Regular horse care entails preparedness for unexpected injury. This can range from minor cuts and scrapes from wire and wooden fencing, saddles, rocks, and other animals to more intense puncture wounds and lacerations, as well as open sores. Deep flesh exposure, especially on the legs where injury to bone is more prevalent, can lead to…
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How Leg Saver Helped Jean Winters Win At the Infamous Calgary Stampede Every July, the Calgary Stampede in Alberta attracts top competitors from around the world to compete in one of the largest rodeos on earth. Jean Winters and her horse, Zan, won the $100,000 dollar check in the barrel racing competition thanks to a…
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How you feed your horse can be as important as what you feed them. Slow feeding has risen in popularity as the benefits become more apparent: slow feeding mimics natural equine behaviour and can curb stall boredom. Instead of feeding your horse all of its food at once, slow feeding involves breaking up the food…
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Winter in the Lower Mainland struck fierce, and particularly long this year. The cold weather doesn’t seem to want to give way to spring just yet, and icy fields and paddocks are risky business for horses during turn out. Training in the early mornings before daily temperatures rise is also prime time for slipping. How…
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It’s easy to forget how important something as simple as proper circulation is for your horse. Good, strong circulation means that oxygen and nutrients are delivered to every cell in the body. It also aids in various body functions such as speeding up recovery time after an injury and reducing arthritic pain. Here is our…
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