Reading Time: 3 minutes 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
Reading Time: 9 minutes 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
Reading Time: 7 minutes Is the use of automatic hay dispensers and timer-controlled feeding systems ushering in a new era for horse stables? The increasing popularity of automatic hay racks appears to address the complex balance between ensuring constant access to roughage for horses, preventing equine obesity, and minimising the labour involved in hay
Reading Time: 5 minutes Herbal profile Name Green Oat, Oat Herb Latin name Avenae herba Traditional uses for nervous exhaustion, insomnia, anxiety, and feelings of tension; green oat tea is said to lower uric acid levels as part of rheumatism and gout therapy; in humans, it is considered cleansing and diuretic. Scientifically proven application(s)
Reading Time: 2 minutes What is chromotherapy? Chromotherapy isn’t a recent innovation. Even in ancient times, people explored the therapeutic potential of different colours by applying various hues to patients or using coloured fabrics to wrap them, observing the effects closely. Over time, chromotherapy has gained a strong foothold in the realm of human
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