Behavior

By understanding the horse’s instinctive feeding behavior, today’s feeding strategies can be shaped to mimic natural tendencies. Read more

Cribbing and wood chewing are vices or stereotypies, repetitive behaviors that seem to have no obvious purpose. Cribbers set Read more

From hair to tree bark to stones, horses with pica seek out and consume unusual substances that have little Read more

Doling out hay to horses over a longer period of time might help prevent gastric ulcers. Read more

Start by mixing a small portion of new feed into the old ration, gradually increasing the new feed and Read more

The grazing muzzle cut intakes by 83%, and ponies were not able to eat more that 0.5 kg of Read more

Overall, horses will be calmer if they are brought in, fed, exercised, and turned out on a steady schedule. Even when Read more

Nutrition plays a vital part in getting the ideal performance from your equine athlete. Read more

Grazing muzzles greatly reduce the amount of pasture a horse or pony can consume. These devices generally have one Read more

Evolving as wandering herbivores, horses in their natural state graze off and on all day long, spending up to Read more