horse care and welfare – Happy Healthy Horses

Vad Vi Kan Lära Av Vilda Hästars Livsstil

Som hästterapeut som arbetar med rehabilitering har jag under åren lärt mig att hästar är fantastiskt anpassningsbara – när deras kroppar får leva i miljöer som stämmer överens med deras biologi. Feralhästar, alltså hästar som lever vilda, är inte “perfekta”. De möter torka, skador, rovdjur och andra påfrestningar. Men det de sällan möter är detContinue reading “Vad Vi Kan Lära Av Vilda Hästars Livsstil”

Focus not on body or feet, but teeth!

I have the good fortune to know an excellent horse teeth specialist after a lifetime in the UK of fantastic tooth care from my local equine dentist. I am consistently surprised to meet clients here in the place where I live who are unsure when their horse last had his or her teeth done! I’mContinue reading “Focus not on body or feet, but teeth!”

Can doing the simplest things like grooming, catching or feeding horses be dangerous?

I recently read a statistic that around 25% of equestrian injuries happen when the person is unmounted, including serious injuries. My first head injury patient as an NHS therapist was an experienced horsewoman leading her horse to be groomed when other horses panicked at the gate and she was trampled with a shod hoof penetratingContinue reading “Can doing the simplest things like grooming, catching or feeding horses be dangerous?”

Growing and riding

Here is a real quick one today! Growth plates are the soft ends of bone from which the bone grows. Until they are fused, the bone is still growing. Now horse breeds all mature at different speeds but for the most part none of those breeds have fused growth plates on their back before theContinue reading “Growing and riding”