Horses and Ponies

Welcome to the Horses page!

Besides being highly intelligent, horses are loving, loyal pets. Keep in mind they are very large pets that need lots of room. They require proper housing, an area to exercise in and graze, and equipment for riding and care. And veterinary and food bills can be high. As with all pets, research horse ownership thoroughly before committing to purchasing a horse. If you can provide for all its needs, you will have years of pleasure sharing your life with a horse.

Horse Articles

Horse Care

• Boarding Your Horse
• Choosing the Right Place to Stable Your Horse
• Cost of Horse Ownership
• Easy Safe Tick Removal for Pets and Humans
• Grooming Your Horse
• Horse Safety
• How Much Exercise Does a Horse Need?
• Taking in a Rescue Horse
• What do I need to keep a horse?

Horse Health

• Caring for Horses Hooves
• Caring for a Senior Horse
• Dental Care for Horses
• Equine Herpesvirus
• FDA Approves Life-Saving Drug for Horses
• Finding a Vet for Your Horse
• First Drug to Treat Cushings Disease in Horses
• Horse Virus Outbreak
• Laryngeal Paralysis in Pets
• Layup Farms
• Living with a Lame Pet
• Melanoma Vaccine for Horses in the Works
• Plants Highly Toxic to Horses
• Preparing Horses for Winter
• Seasonal Changes in Horse Nutrition
• Why Horses Need Salt

Horse Diseases

• Cancer in Horses
• Colic in Horses
• Horses and Allergic Dermatitis
• Pigeon Fever in Horses
• Ulcers in Horses
• What are some illnesses affecting Horses?

Horse Behavior

• Are Horses Afraid of Water?
• Do Horses Like Being Ridden?
• Horse Personalities
• Horse Sense(s)
• How Horses Communicate
• Why Do Horses Sleep Standing Up?

Horse Welfare

• ASPCA - Stop Horse Slaughter
• Anna Sewell
• Endangered Horses
• Feral Horse and Burro Roundups
• FoA-Ban on NYC Horse-Drawn Carriages
• HSUS - "Soring" Horses
• HSUS Investigation of Horse Soring
• HSUS News on Horse Slaughter
• Horse-Drawn Carriages
• Horse Breeding
• Horse Conservation
• Horse Diving Shows
• Horse Meat Controversy in Canada
• Horse Racing
• Horse Racing Endings
• Kentucky Derby Losers
• Olympic Equestrian Sports
• Rodeos
• Second Careers for Racehorses
• Urgent - ASPCA and Horses
• War Horse (Movie)

General Horse Articles

• Alexander the Great and Bucephalus
• Black Jack
• Book Review: Life Lessons from a Ranch Horse
• Book Review: The Hearts of Horses
• Comanche - a Horse
• Emperor Caligula and Incitatus
• Equine Therapy
• Horse Behavior
• Horse Myths, Facts and Urban Legends
• Horse Shows
• Horse Welfare
• Horses: Purebred vs. Thoroughbred
• Horses in Warfare
• How to overcome equinophobia (fear of horses)
• Man versus Horse Marathon
• Measuring a Horse's Height
• Movie/TV Cowboys and Their Horses
• Pony Mad!
• Poseidon and the Horse
• Ranching

Horse Breeds

American Miniature Horse American Paint Horse American Quarter Horse American Saddlebred Appaloosa Belgian Horse Clydesdale horses Friesian Horse

Icelandic Horse Irish Draught Horse Lipizzan Lusitano Horse Morab Morgan Horse Mustangs Naragansett Pacer

Palomino Paso Fino Percheron Horse Pinto Purebred Spanish Horse Shetland Pony Tennessee Walking Horse

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