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This year we have huge white ( geese/ swans??) in the farm ground behind us. All my horses find them utterly distracting. Even when I can barley see them because they are so far away the horses...

I am not familiar with your " roughage chunks". If they are getting pasture and hay and look good I would leave it at that. Hay and grass are roughage so feeding extra seems wasteful to me. Salt and...

I wish my 2 indoor/ outdoor cats were completely outdoor cats. I throw them out, but they come in every time the door is open!! I have a barn cat who does just fine having never been in a house. ...

I see nothing " cute " about what is happening here. This horse needs to be evaluated by a vet before you ride him again. At 23 he is not young and he needs to be brought along slowly to bring him...

I would say you are going to have more trouble getting him tacked up and getting on him then you will holding the reins or actually riding.

If you are staying in your own state you shouldn't need a health certificate. If you are going to go out of state you might need one . They are good for 30 days only so make sure it will be valid...

Kind of like kids too! There is nothing worse than trying to talk to someone and the kids hang on, interrupt, run into you etc.... It is not acceptable in any species.

MPS-- Sorry to hear what happened. I do hope you will try again. You have a lovely mare who you took excellent care of ( despite what some may say). I hope the stallion owner will honor the contract...

I have a 6 year old mule &
a 7 year old mare who have never been floated. I have owned them all their lives. I wanted my vet to do them this spring and he told me that they are fine and don't need...

It all depends on the injury. Of course if they need round the clock watching I will. If just occasional monitoring I get up every couple of hours. That is the convenience of having them at home.

I have had horses since 1976. I have seen choke one time in 2006. I was feeding my yearling mule a little grain in a bucket and someone startled him badly and he choked. I couldn't get a vet in my...

This really shows how 2 people in the same situation see things differently!! I think you have done all you can to mend hurt feelings and it is really up to her. When we have horses, unfortunately...

What type of pregnancy check was done and when? I had a mare confirmed in foal once who lost it sometime in her 4th month and I was feeding her like she was pregnant and when her due date was close...

The size and gender of the horse has nothing to do with who is the alpha in the group. You can take a horse who is the alpha in one pasture and put them in a new field with new herd mates and he/she...

If the horses are in quite a bit i would be concerned about urine smell and air quality. That depends on the type of barn ( enclosed etc) how many horses, time of year. When I did board they were...

How true. But as long as there is a physical issue clicker training ( or any positive reinforcement training) isn't going to do squat. The physical issue needs to be ruled out first.

I had been riding off and on since I was 10. At 14 I got a weanling and when he hit 2 I started his training. I knew nothing about it at all. Somehow I managed to get him riding and I was never...

Believe it or not they will adjust. You make sure you have a safe enclosure ( stall, high, strong fenced paddock) to leave the horse in while you are gone. My daughter and I ride for a couple of...

As long as you trusted the trainer/ boarding barn . I am not sure how they work, but as long as they didn't have access to your actual credit card number it would be fine.

In what I have seen and experienced the gelding in question will have all the mannerisms of a stallion. He will mount, breed ( as in penetrate), scream, holler to mares etc.. I guess just like some...

There are many horse owners who started out not knowing anything at all. Both people and horses lived long healthy lives despite that rocky start. Give advice when asked, and try to find someone...

Desperate times we live in. You can't easily give a healthy horse away anymore and with hay and boarding prices in CA being really high I guess someone probably felt this was their only option. ...

Really not a problem. I just tell people that I don't allow anyone but me to ride my horses. That is the truth. Of course the 2 horses we have had for my daughter are calm and well behaved and if...

Thanks for the info!!

I would add shavings too. Otherwise I would worry about the mats getting slippery with the manure and pee ( and if she played in her water.) If you have chains and locks handy it might be good to...