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Monday Myth 41: I Should Try to Fatten My Mare Up Before Breeding Her Next...
At this time of the year, many animals (and even some humans!) go into hibernation mode until warmer weather reappears. If you have plans to breed your mare in the spring, you might also be tempted to...
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Monday Myth #43: Feed Horses Corn Oil to Prevent Impaction
Corn oil is a popular feed top dressing among many horse owners and managers. It’s inexpensive, readily available, and even the pickiest equine eater will gobble it right up. As far as vegetable oils...
View ArticleMonday Myth #44: Feed Bran Mash to Keep Your Horse Warm This Winter
When the temperatures fall and your horse starts looking like an icy lawn ornament, it’s tempting to rush out to the barn bearing treats: warm blankets, space heaters and maybe even a hot bran mash....
View ArticleMonday Myth: Withhold Water From a Hot Horse
You’ve just dismounted after a good ride, you and your horse are hot and sweaty and high on feel-good endorphins, and you head back to the stall to untack. Is removing the water bucket one of the...
View ArticleMonday Myth #44: Don’t Feed Horses Round Bales
Stacks of clean, fresh-smelling, greenish-yellowish 50-pound square bales are the picture of hay perfection for most horse people. We are often taught that horses are sensitive creatures requiring...
View ArticleMonday Myth: Horses Require Higher Quality Hay Than Cattle
Horse owners are known for being picky about hay selection, and we literally end up paying the price for higher quality hay than our livestock-raising neighbors. The idea that our more delicate horses...
View ArticleMonday Myth: Horses Need to be Fed at the Same Time Every Day
If you’re a horse owner, there’s no other time you feel more loved by your equine than when you show up five minutes before feeding time. Poke your head through the barn door at this time and you’ll be...
View ArticleMonday Myth: We Can’t Prevent Colic in Horses
Colic is the digestive ailment probably most universally recognized by horse people, young and old. Simply defined as “abdominal pain,” colic is a general term for a host of GI conditions, some of...
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Myth: Don’t Feed Horses Before Riding
This barn-aisle debate, whether or not to allow horses to eat before riding, rages on, often with little consensus. Perhaps you’ve been told not to feed a horse within 30 minutes to an hour before or...
View ArticleMyth: Horses Don’t Need as Much Hay at Night
Humans are a pretty predictable bunch; unless you live in someplace like Iceland or Alaska, most of us sleep when the sun goes down, and get up to work or play when the sun is shining. Most of our...
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