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Horse and Pony Keeping By the Day, Week, Month and Year

A Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Yearly Checklist

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Horse and Pony Keeping By the Day, Week, Month and Year

Every Day

  • Provide fresh clean water.
  • Provide adequate fodder and concentrates.
  • Provide adequate shelter and blanketing according to the weather.
  • Do a visual check for scrapes, cuts, bruises and puncture wounds.
  • Do a visual check for signs of illness such as runny eyes or noses, or sounds of coughing or wheezing.
  • Clean hooves and check for bruising or cracks, or loose shoes.
  • Muck out the stall if your horse is stabled.

Every Week

  • Check the amount of concentrate, fodder and bedding on hand.
  • If horses are kept in a small acreage, clean manure from paddocks (could also be done daily).
  • Check fences for broken rails, loose wire, protruding nails etc.…that could cause injury.
  • Scrub out water trough and feed buckets.

Every Month

  • If you board your horse at a stable make sure your board bill is paid on time.

Every Six to Eight Weeks

  • Have your farrier in to trim hooves or re-set horseshoes.

Every Two to Three Months

  • Administer de-worming medication.

Once a Year

  • Have teeth checked and floated by an equine dentist or veterinarian.
  • Have immunizations administered by veterinarian.

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