Horse Health
Feeding Horses Through Summer: Tips for Managing Pasture, Supplements, and Hydration
Australian summers pose significant challenges for horse owners due to soaring temperatures and diverse climate conditions. Adapting fe...
Omega-3 Oil for Horses – Choosing the Best Oil for Your Horse
WHY FEED OIL TO HORSES?
We hear a lot about omega-3 oil for horses these days, but are they really worth it?
Oils are essential in th...
Heat Stress Prevention in Horses
HEAT STRESS: A SERIOUS THREAT TO HORSE HEALTH
Heat stress prevention and managing electrolyte balance are the keys to keeping and ridi...
Top 10 Tips for Tempting Fussy Horses to Gobble Feed and Supplements!
Feeding a fussy horse or picky eater can be so frustrating, especially if they're underweight! Other horses seem to develop extraordina...
Horse Feeding Tips for Winter
Should you make changes to your horse feeding program during cold months? Sometimes it only takes a small feeding or horse husbandry ch...
Feeding the Hard Keeper Horse
Do you have one of those horses that is hard to keep weight on? One who seems to eat twice as much (or more!) than anyone else’s horse,...
Equine Gut Health & Gastric Ulcers
Gastric ulcers are quite common in horses of any age, with most studies estimating that between 50 to 90 per cent of horses have gastri...
Horse Nutrition Explained: the ABC and 1234 of correct diet balance!
Have you set up a spreadsheet or bought a license for an online ration calculator but after an hour of fiddling with feeds, the diet st...
Weight Gain for the Underweight EMS Horse
Learn more about managing laminitis-prone horses and ponies during Spring here.
Choosing Safer Grass for Laminitis-prone Horses
Although YOU CAN’T PICK A SUITABLE FORAGE JUST BY LOOKING AT IT there are some guides to choosing safer times of day to graze.
Some...
Managing Laminitis-prone Horses and Ponies during Spring
Rule #1: Don't let horses get fat
(and if they do, help them lose weight immediately but safely).
The hardest part about helping easy...
Feed Your Horse Well Through Winter
Most horse diets need tweaking through winter to compensate for seasonal reduction in pasture quantity and quality whilst horses burn e...