Signs Your Horse Might Need To See A Dentist!

Signs Your Horse Might Need To See A Dentist!

Posted by Russell Gibbons on 3rd Apr 2019

Horses are animals who depend heavily on their mouth. As such, their dental health is super important to their overall health. When one understands that a horse’s tooth grows at over 3mm a year, it’s important to realise that a healthy mouth is not something which is a set and forget issue. It’s highly recommended to get regular dental checks with a professional for your pony eve …
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Horses in Small Paddocks - Things to Consider

Horses in Small Paddocks - Things to Consider

Posted by Russell Gibbons on 26th Mar 2019

Keeping Horses in Small Paddocks- Things to consider. We all wish we could have sprawling ancestral acres for our beautiful ponies to roam and be happy….. However the reality can be the exact opposite. Quite often, we have smaller land lots to house our horses. This means small paddocks….. But small paddocks don’t need to be a smelly, muddy, bare ground mess. With some simple …
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Fashion for Horses can also be Functional for Horses!

Fashion for Horses can also be Functional for Horses!

Posted by Russell Gibbons on 11th Mar 2019

Fashion for Horses can also be Functional!!! Zebra print and Giraffe Print are always exciting prints to have on your clothes in the ward Robe….. They are also fashionable with Horse Rugs!!!! But there has been some recent studies that show these types of prints can actually protect your horse as well as making them look good too…… Recently there was a team of scientists out …
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Is Fat Important for a Healthy Horse?

Is Fat Important for a Healthy Horse?

Posted by Russell Gibbons on 10th Jul 2018

Just because we, as humans, try to avoid fat in our diet doesn’t mean our pets and horses should have a low fat diet as well! Certain fats in the diet is really important and we as pet parents need to sometimes consider the dietary needs of our pets carefully. Of course, horses do not eat meat so only fats derived from plant sources, or marine in some cases, are really applicable w …
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How Important is Water to my Horse?

How Important is Water to my Horse?

Posted by Russell Gibbons on 21st Feb 2018

Horses Need Water! How does that old saying go? "You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink???" That might be true, but it might help if we can understand how important water is to a horse, and how much they need. From there, we just might understand why or why not our horse is drinking. Think about this for a second….. The average horse needs 30-50 litre …
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