Due to their high vitamin C content they make for a very healthy tea or snack treat specially in the winter. They can be fed fresh or dried. Some horses even help themselves to these directly from the rose bush. Surf tips: Did you know that Camomile calms down nervous horses? Did you know that…
Often food packages or veterinarian magazines deal with electrolytes. But what are electrolytes and why do they have such an important function for the organism? Here you can find a detailed description. Generally electrolytes are electrical and conductive substances. Often they are called minerals and are essential for the function of the whole organism. A…
They splash, dive and play like little kids in the water. Horses enjoy the refreshment, especially in the hot periods of the summer. Riders offer them this great fun and ride to lakes or rivers. Undoubtedly riders have a lot of fun with their horses in the refreshing water. But nevertheless: water always offers danger…
… that horses drink between 30 and 70 litre of water a day depending on weather conditions and stress levels? They might not touch the water in strange stalls. To prevent this from happening you could bring your own water from home or occasionally mix a little apple juice into the water earlier on. This…
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease and particularly old horses suffer from it. Nevertheless also a wrong behavior of the rider can cause this disease: if horses get moved in a wrong way or need to offer too much physical activity at once this can cause osteoarthritis. Generally enough movement helps to relieve the pain….