Learn to Care for Your Horse or Pony
Learn about horse and pony keeping. Discover feeding recommendations, ideas for housing and fencing, care tips, health advice, and safety guidelines.
Does My Horse Need a Companion - Readers' Tips
Does my horse need a companion? I can only afford one horse. What should I do? Find readers'tips for providing companions for your horse.
Does my horse need a companion? I can only afford one horse. What should I do? Find readers'tips for providing companions for your horse.
Readers' Money Saving Tips for Horse Owners - Save Money on Horse Care
Save money with these tips for budget horse care from About Horses Readers. Learn how you can keep costs lower and still take good care of your horse with these money saving tips for horse owners.
Save money with these tips for budget horse care from About Horses Readers. Learn how you can keep costs lower and still take good care of your horse with these money saving tips for horse owners.
Run In Shelter Readers' Tips - Run In Horse Shelter Design
These readers' tips will help you design your run-in shed, loafing shed, or shelter for your horse. Read these recommendations to where to place your shelter, what the dimensions should be, and other considerations for run-in sheds for horses and ponies.
These readers' tips will help you design your run-in shed, loafing shed, or shelter for your horse. Read these recommendations to where to place your shelter, what the dimensions should be, and other considerations for run-in sheds for horses and ponies.
Designing Horse Stables - Readers' Horse Stable Design Tips
Learn how to design your horse's barn or stable for safety and comfort. Learn adequate stall size, door and wall height, types of flooring, and loose box or standing stall design. Design tips from About Horses readers.
Learn how to design your horse's barn or stable for safety and comfort. Learn adequate stall size, door and wall height, types of flooring, and loose box or standing stall design. Design tips from About Horses readers.
Readers' Tips - Run In Horse Shelter Design
These readers' tips will help you design your run-in shed, loafing shed, or shelter for your horse. Read these recommendations to where to place your shelter, what the dimensions should be, and other considerations for run-in sheds for horses and ponies.
These readers' tips will help you design your run-in shed, loafing shed, or shelter for your horse. Read these recommendations to where to place your shelter, what the dimensions should be, and other considerations for run-in sheds for horses and ponies.
Readers' Boarding Tips - Tips for Boarding Your Horse Successfully
Are you a good boarder? The type that stable owners are glad to have in their barn? Here's ten tips for boarding your horse successfully.
Are you a good boarder? The type that stable owners are glad to have in their barn? Here's ten tips for boarding your horse successfully.
How to Tell if A Horse is Lame on A Front or Back Leg
Is your horse lame on a front leg or back leg? Here's an easy way to tell whether your horse is lame in a front or back leg if you can't see any obvious swelling, heat or injury. How to tell if your horse is lame in the front or back.
Is your horse lame on a front leg or back leg? Here's an easy way to tell whether your horse is lame in a front or back leg if you can't see any obvious swelling, heat or injury. How to tell if your horse is lame in the front or back.
About Horses Quizzes and Games
Find horse games that test your knowledge about horse care, riding and horse equipment. Take these quizzes and learn about horses.
Find horse games that test your knowledge about horse care, riding and horse equipment. Take these quizzes and learn about horses.
Does My Horse Need a Companion?
Does my horse need a companion? I can only afford one horse. What should I do? Find tips for providing companions for your horse.
Does my horse need a companion? I can only afford one horse. What should I do? Find tips for providing companions for your horse.
Money Saving Tips for Horse Owners
Save money with these tips for budget horse care. Learn how you can keep costs lower and still take good care of your horse with these money saving tips for horse owners.
Save money with these tips for budget horse care. Learn how you can keep costs lower and still take good care of your horse with these money saving tips for horse owners.
What Type of Bedding Do You Use?
What type of bedding do you or would you use in your horse's stall. See what is the most popular type of bedding according to About Horses and Ponies readers. Add you choice to this interactive poll for horse lovers.
What type of bedding do you or would you use in your horse's stall. See what is the most popular type of bedding according to About Horses and Ponies readers. Add you choice to this interactive poll for horse lovers.
Water for Your Horse
Water is essential for a horse's health. Learn why clean, fresh, abundant water is important to your horse. Learn how to clean troughs and buckets, how much water a horse needs, how to supply water, and what affects water consumption.
Water is essential for a horse's health. Learn why clean, fresh, abundant water is important to your horse. Learn how to clean troughs and buckets, how much water a horse needs, how to supply water, and what affects water consumption.
Working Safely With Horses
Learn how to stay safe around horses. These tips can help you safely work with your horse while you feed, groom and care for it. Safe handling prevents accidents and makes horse owning more fun.
Learn how to stay safe around horses. These tips can help you safely work with your horse while you feed, groom and care for it. Safe handling prevents accidents and makes horse owning more fun.
Blanketing Tips and Tricks
Here are some tips for blanketing your horse, especially during the cold weather. Learn how to prevent belly straps from undoing, leg strap snaps from sticking, chaffing and more.
Here are some tips for blanketing your horse, especially during the cold weather. Learn how to prevent belly straps from undoing, leg strap snaps from sticking, chaffing and more.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Stables and Run-in Sheds
What is better for your horse; a run-in shed or a stable with a stall? Read the pros and cons of keeping your horse or pony in a stable or a loafing shed.
What is better for your horse; a run-in shed or a stable with a stall? Read the pros and cons of keeping your horse or pony in a stable or a loafing shed.
Designing a Run-in Shelter
These tips will help you design your run-in shed, loafing shed, or shelter for your horse. Read these recommendations on where to place your shelter, what the dimensions should be, and other considerations for run-in sheds for horses and ponies.
These tips will help you design your run-in shed, loafing shed, or shelter for your horse. Read these recommendations on where to place your shelter, what the dimensions should be, and other considerations for run-in sheds for horses and ponies.
Stable Design
Learn how to design your horse's barn or stable for safety and comfort. Learn adequate stall size, door and wall height, types of flooring, and loose box or standing stall design.
Learn how to design your horse's barn or stable for safety and comfort. Learn adequate stall size, door and wall height, types of flooring, and loose box or standing stall design.
Bedding For Horse Stalls
Learn about bedding choices for your horse's stall. Should you use straw, shavings, sawdust, pellets or other materials?
Learn about bedding choices for your horse's stall. Should you use straw, shavings, sawdust, pellets or other materials?
Frequently Asked Questions About Shoeing
Answers to your questions about shoeing your horse. Does your horse need shoes? Find out what conditions and sports might require shoes, what a good shoeing job looks like, how often shoes should be reset and more.
Answers to your questions about shoeing your horse. Does your horse need shoes? Find out what conditions and sports might require shoes, what a good shoeing job looks like, how often shoes should be reset and more.
What Comes Next - Quiz
Do you know how to safely bring your horse in from the pasture, saddle up, and then cool out and put your horse away after a ride? Test your safety and horse care knowledge with the What Comes Next Quiz.
Do you know how to safely bring your horse in from the pasture, saddle up, and then cool out and put your horse away after a ride? Test your safety and horse care knowledge with the What Comes Next Quiz.
Preventing Small Animal Drownings in Your Horse's Water Trough
Prevent mice, chipmunks, birds, frogs and other animals from drowning in your horse's or pony's drinking water trough. This quick fix helps prevent polluted trough water and accidental small wild animal deaths.
Prevent mice, chipmunks, birds, frogs and other animals from drowning in your horse's or pony's drinking water trough. This quick fix helps prevent polluted trough water and accidental small wild animal deaths.
Emergency Planning for Horse and Pony Owners
Disaster preparedness for horse and pony owners. Learn how to prepare an emergency plan so you can care for your horses and ponies should a disaster like a hurricane, ice storm, brush fire, or other natural disaster strike.
Disaster preparedness for horse and pony owners. Learn how to prepare an emergency plan so you can care for your horses and ponies should a disaster like a hurricane, ice storm, brush fire, or other natural disaster strike.
Safety Guidelines for Working With Horses and Ponies
Guidelines for staying safe while working with horses. Safety recommendations for horse and pony handling. Stay safe while working with your horse or pony.
Guidelines for staying safe while working with horses. Safety recommendations for horse and pony handling. Stay safe while working with your horse or pony.
Horse and Pony Health Check
Learn how to identify good health in horses and ponies. Guidelines include instructions on how to take your horse's or pony's pulse, respiration, and temperature, normal ranges, and when to call the veterinarian.
Learn how to identify good health in horses and ponies. Guidelines include instructions on how to take your horse's or pony's pulse, respiration, and temperature, normal ranges, and when to call the veterinarian.
Top Ten Essential Items For a Horse First Aid Kit
Find out what should go into a horse first aid kit. Be ready for emergencies with basic emergency veterinary supplies.
Find out what should go into a horse first aid kit. Be ready for emergencies with basic emergency veterinary supplies.
How to Look After Your Horse After Riding
Care for your horse after you ride. Learn what to do when you have finished riding your horse or pony. How to unsaddle, cool out, and groom a horse after it has been ridden so it is clean and comfortable.
Care for your horse after you ride. Learn what to do when you have finished riding your horse or pony. How to unsaddle, cool out, and groom a horse after it has been ridden so it is clean and comfortable.
Pulse Respiration Temperature
These are the normal parameters of a horse's pulse, respiration and body temperature. General values of horses' and ponies' pulse, respiration and temperature. Your horse's vital signs.
These are the normal parameters of a horse's pulse, respiration and body temperature. General values of horses' and ponies' pulse, respiration and temperature. Your horse's vital signs.
Horse and Pony Keeping FAQ
These FAQs will answer your questions about basic food, shelter, costs, necessary equipment, alternatives to ownership and the time it takes to care for your first horse or pony.
These FAQs will answer your questions about basic food, shelter, costs, necessary equipment, alternatives to ownership and the time it takes to care for your first horse or pony.
Electrolytes-Sport Drinks for Horses
Learn what electrolytes are, and when you should administer them to your horse or pony. If your horse is working hard and sweating find out if you should be providing electrolytes.
Learn what electrolytes are, and when you should administer them to your horse or pony. If your horse is working hard and sweating find out if you should be providing electrolytes.
How to Muck Out or Clean a Horse's Stall
Learn how to clean out your horse's stall and keep your barn clean. Use the right tools to muck out a horse or pony stable. Get hints on how to do the job efficiently. Learn how thick you should bed your stalls with straw, shavings or other materials.
Learn how to clean out your horse's stall and keep your barn clean. Use the right tools to muck out a horse or pony stable. Get hints on how to do the job efficiently. Learn how thick you should bed your stalls with straw, shavings or other materials.
Can My Horse Make Me Sick?
Can you catch a disease or illness from your horse? Find out about zoonotic diseases and the transfer of infection from horse to human. What diseases can you catch, and what are some, like West Nile Virus that you won't get from your horse?
Can you catch a disease or illness from your horse? Find out about zoonotic diseases and the transfer of infection from horse to human. What diseases can you catch, and what are some, like West Nile Virus that you won't get from your horse?
Tie a Quick Release Knot Step-by-Step
Learn how to tie a quick release knot to safely tie your horse or pony. This step-by-step pictorial will show you how to tie a quick release knot.
Learn how to tie a quick release knot to safely tie your horse or pony. This step-by-step pictorial will show you how to tie a quick release knot.
How to Tie Your Horse or Pony Safely
Learn how to ensure the safety of horse and handler when tying to posts, in cross ties, in trailers, at shows, and in the stable.
Learn how to ensure the safety of horse and handler when tying to posts, in cross ties, in trailers, at shows, and in the stable.
AEDP Australian Equine Dental Practice Dental Guide
This FAQ outlines some of the reasons horses and ponies need professional dental work, common dental problems, feeding for healthy teeth and mouth and selecting a comfortable bit.
This FAQ outlines some of the reasons horses and ponies need professional dental work, common dental problems, feeding for healthy teeth and mouth and selecting a comfortable bit.
Feeding Horses
The University of Missouri gives detailed information about the nutritional requirments of horses at all stages of life. You'll also find guidelines for maintenance such as scheduling dental care, providing salt and minerals, and recommendations for feeding the working horse.
The University of Missouri gives detailed information about the nutritional requirments of horses at all stages of life. You'll also find guidelines for maintenance such as scheduling dental care, providing salt and minerals, and recommendations for feeding the working horse.
Feeding Ponies - Pony Portions
The feeding of ponies differs from feeding horses. Learn about a pony's unique nutritional requirements and why they are different. You'll also find charts with nutritional guidelines for ponies and miniature horses in various activity and life stages.
The feeding of ponies differs from feeding horses. Learn about a pony's unique nutritional requirements and why they are different. You'll also find charts with nutritional guidelines for ponies and miniature horses in various activity and life stages.
Care of Older Horses
Older horses make great first horses for beginners. Learn how to provide the best care for your senior horse with information on shelter, feed and dental care.
Older horses make great first horses for beginners. Learn how to provide the best care for your senior horse with information on shelter, feed and dental care.
Emergency Euthanasia of Horses; UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Extension
It's a sad fact that we might lose our equine companion at some point. Here is a description of euthanasia methods available.
It's a sad fact that we might lose our equine companion at some point. Here is a description of euthanasia methods available.