be thrown around with every movement your horse makes. Keep your horse’s head straight so he can see where he’
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s going and try to establish a rhythm with his movement. Try to remain calm and concentrate on staying on the horse. Refrain from leaning forward as this can put you at risk of falling should the horse stumble or change direction suddenly. Establish a rhythm with your horse and breathe deeply.
Start squeezing and releasing the reins in tune to your horse’s stride, this squeeze and release technique will bring your horse’s attention back to you and slow him down. Lean back slightly and continue to squeeze and release the reins until your horse is more responsive to your aids.
Keep in mind that when a horse bolts he is only acting out of instinct. Because they are prey animals, horses have a strong fight or flight instinct and when a horse bolts it is because he is afraid and panicking, the last thing you want to do is to panic and reinforce his fear. The horse is not being malicious in any way, he is simply scared out of his wits and it is your job to try to remain as calm as possible as you try to regain control of the situation.
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26 Aug
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Posted by Marnago
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A big heavy horse just like the front row of a rugby team might be heavy because of muscle. However if that excess weight and bulk is due to fat, then you need to be concerned. Epidemiological studies and statistics indicate that overweight horses are a growing problem, reflecting the same trend in people and other domestic animals.
With that mindset I’ve compiled a list of 10 nutritional tips to help you
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maintain your horse’s weight at all times, no matter what activity it might be doing.
1. Reduce calories not bulk; all horses should eat a minimum of 2.5% of their bodyweight as food, (includes hay, chaff, and bucket feed. Restricting intake to less, means your horse is at greater risk of developing: gastric ulcers, stereotypy behaviour, colic, and dental problems. Soak hay for 12hrs if you cannot get hold of oat or barley straw. This removes most of the
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nutrition especially the calories, making it the horse equivalent of celery. You can then feed ‘adlib’ satisfying the horse’s need for trickle feeding. BUT make sure you add the vits and mins back in by using a balancer, supplement or special vit/min treats
2. The number of calories, he eats needs to be less than the number of calories he uses. Increase the amount of work he does, borrow a jockey, lunge, ride and lead if you have 2 horses and only time to ride
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3. Most horses resting, retired or in light work will
consume excess calories just from grazing. Ignore the traditional advice of 1 horse/acre and overgraze the paddock with a minimum of 3-4 horses/acre, (make sure you pick up droppings and pull ragwort).You will be surprised just how little grass cover is needed to maintain weight on your horse. Horses and ponies don’t get fat on ‘fresh air’; they get fat on grass.
4. If you cannot ‘overgraze’ your grass with other horses, keep it cut; think how often the garden lawn needs cutting, your horse is consuming all this!
5. Rather than strip graze, put an electric fence in a u shape around the field so that the water is at the opposite end to the gate. This will increase the amount of exercise your horse has to do and therefore he will use more calories.
6. Weight loss must be slow and does not require you to ‘starve’ your horse. Rapid weight loss or restriction of food will lead to high blood fat or a reduced metabolism making subsequent weight loss more difficult. If your horse is obese, (20% over his optimum weight, then it will take at least a year to shift the weight)
7. It might be tedious but weigh any food you are giving including hay or haylage the first time you use the products. If the advice is to feed 500 g a day of a balancer then find a yogurt pot or similar that holds 250 gm . This means that you will not be tempted to sneak the ¼ scoop up to ½ scoop!!
8. Take a photo on a monthly basis; you don’t notice weight changes when you see your horse every day. Weigh using a scientifically validated weight tape fortnightly at the same time of day and fat score at the same time. Keep a diary of the changes.
9. Consider a muzzle. Horses standing in a stable use considerably less calories compared to those out moving around.
10. Remember that steady but active walking burns up more fat than trotting or canter work. Ensure that your horse gets at least ½ hr per day of brisk walk. Exercise is also protective against insulin resistance for both horses and humans.
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11. Leave that rug off. Horses use 80% of their feed energy to keep warm. Insulate them with a rug and the extra calories will go on their back as fat
12. Remember that calories are energy and energy is calories. If you have a cuddly laid back horse, he doesn’t need extra calories to give him energy. Extra calories = more weight gain.
Got a question about equine nutrition? Feel free to ask them via the comment section and I’ll kindly answer them as soon as possible.
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