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A donkey is closely related to a horse, but has some unique needs that must be met.
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Donkeys have unique needs

Horse Health: These long-eared characters were built for harsh environments

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The long-eared donkey is enjoying a popularity as the equine of choice, either as a pet, a companion for recreation or perhaps even as a performance animal. Aside from their characteristic long ears, the donkey does share many commonalities with their close brethren, the horse, however, there are some unique considerations for the health and
A horse that feels safe will be generally better adjusted emotionally, easier to work with, and overall healthier.
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Emotional health an important issue for horses

Horse Health: These complex emotional creatures have a subtle language of their own to express their feelings

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The emotional state of the horse is deeply involved in all matters of the equine’s world. When investigated, the emotional health of the horse exists in strong relationship to outcomes of their physical health, their behaviour, and their performance. Most equine owners, caretakers and professionals would readily acknowledge the rich emotional world of the horse,
Feed only quality grass or hay and free-choice salt, mineral and fresh water for the duration of two weeks.
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Take the two-week grain-free challenge

Horse Health: Sometimes saying no is the best way to express affection to your horse

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Even though a ‘two-week grain-free challenge’ may be anxiety inducing to a number of horse owners its implementation generally yields valuable realizations and surprisingly beneficial results for both horse and human. Humans often equate food with love and unknowingly project these feelings on to their animal family — the cats, the dogs and the horses. Depending on the
Muscular activity can keep horses warm in the winter.
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How does a horse stay warm in the winter?

Horse Health: The natural coping mechanisms of horses should be encouraged rather than suppressed

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The horse is remarkably adapted and adept at staying warm as the winter season arises and temperatures plunge into the double digits. In order to satisfy its body’s needs for generating warmth the horse requires resources to do so. If the horse’s environment and circumstance do not meet the requirements of the horse to physiologically thermoregulate and generate
A grazing horse is receiving benefits well beyond just nutrition.
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Forage the key to healthy horse diet

Horse Health: Marketing campaigns plant doubts about importance of natural diet

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Horses both need forage and horses need to forage. Both aspects are equally nourishing to the horse and both aspects are necessary to fully satisfy the physical, emotional and mental contentment of the horse. Forage comes without a feed label and receives very little marketing attention when held in comparison to the enterprising sales campaigns that market designer
The sense of smell of a horse is a powerful way for it to gather information about the world around it.
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The nose knows: the sense of smell in horses

Horse Health: This often-overlooked sensory system is a major contributor to horse well-being

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Despite horses being described as one of the most perceptive of all animals, research on equine sensory abilities is limited and has mainly focused on hearing and vision. Although olfaction, or the sense of smell, has only been studied sparsely, the highly developed and sophisticated anatomy of the olfactory system in the horse with its long nose,
Sensitivity to touch, swelling and heat in the area of the withers would clearly indicate a problem with the withers, however, more subtle changes must also be observed.
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Reading the withers

Horse Health: This complex structure can reveal a lot about a horse’s soundness

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The comfort and health of the horse’s withers is a central key to the horse’s performance and soundness. The withers are defined as the part of the spinal column that lies in between the animal’s shoulder blades and anatomically includes the third to 11th thoracic vertebrae. Collectively these vertebra project upwards into an arch. Their
As heat stress progresses into heat exhaustion the core body temperature begins to rise and physiological symptoms of distress begin to appear.
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Taking care of horses during hot weather

Horse Health: You can help your horse beat the heat with a few simple steps

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Extreme bouts of hot weather are particularly stressful for horses and for some individuals it is even more stressful than extreme bouts of cold weather. Thus it becomes particularly important to identify the individual horses that are at a greater risk for heat stress and what factors can provide extra care for them when necessary.
A horse’s relationship to other horses is of primary importance to a horse’s nature and psyche.
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Preparing the horse to learn

Horse Health: A myriad of factors under the control of the human can affect the horse’s ability to develop

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The Dorrance Brothers, Bill and his younger brother Tom are widely known for their eloquent and effective communication with horses. They are often credited as the original forefounders of the modern-day revolution in horsemanship. The human/horse bond runs deep. Horses seek to appease or make peace with their domesticators and are willing learners. “Thought” leaders
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Gut microbiome critical to horse health

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Immune, neurological and hormonal systems can all be affected Although invisible to the naked eye, the horse and human cannot exist apart from the biology and ecology of their microbiome and the microbiome is being heralded as the next most important bodily system. There is emerging evidence that the gut microbiome with its complex interactions

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