As soon as the days get warmer, the horses get “spring fever” and you can see horses shedding their winter coats everywhere. It often kicks off as early as February, and by mid-March at the latest, everyone is in the game. Very young and very old horses always take much
Introduction As your beloved riding horse gets on in years, the ‘aches and pains’ start to set in at some point, so that you find yourself thinking more and more often about ‘retirement’ for your four-legged friend. Often the horses are not very old – between 15 and 20 years
Wild horses look for many oily seeds from plants in nature over the winter months to enrich their diet. Due to restricted pastures, lack of access to wild meadows or forests and poor hay, our domestic horses usually do not have the opportunity to supplement their diet with this natural
Herb profile Name Erica, Ling, Bell Heather Latin name Erica; Calluna vulgaris Traditional uses Cystitis, rheumatism, insomnia, allergic eczema, blood purifier, beneficial for skin blemishes: tea for animal skin blemishes, both internally and externally: to be fed to cows with a tendency to lick the ground. Scientifically proven effect(s) Glycoside
One day you are happily on a hack with your horse, not worrying about a thing in the world, and the next day it is suddenly standing in its stable on three legs. What happened? In most such cases, it is, fortunately, only a painful but largely harmless hoof abscess.
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