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A while back I showed you my plans of constructing a Paddock Paradise for my horses. Now that the ground has thawed and with the wonderful cool working weather we had this weekend I was hard at work. The key to getting my track in place is to complete the permanent fence all the [...] Ah spring! If you’re a horse owner this means shedding season. Here’s some tips on how I make it through this hairy season. 1. Blanket! I turn my horses out in a nylon sheet or rain sheet. Not only does it help keep the mud off their coats but as they move the nylon [...] The truth is, no. Horses do not sleep standing up. Adult horses will rest standing up and look quite out of it but they cannot “sleep” standing up. For a horse to actually achieve REM sleep they must lie down and be stretched flat out on their sides. REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep is [...] So you want to enjoy your horse during the winter months but every time you hit the trials your horse’s hooves fill up with hard snow making the bottom of their feet look like a snow cone. Not the safest of situations. There are several ways to keep the snow from packing up in [...] |
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