Horse flu is common and often severe, with affected horses needing a 6 week period off work. This article discusses how it occurs as well as both conventional and complementary therapies.

When feeding supplements make sure they contain everything in the package - don’t be missing key ingredients that are vital to the horse’s well being. Look at your supplements label - what is in it or more what is not in it. The first ingredient should not be sun dried alfalfa, alfalfa products, grain products, etc. When feeding a supplement make sure it is a supplement that contains all the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, digestive enzymes, probiotics and live yeast. This provides the horse with everything they need to be healthy and live a healthy disease free live and compete to the best of their ability.

Ten years ago, I would’ve never thought that it would be possible to buy and sell used saddles on the Internet. Saddles just don’t seem to be the type of product that would sell well online. I thought very few people, if any at all, would be interested in buying saddles without seeing them firsthand.

Your horse’s health is your responsibility. No if’s, no but’s, it is completely and entirely down to you to ensure that your horse is well. There are many factors that you have to be aware of when you care for any animal. Generally speaking, animal behaviour and development should always conform to a certain course and your horse is no different.

The war stories abound in this time of a severe downturn in the horse market brought about by the closure of the kill plants in the U. S. and the passage of bills by the Congress and the states that limit what you can or can not do with your horses. BUT-there is still a market for horses if you will do several things. This writer has written for several years that this was going to happen and made suggestions about what you should do to combat this.