Four Challenges Your older Horse will Face it, Have an older horse companion in your pasture? In terms of being considered a senior horse, if your equine is 20 or older he is a veteran or campaigner. This age by the way would make him about…
Defention: INSECT BITE HYPERSENSITIVITY (IBH) is an allergic reaction to the saliva of biting insects such as Culicoides, mosquitoes, black flies, and horn flies. The bites elicit an allergic response from sensitive horses, resulting in hives (urticaria) and/or crusty patches of bumps. Some other names for…
If you have had a horse, chances are that you have heard of the term equine colic before. You have probably done some research into this term, and you have found that when you are talking about equine colic, you are talking about a sign or…
What is The Basic Horse Nutrition guidelines ? , While you might think this is a simple thing to do - feed your horse - you'd be surprised at the number of horse owners that don't know about the basics. There is no real rule of…
Just because your horse is older does not mean he is ready to retire and not get ridden. Even aging equines need exercise. Not to mention the fact that they get bored doing nothing if they were active in their day. Aging horses still have sharp…