I was very excited to see that finally an Australian grass seed company has produces a pasture mix especially for horses that helps prevent laminitis. Most pasture seed sold at your local produce store is designed for food production to make beef, lamb and dairy animals produce the end product faster. These predominantly rye grass [...]
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If your horses are prone to laminitis, or you just want to keep you gravel crunching barefoot horses striding out, then you really need to know the safest times to allow grazing, especially in the spring or autumn when there are growth flushes. Before I introduce a tool that will help horse owners with that, [...]
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It’s that time of year again. If you’re in an area that has enough rainfall to grow grass, then as soon as the weather changes to allow that, be sure to know the best strategies to keep your horse safe. Laminitis can sneak up on you, but knowing the early signs which may include (but [...]
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Keys to Preventing Laminitis and Founder By Dawn Willoughby In most cases, owners can prevent the ravages of laminitis (inflammation of the laminae between hoof wall and coffin bone) and founder (pulling away of wall from coffin bone due to a broken laminae). During her six years as a professional trimmer, Dawn tried to educate [...]
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The Plight of Ponies By Vanessa. At an agricultural field day, I came across a small metal pen housing cute young miniature ponies. Three of them were in a tiny pen and as I got closer I saw they were all for sale. They were grumpy and bored and occasionally one would be aggressive to [...]
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Website Review: SlowFeedYourHorse.com is a new website that explains the concept of Slow Feeding, an integral part of preventing and treating laminitis and founder. Its also healthy for your budget as well as your horse, saving hay while satisfying your horse’s need to ‘graze’ 22 hours a day. This site also lists where to buy [...]
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Featured Product in the Natural Horse World Store Horse Playgrounds DVD – On Sale for $24.95 with free postage. Get your horse playground set up to practice for Horse Agility featured in the Horsemanship section of this blog. This DVD contains step-by-step detailed instructions showing how you can make your very own horse playground. Build a [...]
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