We all know the importance of exercise and stretching, for our bodies and horses alike. The exercise part is easy, well maybe not EASY, but easily understood… get on your horse and ride!
Stretching is important, not only for muscle fluidity, but also to identify any stiffness issues or potential lameness.
When you’re responsible for horses, one of the main issues you will come across is the struggle in determining the proper nutrition for every horse in your care. Just like people, all horses have different nutritional needs required to maintain their healthiest weight and fitness level.
All Tennessee horse people dread the winter for 1 main reason…
WINTER = MUDDY HORSES
We are seeing LOTS of this at the Green Barn and we haven’t even reached Turkey Day yet!
Sighhh…
So, in preparation, I am reviewing my protocol* for healthy horse winter grooming:
That is the question!
It’s getting to be about that time… blanket time.
I’ve been in barns where nobody wears a blanket… EVER…!! “they’re horses! ummm, hello? they’re used to the weather!!!”
…and i’ve been in barns where we have bunches of blankets… i.e.