Can Horses Eat Dates?

I was having dinner in a restaurant the other day, and when it came time to order dessert, my eye was drawn by a date cake that was on the menu. I had a slice, and it was absolutely delicious. Naturally, I’ve been buying a lot more dates to use at home, for cooking, baking, …

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Can Horses Eat Ice Cream?

It was a lovely hot Saturday over the weekend, so the family and I took a picnic out to our field and enjoyed a great meal with our horses nearby. They’re normally very good at not bothering us for food, but on this occasion, one of my horses was very interested in my daughter’s ice …

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Can Horses Drink Salt Water?

While at the beach with my family the other day, we noticed that there were horse rides happening just a few metres away from where we were. At one point, a wave washed in so far that it almost soaked all four of the hooves of one of the horses, and my son insisted that …

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Can Horses Drink Apple Juice?

My horse is a finicky drinker. Sometimes, it’s really quite difficult to get him to drink a healthy amount. Recently, I had the idea to try and introduce other drinks into its diet to get it to drink properly. I tried a couple of things in its water, first, but then I decided to try …

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What Is Western Dressage?

What Is Western Dressage? (Find Out!)

Dressage has become a recent interest of mine. I’ve always loved going to the races and to show jumping events, but I’ve only in the last few months become interested in dressage. I’ve been steadily growing my interest in dressage and getting to grips with all the rules, how the scoring works, and all that …

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