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Helpful Horse Care Basics & Hints that Will Keep Your Equine Healthy and Well Maintained

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Helpful Horse Care Basics & Hints that Will Keep Your Equine Healthy and Well Maintained

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This is a central place in our world online to draw the horse person. Horse Basics is a compilation of useful and interesting fact about horses. Horses were born to move. In the wild they may walk many miles in a day, sometimes trot, but rarely gallop unless they have to.

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Every horse should be protected against tetanus. Horses are very intuitive. Most of the time, horses should be able to graze or eat hay when they want to. For some horses, you may also have to bring a supply of the water he is used to. Please do your homework, follow the links, learn the information and contact us with ideas, links and content for the site. Horses isolated in box stalls can develop behavioral problems from lack of companionship, exercise and mental stimulation. Good horseman spend a lifetime learning how to improve their riding.

Unless it is very wet and windy, horses tolerate cold much better than heat and humidity. If the sum of the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit and the relative humidity in percentage is over , you should be cautious about exercising your horse. If it is over , you should probably rest in the shade, and if it is over , most horses should not work at all. Hooves should be trimmed every six to eight weeks for horses whose feet do not get adequate natural wear. Despite tradition, most horses don't need shoes if their hooves are given the opportunity to strengthen naturally. In fact, some hoof problems are directly related to shoeing.

However, changes should not be made suddenly or without expert guidance. Finding a veterinarian or farrier willing to discuss all the options may be hard, but worthwhile. Uneven wear can lead to sharp points and edges that cause pain and difficulty chewing. Other signs of dental disease may include foul breath, undigested hay in the stools or discomfort from the bit or noseband.

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Dental disease can lead to choke, colic and weight loss. If you suspect that your animal has ingested a poisonous substance, please call your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center's hour hotline at Try to sit squarely in the saddle, moving your body with your horse.

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The more tense you are, the more you will bounce. Stay in tune with how he is moving. It will be less likely that you will be to be thrown off balance.

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For beginners I tend to tell them to sit near their back pockets but without slouching the upper body. Having your weight set further back will help keep you secure if the horse stops suddenly.

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Think of driving in a car without a seat belt. Horses are very intuitive. They feel the slightest movements and are also great at reading our intentions. So look up and where you want to go and it will help you guide your horse there along with your leg and rein aids. Point your toes to the sky while riding. How you hold the reins will vary whether you are riding English or Western.

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Western beginners tend to hold the reins too long making it difficult to make a correction with them if needed. English riders hold the reins in two hands and with more contact or feel on the reins.