6 Things Your Horse Really Wants for Christmas
Michelle Anderson
December 25, 2021
Tractors, breeches, and horse-themed jewelry might make up your wish list. But what would your horse ask Santa for?
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Tractors, breeches, and horse-themed jewelry might make up your wish list. But what would your horse ask Santa for?
Horses can live outside in comfort year-round with a few amenities provided by their owners.
Our digital managing editor uses durable Savvy Feeders to free feed her horses forage.
The key is adding weight carefully without triggering hyperinsulinemia and laminitis.
Are you using heated water buckets or troughs this winter? Stay safe with these tips.
Providing a balanced diet that meets your horse’s nutritional needs and being aware of possible shortcomings are vital for his care. Read about seven aspects of your horse’s diet that might not be up to par.
You expect dusty hay to set off inflammation in asthmatic horses’ lungs. But did you know dusty hay and indoor housing can also affect their gut microbiota?
Learn about the steps you can take to reduce the number of asthma-causing airborne particulates in your horse’s barn.
Abby Keegan, MS, PAS, an equine nutritionist for Cargill North America, will present considerations for designing appropriate diets for horses with equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) and how newly FDA-approved chromium might be beneficial. She’ll also share real-world example diets.
An owner wants to know how to best prepare her senior horse for a move from Florida to Virginia. Dr. Chrissie Schneider offers advice.
Equine nutritionists Abby Keegan, MS, PAS, and Dr. Clair Thunes offer advice on keeping picky drinkers hydrated during travel.
Equine nutritionist Dr. Clair Thunes offers tips on how to safely soak hay for horses.
Traditionally, some riders withheld feed from their horses prior to training or competition. We now know better. Nutritionist Dr. Clair Thunes explains.
Activity level is an important part of designing diets for horses. In this podcast clip, Dr. Clair Thunes helps horse owners understand what constitutes a “recreational horse.”
How do you feed recreational riding horses to meet their nutritional and digestive needs without causing weight gain? Get those questions and more answered during this live recording of our podcast. Sponsored by Nutrena.
Researchers compared feeding horses alfalfa and smooth bromegrass. They found alfalfa makes the hindgut more acidic but increases volatile fatty acid production.
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