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Easing your Pet Into the Transition of a New Home

Easing yourself into a new home is a large feat, both physically and emotionally. The stresses of packing up, moving, and finally accepting your new living space as your home can take many months if not longer. It’s important to recognize that this exciting, yet stressful transition can also have...

Sizing A Grazing Muzzle

So you may have a dilemma. You want your horse to get some fresh air and exercise but you don’t want him eating grass and getting sick. Your solution is the grazing muzzle and here’s how to size one for your horse according to Christine Barakat of Equus Magazine:How they workLooking much like a...

Horse Breeding for Beginners

Equine breeding is undoubtedly an exciting venture for horse owners. Humans develop unbelievable bonds with their horses and deciding to pursue breeding only furthers this relationship. It’s a big decision that requires considering many different factors, including the costliness of being a horse...

Formulating Horse Feeds

When choosing a horse feed, looking at the guaranteed analysis can help you determine if the nutrition content of that feed is appropriate for the age and activity level of your horse. You would think that two products both contain 14% protein, 6% fat, etc. would be pretty much the same feed....

Safety Tips For Camping With Your Pet

Camping is one of the best ways to get the whole family immersed in the great outdoors. Fortunately, it’s also an activity that can also be enjoyed by your beloved family pet. Man’s best friend was never meant to be confined to a cage or kennel, so you should definitely consider bringing your dog...

Clean, Fresh Ways to Provide Water for your Horses During the Hot Summer Months

Horses are considered some of the finest animals known to man. Like any animal, during the hot summer months, horses need fresh, clean water to stay hydrated and healthy.Every horse is unique to its own. Therefore, the needs of your horse will differ from the needs of other horses. Play close...

Introducing Your Puppy to Your Dogs

If you’ve ever ventured to the doggy park, you’ve seen how antsy dogs can get when encountering one another for the first time. This is entirely understandable and normal for random encounters, but what about introducing a new puppy to the dogs you already have? Adding another furry friend to the...

Plants that are Poisonous to Horses

There are literally hundreds of plants that are either outright, or potentially, toxic to horses. There are several factors that contribute to toxicity. First, the plant must contain a substance that is toxic to that particular species of animal (susceptibility). Secondly, the amount of plant (and...

Pet-proofing a Room for Small Animals

Your small pets such as ferrets, guinea pigs and hamsters like to stretch their legs every once and a while. However, before you let your little fuzzy buddy go, you need to make sure that the room is safe for him to roam around. Here are just a few things to consider for pet-proofing a...

Nutrition Tips for Your Senior Horse

Just like humans, horses will begin to show signs of deterioration as they reach their senior years. We typically define a “senior” horse as one about fifteen to eighteen years old, although you may notice these changes well outside of this age bracket. Our first and most important tip is to remain...

Hay is for Horses

One major impact weather extremes may have on horse owners is availability and/or quality of hay and pasture. Since the bulk of a horse’s diet is hay or pasture, any change in the nutritional content of the forage affects the nutritional status of the horse.How do you evaluate the nutritional...

Four Steps for Cleaning Out a Horse Stall

Like people, horses prefer a clean and comfortable place to sleep. Therefore, cleaning out your horse's stall is an important step towards his (or her) health and well-being. Here are the four steps you should take to clean out the stall: 1) Have the right tools A pitchfork, shovel, broom, gloves...

How To Care For Your Pet Rabbit

As the owner of a pet rabbit, you should know the basics on how to create a safe, loving environment for them. There are many things you should know about as a rabbit owner, diet and housing being just two of them. Here are some valuable tips and facts:What to feed your pet rabbit:Fresh hay should...

Basic Showlamb Nutrition

Feeding lambs for show involves some basic principles of nutrition.Whether lambs are fed commercially for market, or diets intended to produce specific physical responses, we must remember that lambs are ruminants.It is of upmost importance that we maintain rumen health and function. Feeding grain...

Protection and Support for Optimal Joint Health

Daily exercise and the rigors of competition are some of the most common causes of joint injuries in horses, injuries which can lead to a considerable amount of lost training time. While a horse’s body has a tremendous capacity for repair, it is not uncommon for damage to exceed this capacity. In...

Winter WildBird Feeding 101

Late fall and winter provide a new set of challenges for our feathered friends. Most of the lush vegetation, full of berries and seeds, has withered away. In addition, most insects are either dead or dormant and the heavy snows will soon bury most natural sources of wild bird food. Not only will...

The Circular Health Check for Goats

An important part of properly caring for your goats is being able to distinguish when they’re unhealthy and need some extra care. Many ailments can be caught and then treated by performing a simple visual inspection of your animal with the Circular Health Check about once a week. As its name...

Doggy Danger: Beware of these Holiday Plants

The Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday trifecta is traditionally characterized by festive and sometimes flamboyant displays of decorations. While many of these decorations are considered benign to the health and safety of you and your family, you may want to consider how they affect your pets...

The Low-Down on Lovin' Llamas

Raising a pet is an extraordinarily intimate activity. The icon of the dog as man’s best friend is indeed a cherished emotional symbol in our society. The notion of owning a furry friend has evolved, however, as the domestication of certain animals has expanded beyond the classic cat and dog...

Caring For Your Yard in the Fall

The picturesque verdant lawn with accompanying garden, rife with eclectic herbs, flowers and vegetables…this is the image most elicited upon hearing the word “lawn,” but oftentimes, depending on your climate, that phase of a lawn's life cycle may only last a few months. To increase the quality of...

Friendliest Dog Breeds for a Family Lifestyle

When choosing a pet, it is very important to consider the compatibility between your home situation and the tendencies of the animal you would like to own. The saying goes “dogs are man's best friend,” but if you have the wrong dog for your life style, it can end up being a terrible nightmare. Some...

Keeping Wild Birds Cool in the Summer

Although wild birds have many ways to keep themselves cool, as a wild bird enthusiast you can help them avoid becoming overheated. • Provide a Water Source: Provide a bird bath with clean fresh water, and no more than a couple of inches of water in the bath for bathing. The water may evaporate on...

Detecting Allergies in Dogs

Man’s best friend can suffer from allergies in the same way many humans are affected by them. In fact, a wide variety of things may cause allergic reactions in dogs, and it may be difficult to pin down the exact cause in your dog. Dander is often the culprit for allergies in dogs; it is the flakes...

Riding into the Sunset: Ways to Keep Your Senior Horse Active

As your horse reaches his or her late teens, they may lose some of the sprightliness it showed in its earlier years. The key to keeping your senior horse active is just that: focus on keeping up with consistent exercise, though you may need to reduce the pace and challenge of daily workouts. Below...

Tips for Controlling Flies in Feed Lots and Pastures

Warmer weather almost always guarantees an increase in the number of flies that can adversely affect cattle performance and health. Here are some quick tips to help you control flies in feedlots and pastures: In Feed Lots Sanitation—Flies need manure and other materials for laying their eggs....