Researchers have discovered that a horse’s behavior can be affected by its eyesight. Sight problems can cause difficulties with training and can even cause a horse to spook as well as have other unwanted behaviors. Cataracts can occur at any age in horses. The lens of the eye becomes clouded and appears milky-white, causing sensitivity […]
We know what stress can do to us, physically and emotionally. Horses react the same way we do to stress. Chronic stress can take its toll on a horse’s mind and body affecting its ability to fight off disease and general health. Horses are flight animals. That is they run from trouble if possible and […]
Cereal grains and forage in the horse’s diet provide the carbohydrates and starches which in turn give a horse the energy boost needed to perform whatever tasks necessary. If your horse is a worker or an athlete, s/he will naturally require higher amounts of carbohydrates. Horses that are retired, idle most of the time, rarely […]
