“Where did all my money go? Ohyeah, my horse is either eating it, wearing it or pooping in it.”
— Every horse owner ever.
Hi everyone and thanks for joining us in Stable Chat. On this page we will be discussing reviews and recommendations on tools, tack, equipment anything horse related that I have used on, with or for my horses and where is best to get it from.
Sometimes a quiz can be exactly what we need to figure out a solution to the problem! Does my horse need a rug? Which type of feed is best? How much roughage does my horse need in work? A quiz can help you decide what to do.
Then again a quiz doesn’t always have to be for serious information, there are also quizzes we can do just for fun! Which breed of horse would you be? Your Horse big quiz of the year, and how alike are you and your horse.
Your Horse website has quizzes for everything!
I myself have completed most of the quizzes for fun and to help me make decisions! See for yourself through the link bellow.
When looking to add a new addition to your heard, you have to do the research first! The perfect horse for someone else, may not be the perfect horse for you.
Luckily a reputable company are there to help! I use Horse and Hound when I am in the market for a new horse or pony.
You can enter the specific requirements you are looking for and Horse and Hound do the hard work for you. Plus you know its advice from a company you can trust!
Today’s horse blog is all about caring for and keeping those muddy muckers clean in winter.
Over winter, its difficult to keep our horses as gleaming and shining as The Kelpies. Horse riding school grooms and children can spend hours grooming their horses and ponies, for them to go out and roll in the muddiest puddle 5 minutes later. Some owners have their horse wrapped in rugs and blankets to help keep them clean, especially if your horse is clipped for winter, while others just do the basic necessities and let their horse be a horse. Neither is right or wrong. While I personally leave my mud monsters to it, there are ways to fight the mud and dirt, especially to fight against mud fever. There are many products and services that you need at this time of year, such as horse sheath cleaning, mud boots and rugs, that help all types and disciplines from race horses to happy hackers. Mane and Tail conditioner brand is a lifesaver for brushing through those tuggy manes.
Another important care step for horses in winter is worming. You have to choose which horse wormer to buy such as Equimax, Equest or Pramox, some contain preventatives against tapeworm, then there are horse worm count kits to check if your horse needs to be wormed or not. Horse wormers range in price from cheap to expensive but most offer deals when buying more than one.
My older mare has started to dislike hay. Or so I thought. We had a visit from the vet and she is having toothache. Over the week the vet was out, she had pretty much stopped eating all together. She wasnt finishing her feed, drinking her water or touching her hay. Eventually the toothache went away and she began eating her feed again. Hooray! But she still didnt eat her hay net. So I had a though, since horses are naturally supposed to eat from the ground, I emptied her hay net into an empty water bucket on the ground. Since then she has been gradually eating more hay. As much as i personally don’t like hay on the ground, I find it’s a waste and so messy! If my old girl is going to eat that way, that’s the way we will do it.
My first review is going to be on something I attempted recently. Its coming to that time of year where you dig out all your rugs (and if you are anything like me, your horse will have more rugs than you do coats!) to get them ready for your horse to wear. You notice they STINK! They are muddy, dirty, possibly a bit damp and you think “there is no way I am putting that on my horse!” So its time to get them washed. Now there are a few options here, the first is to try wash them yourself. This is what I did. I borrowed my step dad’s pressure washer and blasted those rugs clean. Or so I thought. when the dried I noticed they smelled worse and were still dirty! I spent hours trying to wash them, got myself soaked in the process and most importantly wasted a rare beautiful, sunny autumn day blasting horse poo off my rugs instead of riding. So from personal experience I do not recommend trying to wash them yourself. The other option is to find professional rug wash places to hand them into. Some feed and tack stores offer a pick up and drop off service where the company who washes your rugs will collect them and deliver them back to the store for convenience. This is the option I would go with. The third is to bin the old smelly rugs and buy news ones each year. This is pricey and very wasteful and definitely not recommended, unless you’re very rich.
When I am looking for a new shovel, fork, saddle rack for example, I always use Horsey Stuff For Sale Glasgow on Facebook. Its great for posting exactly what you are looking for, see what others are selling and grab a bargain!
You can also post questions, queries and find out more information on certain topics from farrier recommendations to where the next group beach ride is taking place.
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