As horse owners, we always seek the best practices to ensure our horses are healthy and happy. One such practice that significantly impacts their well-being is ground level feeding, yet hanging up hay nets is a common practise that we don’t even think about twice. But horses are naturally designed …
Equine ulcers, often referred to as gastric ulcers, are a common but often overlooked ailment in horses. These sores or lesions on the stomach lining can impact any horse, regardless of age or discipline. I wanted to shed some light on ulcers in horses, because I’ve seen so many horses …
Horses, like humans, have a sweet tooth. Treats are a great way to reward your equine friend for good behaviour or to just show some love. However, store-bought horse treats can be expensive and may contain ingredients that are not healthy for your horse. Horses are perfectly happy eating simple …
A horse eats a lot. Everybody knows this. But a performance horse eats even more. Just like the human counterparts, equine athletes have a voracious appetite. The harder they work, the more they eat – and the more specialised feed they’re going to need so that all their nutritional requirements …
Horses eat grass, everyone knows that. But what is surprising to a lot of people is that, even though grass is the most natural food source for a horse, it isn’t as simple as opening the gate and letting your horse into a lush, green field. If you don’t turn …
Admit it, you know eating that salad is healthier than that burger and fries you’re ordering right now. We all do this when we’re busy, busy, busy and running form one place to the next. And we all do our best to feed our horses a well-rounded diet that contains …
Horses have evolved teeth to eat rough, varied forage that wears down the teeth. However, many domestic horses today eat a diet which is low in abrasive minerals and materials and so their teeth don’t wear down as they would in the wild. Just because our horses are now living …
If you’ve got a skinny horse that isn’t maintaining a healthy weight or isn’t putting it on as he should be, there can be several issues causing the weight loss. If your horse is on a good diet and eating everything given to him, but still losing weight, you need …
Because your horse is a large animal, she needs to drink a lot of water to keep her body working properly. A mature, average-sized horse will drink between 20 and 40 litres (5 to 10 gallons) of water a day. Exercise, hot temperatures, humidity, sweating, pregnancy and nursing as well …
