Horse Grooming
Poultice for Horses – Soothe the Legs
Tips on using poultice to cool your horse’s leg and hooves Check the ingredient for things that test at horse shows, like menthol, capsaicin, or other prohibited substances. Use standing wraps to secure the poultice overnight.
Fly Sprays For Horses – Chemical, Fatty Acid, or Essential Oils?
Fly Sprays For Horses: Chemical, Fatty Acid, Essential Oils Fly season is coming up, which means endless fighting with gnats, stable flies, and all varieties of flying insects that want to annoy us and the horses. Fly sprays for horses come in seemingly endless varieties, so how do you know which to choose? Natural ingredients
Why Horses Stall Kick
Horses kick for many reasons – pain, play, communication, defense, and more. Understanding stall kicking and why horses kick can help you determine why your horse may be kicking inapporpriatly.
Costumes for Horses – Homemade Halloween Outfits
Have fun with blankets, sheets, felt, glitter, and more when you make your horse’s Halloween costume. Costumes for horses can also be store-bought.
Hot Toweling Your Horse in Winter
How to deep clean your horse’s winter coat – without bathing. Get your elbow grease on.
Bring Out the Horse Dapples
Does your horse have dapples? Not all horses can “grow” them.
Horse Dandruff – What to do About it
How to deal with your horse’s dandruff – it may be dry skin, or something more creepy-crawly.
Girth Galls on Horses
Help prevent and heal girth sores. These inconvenient sores need time to heal, so bareback it is!
Old School Horse Grooming Techniques
Time travel to some strange old school grooming techniques.
Tips for Using the Horse Vacuum
Horse vacs are literally the best for removing every last bit of dust from your horse.
Grooming Feathers on a Horse
Feathers need special care – The most important things to consider involve how to monitor all of the things that feathers hide: tendons and ligaments, lower leg skin, the coronary band.
Keeping the White Horse White
Some tips to keeping your white or gray horse clean – and they are not what you may think. There is no magic potion!
Don’t Static Shock Your Horse with These Tips
How to help end the static shocks on your horse. No more annoying zaps!
Washing Your Horse’s Face
Some handy tips for washing your horse’s face – keep it safe, people!
Treating Sores and Rub Marks on Your Horse
Sores and rubs on your horse come from friction, and usually sweat. Enjoy these tips for helping your horse’s sores heal.
Grooming Tips for Helping the Sun-Bleached Horse
How to help your horse not look awful in the summer. Sun bleaching can be stopped!
Horses and Ticks – Blech!
How to help prevent awful ticks from latching onto your horse. These buggers must perish.
Horse Bathing Tips
Tips for bathing your horse – but you will still probably get at least a little bit wet.
Tidy Up Your Horse’s Winter Coat
How to tidy up the fuzziest of horses, without doing a body clip. It’s all optional!