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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Horse Growth Continues With Age
A horse's growth in height is essentially complete by the age
of 3, but his spine takes a full five years to mature. This means your horse
will continue to grow in length after he stops gaining in height. It's also a
good reason to heed the cautions to take it easy with work under saddle at... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Antioxidants–Defenders of Health in Horses
Antioxidants are substances that protect against free radicals. "Radical" is
a chemical term--and an appropriate one at that. It's an atom or a molecule that
has an odd number of electrons in its outer shell. Electrons circle the nucleus
of an atom like planets around the sun, and at set... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Fly Repellants for Your Horse When Trail Riding
If you don't like to ride with a fly mask on your horse, you know how serious
and annoying a problem face and ear flies can be on trail. Sprays and wipes don't work
well to repel all flies, and they lose effectiveness quickly
when the horse sweats.
For an effective repellant mixture for... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Perfect Horse
The Magic and Mystery of a Horse's Movement
There are horses that seem to be
built by the angels to clear high buildings in a single bound who simply don't
enjoy jumping. There are horses who carry the blood of cutting horse royalty
that prefer being trail horses. Usually, however, horses are at their best and
happiest when doing... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Making Chestnuts & Ergots Invisible on Horses
Horses and ponies often grow horny protuberances on their legs known as
chestnuts and ergots . Chestnuts are usually found on the inside forearms and
sometimes on the inside hinds of horses, while ergots are the hard knots at the point of
the fetlocks .
In most horses, these horny growths... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Prevent Laminitis By Limiting Pasture Grazing
As your horse pastures spring back to life, it may be wise to consider limiting
your horse's pasture grazing time. Theoretically at least, every horse is at risk of
developing laminitis if he gorges himself on enough young pasture grass in a short
enough period of time to result in severe gut... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Proper Horse Health Care Involve Diets
Horses become overweight for the same reason we do--they eat more calories
than they burn. It isn't any healthier for them than it is for us. Putting your horse on a diet could not only make your horse more active, but save his life. Overweight horses may lead to conditions of lameness, heart and... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Trail Rider
Lateral Flexibility In Horses
Question: I
have a wonderful, cooperative, 6-year-old Quarter Horse mare that was foaled on
our farm. I use natural-horsemanship training techniques. The only problem I
have is with lateral flexion. She just can't bend her neck around in either
direction, and she isn't getting any more... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Breeding Horses For Color
Genetic researchers are
discovering Nature's secrets for producing horses with tobiano , overo and
appaloosa horse breed patterns. Horse breeders are putting the recipes to work.
Horsemen and women have long
been fascinated by the various coat patterns displayed by the equine species,... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Trail Rider
Trail Riding Without Horse Hooves
Last year, my
friends, Mary Elizabeth and Dave, visited from Phoenix to ride the trails near my home. My
Paso Fino mare, Natalie, is full of spirit and fast on the trail. But my
friends' Paso Finos, Destino and Remolino, put Natalie to shame. They can gait
so fast, Natalie has to lope and... | read »
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| Sun Protection for Horses |
Sunlight has beneficial effects for horses, including the manufacture of vitamin D by the
skin, relief of muscle and tendon stiffness or soreness and possibly even
improved immunity.
But horses with pink-skinned areas may suffer sunburn if
overexposed and could be at higher risk for... | read |
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