Horse Well-Being
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Health Partnerships for Happy Horses
Establishing a good relationship with your veterinarian is an integral part of maintaining your horse’s health and well-being. Learn tips for creating a good working relationship with your vet.
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The Gleaming Gray Horse
It may seem like only gray and light-colored horses get dirty and stained, when in reality, horses of all colors trap dirt and grime in their coats. However, we can just see it more clearly on light-colored horses.
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Creating a Comprehensive Care Plan for Your Horse
Planning ahead for your horse’s annual health care and developing good preventive strategies makes a difference in your horse’s overall health. Learn how to develop a year-round comprehensive care plan to keep your horse feeling their best.
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Which Feed for Your Steed?
There are a variety of horse feed types and textures you can choose for your horse. The right product for your horse comes down to age, workload, caloric needs, health issues, and, their preferences.
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Overcoming 8 Everyday Arena Problems
Knowing how to problem-solve in the arena is key for any rider to improve. Let's take a look at what to do in eight common scenarios.
- Horse Health, Horse Management, Horse Well-Being, Nutrition, Pony Club Blog, Tips From Pony Club Pros
Shiny Horse Secrets
Showcasing a clean, shiny, and trimmed horse at any special event shows your respect for your horse and the sport or discipline you are competing in. From the experts, get tips to help you get a fantastic shine to make your horse show-ring ready.
- Horse Health, Horse Management, Horse Well-Being, Nutrition, Pony Club Blog, Tips From Pony Club Pros
Pasture Perils
For some horses, pasture grass creates weight management challenges and may trigger painful health conditions. Learn more about what kinds of conditions can arise and tips for managing pastures to mitigate the conditions.
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Brush Up on Bonding
Grooming isn’t just for getting your horse clean and for keeping his skin, coat, and hooves healthy. It is also a bonding experience with your horse that can strengthen your relationship in and out of the saddle. Get some expert tips to help you turn grooming time into a treat for your horse.
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5 Tips to Create More Horse-Friendly Housing for a #HappyHealthyHorse
Helping our horses to live their best lives means caring for them in ways that support species-specific behaviors. Some of these behaviors include the ability to move freely at various speeds, to graze on forage throughout the day, to choose where and when to take shelter or to lay down for deep sleep, and the opportunity to interact with compatible equines. Research shows that horses who can demonstrate these behaviors have a lower incidence of diseases like ulcers and colic and fewer stable vices. This article gives tips for creating horse housing that supports a #HappyHealthyHorse.
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Can You Recognize If Your Horse is in Pain?
As the United States Pony Clubs (USPC or Pony Club) incorporates horse well-being formally into its curriculum, one of the aspects of well-being that all Pony Club members should know, as well as all horse caregivers, is how to recognize signs of pain. As USPC members progress through the Horse Management curriculum, they identify specific types of pain, like lameness and colic, but what about recognizing subtle pain? It's an important consideration when thinking about a horse's well-being. Therefore, let's look at six signs that a horse may be in pain.
