Recent content by LauraM

Teff Hay is excellent for horses. I would recommend it. :)

Outright aggressive behavior is not something I'd recommend trying to fix by watching a DVD. From any clinician. The problem could be physical......unknown injury to back or other area difficult to just "see".....hormones......ovarian cysts......nutritional imbalance.........to name a few. Or...

I vaccinate in the spring, also. Personally, I think a five-way combo vaccine is too much for a horse's system.......while I know some horses may tolerate it, I've known of many horses who end up feeling punky and under the weather for a week sometimes.......and most experts agree that's a real...

For horses like this, with a high wither and where you feel he will put on weight/muscle and change shape, I will use a slightly too wide saddle and add built up pads under the saddle to keep it off the withers and level. There are a number of pads out there both English and Western that have...

Is the horse a TB or have TB in his breeding? It's not uncommon for thinner skinned horses with silky thin hair to have wonky shedding exactly as you described if the shedding season (overall climate) is not perfectly "normal." For instance, here we had really warm temps in March, way before...

First, I want to say I agree with everything Goodhors has said. However, if you are going to continue to work with her yourself at home, you could take a look at this article and see if there are some things there that might help you: Basic Longeline Training

Definitely agree you should have a vet check him over. I personally would have a complete blood panel done. It could be something minor like worms or just a nutritional change, or it could be something serious like liver failure or Cushings. Just changing the diet and trying things on your...

As mentioned, lice is pretty much species specific. You might see some that have *jumped* onto the horses, but they generally can't live off of another species blood. I read somewhere that it is because they need to have very specific proteins or something, that each species produces...

If you are feeding any sweet feed (pelleted or not), the remove that from the diet. Many of the "easy keeper" types of breeds like QH do NOT handle the simple sugars in cereal grains very well. In fact, I'd have the vet check for PSSM, since certain breeds, QHs included, sometimes do not...

Poor fella. :( Sounds like you have a good handle on things. I imagine that having that large feed tub (once he got used to it) helped a lot with allowing him to relax while eating. He wouldn't feel so much like his head was trapped and his eyes covered so he didn't feel like he had to keep...

I've attached a snapshot of the .pdf file I have. Source: Sunflower Technology and Production Agronomy No. 35 1997 info by Brady Vick, USDA-ARS Sunflower Research Unit

Go to anyplace that sells horse products (tack store, co-op, Tractor Supply, etc) and get a bottle of MicroTek. It's a black spray bottle. Spray just the effected areas. Apply liberally and if they've got long hair there (not clipped, or anything) then part the hair some when you spray and...

Oh that will make a huge difference. Same here...........it just rained here ALL DAY today. :th

Just that a 10% feed is not going to do a lot for weight gain. As well, the 10 % protein won't help a great deal with putting on muscle.........and five pounds is still a lot of concentrates for a horse to digest in one sitting. :) That being said........... The flax will make up in the...

I would add 8 oz of whole flax seed to his rations for the coat and skin, it will also help the digestive system utilize the feed more efficiently. As well as 15 grams of Magnesium, which also helps with coat and skin problems. I would also start him on Rice Bran. If all you're feeding him...