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Reading Time: 4 minutes …to post photos and stories about horses on social media using the hashtag ##NationalDayoftheHorse. Volunteer for a horse rescue or therapeutic riding facility. Enjoy your favorite horse story or old…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes …check out the horse Maximus in the animated movie Tangled.) While horses use vision and hearing as their primary senses to avoid predators while grazing, smell is important, too. Horses…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes …concerned, they will almost always run. If you are lucky, your horse is one of the few “bombproof” equines, but typically horses range from solid citizens to always spooky. You…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes …horse at a sales barn or horse show is diagnosed with a health problem, it can be tracked to its origin and other horses identified who may been exposed as…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …loads, equines were much smaller. Scientists believe the first domesticated horse only weighed about half of what today’s horses weigh. But while horses’ bodies have become bigger—making them less susceptible…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes …of senior horse health problems and care. Gerontology is a “hot” science for dogs and cats. Horses lag a tad behind, but they are catching up. When is a horse…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …the natural history of horses makes it easy to see why. Horses evolved to be outdoors, in groups, moving for as much as 18 hours a day. A horse living…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes …members include a Bureau of Land Management Mustang, Thoroughbred, Haflinger, Paint, and several Quarter Horses. The big horses don’t intimidate my little guy. Why Play Horse Soccer? Our first soccer…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reading Time: 3 minutes Grooming your horse should be a Fear Free activity for both of you. When done correctly, grooming is far more than removing your horse’s dead hair,…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes …between you. Horses are herd animals, and they will follow the herd leader: you or another horse. Forcing him to continue may result in a violent reaction. A horse who…