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Learn the Basics of Feeding Your Horse

Learn how to provide the best nutrition for your horse.
Extending Your Hay Supply - Reader's Tips for Preserving Horse Hay
Here are tips for finding hay during droughts and emergencies, how to preserve what you have and ideas for hay alternatives. Stretch your present hay supply and learn how you can feed your horse during dry weather and other emergency situations.
Extending Your Hay Supply During Drought and Emergencies
Here are tips for finding hay during droughts and emergencies, how to preserve what you have and ideas for hay alternatives. Stretch your present hay supply and learn how you can feed your horse during dry weather and other emergency situations.
Plants Toxic to Horses
This gallery shows pictures of common plants that are toxic to horses. Identify weeds and garden plants that are poisonous to ponies and horses. Learn which weeds growing in pastures may be toxic to your horse or pony.
How to Tie a Hay Net
This how to article will teach you how to tie a hay net safely to prevent your horse from becoming entangled. Learn how to tie your hay net so that it stays out of reach of pawing hooves and legs. Avoid accidents by tying your horse's hay net up out of the way and so it does not sag when it empties.
Feeding Your Horse or Pony Quiz
Take this ten question quiz and find out how much you know about safely feeding your horse or pony. Can you get 10/10 on this true or false horse feeding quiz?
Feeding Your Pony
Learn how to feed your pony to avoid health problems like founder and obesity while still providing good nutrition. Learn what type of pastures, hays, grains and other supplements are good for feeding ponies.
Introducing Your Horse to Lush Pasture
Learn why you need to introduce horses and ponies to grass pastures to avoid problems like colic and founder. Find out how to put your horse out on pasture, especially in the spring when the grass is lush and rich.
Frequently Asked Questions about Feeding Hay to Horses and Ponies
Learn how to choose good horse hay, why hay is important, how to store and feed hay to your horse or pony.
Feeding Your Horse Concentrates, Grains, and Supplements FAQ
Learn how to feed your horse. Find out if your horse needs grains, concentrates, salt or supplements with guidelines on how much and how often to feed. Learn if you should give your horse mineral, vitamin, or herbal supplements, bran mashes and psyllium.
Feed Grains, Concentrates, Hays and Supplement Gallery
View different types of horse feeds including grass hay, alfalfa, oats, barley, wheat, bran, beet pulp, pelleted concentrates, cubes, crunch and supplements.
Feeding Treats to Horses and Ponies Safely
Learn how to safely feed your horse or pony treats. Tips on what you can safely feed your horse as treats.
Oat 'n' Apple Chewie Horse Treats
A simple recipe for baking your own horse cookies. Mix applesauce and oat bran for healthy homemade treats for your horse or pony.
Molasses Cookies Horse Treats
Follow this recipe to make sweet crunchy Molasses cookies to feed to your horse or pony as a treat.

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