Comments on: Cold Weather Tips for Horse Owners

By: Mo

Mo — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:25:32 +0000

People start throwing more hay {more dry fodder} when there are cold snaps, and if water is not to their horses liking for myriads of reason, impactions become rampant after during/after cold snaps. Add some table salt to their feed or some other fashion to get them to the water bucket.

By: Janet

Janet — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:35:50 +0000

I’ve owned horses for 40 years and a horse breeder for around 16 yrs. This was a well written article, easy to understand and gives the horse owner both the ability to use their own common “horse sense” as well as tips they may not have thought of. It’s in the single digits here and a wind chill of minus degrees and my four fillies are frolicking around their hay huts. They are fat and have enough fur to keep them safe. They will go in to their own stalls tonight and the “night shift” mares will go out. We don’t blanket unless someone has a problem and then they usually adjust to the temp change after a few days/nights and than the blanket can come off. Excellent info on water also. Over all very nice article.

By: Christone

Christone — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 08:23:14 +0000

My horse hates staying in the barn. I do blanket him but as a new horse owner I must confess I still worry about his welfare. I feed him equalizer and salt year round for another ailment. I have also started giving this as a warm mash in fall and winter: It is tootin’ cold here. This will not harm his digestive system over time will it? Also, my horse has a tendency to gain weight easily but the hay they get were I board is to say the least crap. Shoul I supplement with something too? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

By: John

John — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 07:30:42 +0000

How cold is too cold to be turned out ?

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:15:06 +0000

All good advise. Thanks

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 05:52:23 +0000

Great advice! Never quite thought about the blanketing stuff; I don’t own a horse, but I have a pretty realistic toy horse that a Build a Bear can ride and a approx. 10 inch high walking horse toy…..so I pretend that both of those toy horses are real 🙂 I’d put up a profile of both toy horses, but it wouldn’t be right to do so since HC profiles are only for real life horses. But it is OK 🙂

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:14:19 +0000

Great advice.

By: young and dumb

young and dumb — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:54:03 +0000

great! i never thought about some of these things!

By: kygal

kygal — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:31:39 +0000

good information

By: c

Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:00:58 +0000