Owner: Proper Care of Horse URL:http://mysearch.ph/horse/ Join Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 00:51:06 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: Horses are one of the most exciting animals to own and care for. However, taking care of them properly entails some knowledge and a lot of responsibility. Site statistics:Click here
Sacking Out - Part I 2008-05-08 04:47:52 The best thing you can possibly do for your horse, no matter what their age, is sack them out. This is a little harder with older horses as they have already developed a set response to things that "spook" them - however, it can be done.Sacking out simply means slowly and calmly introducing the horse to things they regard as scary - and - some things you wouldn't think would be scary, but are. The problem with the previous sentence is this: YOU wouldn't think would be scary. We don't think like horses for the most part, and there are times when they just go right off the rails over something they've seen hundreds of times before, didn't blink an eye at and then one day, the "object " didn't look the same and they pitched a hissy. So what do you do? You do your best to try and sack them out
Sacking Out - Part II 2008-05-08 04:44:34 When working with your horse make sure he has a halter and lead on, but keep him untied. Why? He needs to know that if things get too scary for him, he can leave. This reduces anxiety. If you tie a horse and introduce scary things, the only thing he learns is he can't get away, not to not be afraid of the object. And chances are when first starting your sack out routine he will get panicky. So, tying up a horse and sacking out are counterproductive.Read more Sacking Out - Part II at
Sacking Out - Part III 2008-05-08 04:40:46 Back to the sacking out with a rope. You do this because most of what you use to ride a horse has something on it that will bump, slap, slide down or get tangled in the legs and feet (long reins, cinches, etc).Read more Sacking Out - Part III at
Sacking Out - Part IV 2008-05-08 04:36:01 Always remember when working with horses, work safely, carefully and calmly.Getting upset with the horse when working with them does not help either one of you, and will actually short circuit the learning process.Like children, horses like to learn in a calm, loving, encouraging environment.Read more Sacking Out - Part IV at
Snug The Girth Up Tight - or Not? 2008-05-08 04:34:00 Horses girthed too tightly get cinchy and dislike being saddled.Really, it's like wearing a girdle three sizes too small.How comfortable do you think you would be in that contraption?Read more Snug The Girth Up Tight - or Not? at
Basic Horse Nutrition 2008-06-24 04:34:23 While you might think this is a simple thing to do - feed your horse - you'd be surprised at the number of horse owners that don't know about the basics.To start with, your horse naturally uses forage as a primary component of their diets. When we speak of forage, we usually mean natural pasture and cut hay. The best source, and the least expensive one for summer feed is your pasture. And, in most Read more:Basic
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