WHAT TO KNOW

Preventative measures can be taken to reduce the risk of your horse getting cellulitis. Maintaining a regular exercise program, if your horse is fit to do so, helps to improve circulation and lymphatic drainage from the legs. It’s important to keep your horse’s legs clean and dry and disinfect all abrasions and cuts. What to do with a horse...

Newborn horses with a troubling disorder display some of the same symptoms as children with autism, including detachment, a failure to recognize their mothers, and a lack of interest in nursing. Abnormal levels of naturally occurring neurosteroids may be the connection, researchers say. Are horses good for ADHD? Both therapeutic and recreational horseback riding are frequently recommended for...

Can you install a fence in the winter? The answer is yes! You can have a fence installed during the winter! As long as the ground isn’t frozen, you don’t have to wait until winter is over to start working on your backyard oasis. Can you pound T posts in frozen ground? If a person has to set wood...

Do horses smile or laugh? When horses and people are terrified or in generally unpleasant conditions, for example, they lift the inner brow of their eyes and broaden their eyeballs. Furthermore, they “smile” as a sign of submission. What does it mean when a horse lifts its top lip? A biological reaction to scent is the Flehmen response....

How do you tie a quick release knot in the Pony Club? PONY How-To: Tying a quick-release knot What knot do you use to tie up a horse? The most common knots used to tie a horse are quick-release knots, of which there are several varieties, and the bowline knot. Quick-release knots are easy to tie, and while they...

Yes, you can pull a fifth-wheel camper with a 5.5-foot bed truck, but it will take some work. Fifth-wheel trailers connect to trucks with a device called a gooseneck hitch, which mounts inside the truck bed. A short bed truck (less than 8 feet long) can tow a fifth wheel, provided a slider hitch is installed. Do you...

Horses monitor their surroundings and detect danger through their sense of vision, smell, hearing, and touch. Horses see much differently than humans and are generally considered to have poor vision. In the wild, horses are animals of prey. Can animals sense evil? “Pets and their owners build a strong bond, so it’s plausible they may be able to sense...

Smell. The horse’s range of smell is more acute than that of humans but less sensitive than that of dogs. Horses use their sense of smell to identify other horses, people, predators and feedstuffs, just to name a few examples. Horses can identify medicine in feed even when we attempt to mask it in tasty treats. How far away...

Since vaccines stimulate an immune response, it is not uncommon for some horses to experience mild and transient side effects shortly after vaccination. These side effects may include: Low-grade fever. Decreased appetite. What to do if your horse has a reaction to the vaccine? Talk to your vet if your horse is having a reaction to a vaccine or other...

Even when Thoroughbreds competed over a distance (402 m) identical to Quarter Horse races, Quarter Horses averaged quicker speeds. Both kinds outpaced Arabians in terms of speed. Who would win in a race a Quarter Horse or a Thoroughbred? After that, the two breeds aren’t left with much differences in terms of speed and performance. The crux of...