Do Horses Have A Gallbladder?

Do Horses Have A Gallbladder?

My family and I were watching a documentary about animal anatomy the other day, and how it differs from our own. They talked about many animals, but horses came up more than once. Something that was not mentioned was their gallbladders—which my son had just learned about in school. He wasn’t letting it go and …

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Do Horses Have Arms?

Do Horses Have Arms? (Answered!)

While out tending my horses with my son the other day, we got into a conversation about what exactly is the strict definition of an ‘arm’. Don’t ask why—this is just the kind of conversations we like to have! In any case, he was trying to suggest that you could call the forelegs of any …

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Do Horses Have A Good Sense Of Smell?

Do Horses Have A Good Sense Of Smell?

I was out tending the horses with my son the other day, and one of our horses was very interested in my back pockets. I thought he was just being excited and boisterous for a while, until I finally checked my pocket and realized there was a couple of old mints in there. I was …

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Is Horse Insurance Worth It?

Is Horse Insurance Worth It?

Horses are expensive to keep, and as much as we horse owners might all love them, there is no getting around how much it costs to keep them. For that reason, many of us try to cut out all the costs we can that are not completely necessary. Sometimes, though, it can be hard to …

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What Is A Horse Brass?

What Is A Horse Brass? (Revealed!)

I was watching a local parade with my family the other day, and there was a lot of horses involved in the pageantry over the course of the day. One thing I heard people mention a lot was the ‘horse brass’ that was on show—it was all apparently very pretty and impressive. The only problem …

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