Do you drive with your seat belt on? I have a feeling the majority of you out there would say of course. I know that I always use my seat belt, even though I can’t say that is has ever actually saved me in 27 years. However…that doesn’t mean I’m willing to not use it […]
It’s summer! Time to stop banging those frozen bags of sweet feed with a hammer to just get a scoop out! However…this is the time of year when things start to heat up and people begin to think about their feed going bad. There are several management tips and techniques to help you keep your […]
I’m often confronted with people who think buying the cheapest bag of feed is an acceptable way to manage horses. “You have to go back to economics,” I have been told. Well…I know as well as anyone else does that money is an important component when running a business. What some equine professionals may not […]
If you have ever been involved in selecting feed or developing a horse’s ration, then you have probably done your research and found calcium and phosphorus to be minerals that are spoken about often. Calcium and phosphorus are two of the most abundant minerals in the horse’s body. These two minerals work together to aid […]
One of the most common struggles I hear from horse owners is that they always have one or two horses that they are trying to put weight on. When you feel as though you are doing everything right, such as deworming regularly, getting their teeth done, having great quality hay and feed, and consulting your […]
Throughout many conversations that I have had with horse owners and professionals, one regularly occurring statement they make is that they do not want their horses to get “hot” on a certain type of feed. Some are referring to corn making their horses excitable. Others believe it is high protein that causes undesirable behavior. Whatever […]
Most horse professionals have probably heard at one point or another about the dangers of medications meant for cattle accidentally getting into horse feed. This cross contamination can easily become a fatal mistake. Horses that consume some of these medications often die or are at least left with a severe illness that must be remedied […]
One of the issues that I hear often from horse owners is that they have trouble keeping weight on one or two horses in the barn. Most barn managers have had to deal with the finicky eater or hard keeper at least a few times in their lives. Sometimes horses start to lose weight from being introduced to a […]
There amount of different hoof supplements out there in the market today probably rivals the amount of different brands of cereal that you could buy in the super market….the choices are endless! So does this mean that your horse definitely has hoof problems and you should definitely be buying at least one of these products? […]
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Stock the Barn Fundraiser that the Kentucky Equine Humane Center puts on every year to raise money for their organization. The Kentucky Equine Humane Center is unique compared to that of many other rescue organizations in central Kentucky in that they are not focused on only […]
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