It’s important to understand labeled ingredients in horse feed to assure that it contains the needed nutrients for your horse’s optimum health. For example, if sugar is listed first, there may not be enough quantities of sodium, potassium and chloride (electrolytes) to maintain your horse’s good health. On the other hand, sugar beet pulp is […]
You’re on the road with your horse and trailer. A heavy truck passes you and the trailer begins to sway, there’s an unseen big bump in the road, a tire blows out, the trailer breaks down. These are some of the calamities that can cause your horse trailer to lose traction and wind up off […]
Strangles is a bacterial infection, Streptococcus Equi. It can quickly spread from horse to horse contact or contaminated materials such as food and water buckets, grooming tools, etc. The disease is known as strangles because sometimes extreme swelling of lymph nodes in the throat area can cause suffocation. The bacteria enters through the nose or […]
