There are no holiday meals to blame when horses gain weight at this time of year, but natural signals like shorter day length tell the equine body to start storing fat.
Horses
Watch your horse for weight gain this fall
There’s no Thanksgiving feast to blame when horses pack on the pounds at this time of year, but there are natural signals that tell the equine body to start storing fat
Mounts for the Mounties: Inside the RCMP’s in-house horse breeding program
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been breeding their own horses for decades and have been noted as ambassadors of the Hanoverian breed.
Set up your ‘horse student’ for successful training
How horses learn and what that means for horse owners and trainers
Horse training programs need to start with an awareness of how horses learn.
Head shaking in horses: How serious is it?
How worried should you be if your horse is always shaking its head? It could be an equipment problem, or it could be a deeper health issue
Should owners be worried if their horse shakes its head all the time? It can be a normal behavior, such as when a horse is trying to ward off flies, but it can also indicate a more serious problem. Repetitive head movements can vary from mildly irritating to severely debilitating. Horses and ponies can be
Your horse is not your pet
Horses have different care, handling and housing needs compared to other companion species like dogs or cats
Treating horses like pets restricts healthy movement and activity, critical social interaction in a herd, leads to unnatural feeding strategies and practices and can seriously impact a horse's health and well-being.
Precision livestock farming could fine-tune feed efficiency ‘equation’
A Belgian researcher says precision technology can help farmers fine-tune animal feed consumption, which would increase profits, improve animal welfare and lower environmental effects.
Keep your horse from getting hurt this summer
Injury risk is higher in the summer: Here’s how to keep your horse healthy
Training horses to navigate various environments, giving enough space, hoof health and other training and environment factors can reduce your horse's risk of injury.
Animal rights group calls for halt to horse-for-slaughter export
Group argues that delays on Japanese side exceed allowable time without food, rest and water
Animal rights groups say horses shipped from Canada to Japan by air were on the ground without food, rest or water upon arrival long enough to violate Canadian rules.
New Canadian feed regulations released
Long-awaited feed regulation update offers more flexibility, risk-based approach, focus on food safety
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has released their long-promised update to national feed regulations. Formally referred to as the “Feeds Regulations, 2024,” the final version of the framework was registered June 17 and published for public view July 3 in part 2 of the Canada Gazette.
Get that horse a pedicure: Proper trimming for a healthy horse
Proper hoof care mimics natural wear and keeps a horse moving better
Failure to trim hoofs properly can lead to heel deformities, weak frogs, laminitis and affect movement. Here's how to correct toe position and get the horse on the road to recovery.
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