Answers Straight From The Horses Mouth!
The other day I was grooming my horse and lifted his leg to clean his hoof. He was fighting me, and I told him to stop and bend his knee so I could get it done. One of my friends walked by and said, “that’s not his knee; it’s his wrist.” As you can imagine, …
Me and my family were out tending to our horses the other day when suddenly my son asked me a question I wasn’t expecting. He asked me if horses had nipples. He’s at the age where he’s curious about virtually everything, so I wasn’t that surprised. I was pretty sure they did, I told him, …
We all know the familiar scene of scraping algae out of our horse’s water trough. In some parts of the year, even with routine cleaning and vigilant removal of leaves and bugs, I just can’t seem to get rid of the green. I know how important it is to give my horse clean water, free …
The other day, I was at the barn with my three-year-old daughter, who played as I fed my horse. She has been learning about body parts at school and came to show me her belly button. She then pointed to my horse and asked where his was. It was then that I realized I had …
The other day while out on a trail ride, my horse spotted a tractor in the distance. He immediately froze and became distressed, and it took a while to get him to move again. Once back at the barn, I told another rider what had happened. She said she had heard of horses doing that, …