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What Are the Signs of Nutritional Imbalances in Horses?

What Are the Signs of Nutritional Imbalances in Horses? Horses are masters at hiding pain, but their bodies often reveal the truth about their diet. A nutritional imbalance happens when a horse gets too much or too little of a specific nutrient. You must learn to read the signs early...

How to Keep Your Horse Healthy and Happy This Spring?

How to Keep Your Horse Healthy and Happy This Spring? Spring brings longer days and better riding weather. As you pull your horse out of its winter routine, you need to manage its health carefully. Gradual changes to diet, exercise, and grooming will help your horse transition safely into the...

Horse Blankets and Tips For Blanketing Your Horse

The weather is cooling down and it's time to start putting blankets on your horses. If your horse is having difficulties wearing or putting the blanket on, here are a few tips to help with even the most difficult horses. Don't forget, we carry different sizes of blankets and styles!

Tips to Help Your Horse Beat the Summer Heat

Tips to Help Your Horse Beat the Summer Heat: the summer heat is here, and with it comes a unique set of challenges for our beloved equine companions! The combination of heat and humidity can place an added burden on horses during training sessions, competitive showings, and when they are...

Avoiding Heat Stress With Horses

In the height of summer competition season, it is common to have days of intense heat. This heat can be even harder on your horse than it is on you. If you are seeing sluggishness in your horse here are some facts that are important to know about the heat...

Horse Feeding Pitfalls: Forage

Ideally, the average horse's ration is primarily hay and pasture grass, with modest amounts of concentrates, such as grain, pelleted or sweet feed. But frequently, little emphasis is placed on the quality of forage .

Winter Horse Care Tips

Winter Horse Care Tips: Now that winter is approaching and the temperature is dropping, horse owners need to consider how to winterize their horse. Keeping your horse healthy during the winter months is easy with these Winter Horse Care Tips. During the cold season, horse owners must make sure that...

Deworming: Plan, Purge, Protect

Internal parasites are a common problem in horses, particularly those managed on pasture. In addition to being a nuisance, internal parasites can cause serious health problems such as weight loss, poor performance, colic, and intestinal obstruction. Establishing and maintaining a routine deworming schedule for your horses is an essential step...