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A horse that has foundered in the past will need extra trimming and care for the rest of there life in most cases. Most horses do founder on the front feet, I have seen some that foundered all the way around. If the horse has been foundered your horseshoer would know it. Some horses front feet...

My husband is a horseshoer and he makes all kinds of stuff with them , Coat racks, paper towel holders, Howdy and welcome signs, toilet paper holders, Key ring hooks{ horseshoe nails are handy to make some stuff also }, hooks , hatracks, book ends, he even made a rocking chair. He has alot of...

ETF you are right about the proud flesh, it does need to be removed. I hope that this is not an issue for you but if it is here is some things you might want to know about it and ways to help prevent it from getting to bad. Proud flesh is an excessive growth of granulation tissue that has the...

I'm sure your vet told you this but I would soak his legs with running water a couple times a day for about 10-15 min at a time this will help. If you are not already I would use Nitrofurizone in the cuts and try to keep the flies out of it. I would also get some bute to help with the pain and...

Just wanted to let ya'll know the horse is fine. The swelling is completly gone and the wounds are looking good and healing. He is running and bucking. I thought it would take months for the swelling to go down but I was wrong. I talked to the vet again yesterday and he said I told you so when...

We gave him a tetnus shot, and we are hosing it down twice a day. we gave him Banamine and stopped the bute yesterday, I think it works better for some things also, after we pack it with furizone we have been spraying it with Blue spray lotion for the flys and it seems to be working. The...

Our horse pasture is right beside the house they are checked twice a day and my sister rides about everyday. When we first got him we were very careful about letting them all get use to each other. Then they seemed to get along ok so for the past month or so we have felt pretty comfortable with...

I have been around horses my whole life and so has my husband, he is a horseshoer and use to break horses, I barrel raced for 10 years and have had horses that always run together. And yes I hate it that this happened but we do take care of our animals very well. This is the worst accident that...

Yeah we should have known better that baler has been in there about 5 years, nothing ever happened. It had been there so long we just didn't pay no mind to it. One of those out of site out of mind things. Been meaning to build bays in that side shed with gates on them to use it to store...

Well our horses have always ran together and she had chased him when we first got him but we thought they were getting along now, they have been together for 4 months now. She has never done anything like this to any of the other horses. And of course we have moved him and he will not be in...

I thought this would be a good time to remind everyone just what a horse can get into. My sisters barrel horse went over the back of the square baler. We try to keep everything picked up because we know the things a horse can get hurt on, but we never thought of this. He went completly over the...

Thanks, I will check it out.

Does your horse have foot rot or as some call it thrush? That stinks really bad. My husband is a horseshoer and it happens all the time. You need to pour a 50% water bleach mixture in the bottom of her feet. Just pick up her foot and hold it up and pour some in hold it for about 30 seconds...

when I use to barrel race girls would use rubber bands on there feet. They will break easy if you fall off but are just enough to hold your feet in the stirrups. You put your foot in the stirrup and put a rubber band around the toe of your boot then twist the rubber band put it under the...

If you are riding western you have to get the feel of how the horse moves. You need to make sure your stirrups are right for you( when you stand up in the stirrups you should be able to put your hand sideways between you and the saddle) no more and no less. You need to put some weight on your...

My husband is a horseshoer. and yes it is hard to get the foot just right, the smallest thing can cause alot of trouble is you don't know what you are doing. Ask a horseshoer. My husband gladly will help a customer learn the proper way to trim. And also alot of people don't realize how hard it...

Riding bareback will really help your ridings skills I learned to lope and run a horse bareback before I used a saddle, its great for balance. The bad thing about bareback is the hair, dirt and sweat covered pants after you get off. :lol:

It just depends on the horse and his history, how hard has his life been. I had a horse that was 20 and I was still highschool rodeoing on him. And he was good. Sold him to a guy that trains barrel horses for his wife to compete on and she got a couple more years out of him. I have a mare right...

Very nice :D

There is a difference between a mineral block and bag minerals. We keep mineral block out for our horses too.