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Your Horse’s Greatest Fear

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Horses Predators or Prey? Your horse is a prey animal. Your horse belongs to the group that is eaten by the other group, the predators. The greatest threat to a horse in the wild was that a predator would eat him, and those fears are still active today. Only horses that physically and mentally adapted [...]

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Bomb Proofing your Horse

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Sacking Out Your Horse – Part One The best thing you can possibly do for your horse, no matter what their age, is to sack them out. This is a little harder with older horses as they have already developed a set response to things that "spook" them, however, it can be done.

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Acute Equine Laminitis

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Equine Laminitis Equine laminitis results from the disruption (constant, intermittent or short-term) of blood flow to the sensitive and insensitive laminae. These equine laminae structures within the horse foot secure the coffin bone (the wedge-shaped bone within the foot) to the equine hoof wall.

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Horse Gaits Explained

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Horses Perform a Variety of Gaits A horses gait is a characteristic limb coordination pattern used in locomotion. Horses perform a variety of gaits including the walk, trot, canter and gallop, which are distinguished by their speed, rhythm and sequence of footfalls.

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Horse Hoof Structure Explained

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Equine Hoof Structure Your horses’ hoof is made up of many structures, primarily the coronary band (where the hair meets the hoof), hoof wall, insensitive laminae, which connect the equine hoof wall to the underlying coffin bone, the frog and the sole. Your horses’ hoof wall, the outer covering of the equine hoof is comparable [...]