Horse Management
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Cold Weather Grooming Tips
Grooming your horse in the winter takes a little more elbow grease than in summer. The routine and grooming steps are the same, but you must account for longer hair and no option to bathe if it’s too cold where you live. However, there are ways to deep-clean your fuzzy horse in cold weather.
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Top Tips to Set Your New Foal Up for Success
Never forget that your veterinary team is always your first line of help to ensure your foal's health and well-being, and it takes a village to raise a happy, healthy equine family member. The tips and insights in this blog can be referenced as a care guide for your foal in his first 6 months of life, specifically in months 2 to 6.
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How to Change Your Horse’s Nutrition to Suit Workload
Horses spend 10 to 17 hours grazing daily, and good horse management reflects a similar set-up. Horses should have access to forage (hay and grass) for most of the day. All forages, no matter how nice, are going to be deficient in some nutrients.
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How to Score Your Horse’s Body Condition
Any time of year is a great time to body condition score your horses and ponies and evaluate if you should make any important diet and management changes so that your horse is as healthy and fit as he can be.
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Nutrition for the Working Senior Horse
It’s no surprise that our horses are living longer and staying more active than ever before. The combination of progressive veterinary care, parasite control, improved dental management, and nutritionally advanced feeds have made it possible for many horses to live well into their 30s.
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Tough Decisions: When Horse Ownership Doesn’t Fit With Life, Is Leasing Out Your Horse a Good Option?
Horse ownership can be difficult during different times. Learn what you should consider if you want to lease out your horse.
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Caring for Elite Equine Athletes Competing on the World Stage
As we’ve all been tuning in to the biggest equestrian events of the season, you may be wondering what is takes to train an elite equine athlete for the world stage. Liberty Getman, DVM, DACVS, outlines the many factors that go into preparing a horse for the highest levels of competition—including an interview with 2020 Tokyo Olympian Doug Payne.
- Horse Management, Leaders and Volunteers, Pony Club Activities, Safety, USPC Championships, USPC Festival
Be Prepared to Prevent Heat Illness in Horses and People When Summer Temperatures Soar
Prevent heat illness in horses and humans during the summer, use the heat index tool, and use the heat illness training from Pony Club.
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Effective Advocacy for Equestrian Land Access
Advocacy is the act of publicly speaking, writing, or recommending on behalf of or in support of an idea, action, cause, policy, or proposal. It can also be specifically helping someone to achieve their needs related to their rights. Let’s talk about advocating for what your equine community needs and how to do it. For equestrians, access to land, facilities, and trails is a cause to embrace.
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5 Mistakes to Avoid When Grooming Your Horse
When you develop a grooming routine during your daily barn chores and riding, it can be easy to fall into some bad habits or forget about an important step. Here’s a list of mistakes to avoid while grooming your horse and what you can do instead.
