Can Horse Riding Help You Lose Weight?

The other day, my friend sent me a text message that read: “Can you lose weight horse riding? My mother is insisting you can’t, but I don’t see why you wouldn’t.” While I knew the most basic answer immediately, and quickly set her mother straight, I decided the topic of horseback riding and how it …

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Can Horses Climb Stairs?

Can Horses Climb Stairs? (Answered!)

I was walking down a nature trail with my son the other day when we passed some people on horseback. The path was quite narrow so we got out of the way and let them past. When we got further down the trail, though, we hit a set of stone steps in the direction the …

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Are Horses Color Blind?

Are Horses Color Blind? (Answered!)

While tending to my horses with my son the other day, the horse was being a bit agitated for some reason and my son wondered if it was because I was wearing such a bright red jumper. I thought he might have been right at first and so I took it off and put it …

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Can Horses Fly?

Flying is one of the most popular forms of transport in the world today with over 100,000 flights occurring per day worldwide. This doesn’t just include humans, however, as many animals travel all the time such as cats and dogs, and exotic animals. But what about horses? Are they able to fly? Well, I was …

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Do Horses Get Fleas?

While grooming my horses the other day, I was brushing one when I began to notice little black dots leaping around its tail. Since I also have dogs my mind instantly went to one place: fleas. I was straight away concerned that my horse had fleas, although I’d never seen this before. My assumption was …

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