It’s another week and well into plant season, here is today’s plant your horse can’t eat. Today’s plant grows all over and looks very unassuming, but while Foxtails are a common sight, they are incredibly dangerous little buggers!
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Horse Basics Category
Appaloosa White Pattern – Horse Coat Colors
Over the last few months I’ve been working my way through the colors section, providing some new information and bigger images. I’ve almost made my way through the white patterns – next comes markings!
White Patterns
There are a handful of white patterns that can affect the base colors as well as those affected by modifiers and dilutions (or even other white patterns). Today I want to share a little about the appaloosa white pattern which is responsible for an amazing variety of lively spotted animals.
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Foxglove – Toxic Plant of the Week
Welcome to another toxic plant Monday – time to learn about another nasty plant. Today’s plant is a lovely one with the most enchanting name, the Foxglove is lovely, but not for horses.
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Pinto White Pattern – Horse Coat Colors
Over the spring and summer I’ve been working my way through the colors section, providing some new information and updated images. I’ve gotten through the solid colors and am now sharing the lovely white patterns.
White Patterns
There are a handful of white patterns that can affect the base colors as well as those affected by modifiers and dilutions (or even other white patterns). Today I want to share a little about the pinto white pattern which is responsible for a wide variety of lovely spotted patterns.
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Fly Poison – Toxic Plant of the Week
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Happy Monday and time to learn about yet another plant that hates your horse. Today’s plant’s name says it all, Fly Poison just sounds bad for you.
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Roan White Pattern – Horse Coat Colors
Lately I’ve been working my way through the colors section, providing new information and updated images. So far I’ve gotten through the solid colors and now it’s time for the white patterns.
White Patterns
There are a handful of white patterns that can affect the base colors as well as those affected by modifiers and dilutions (or even other white patterns). Today I want to share a little about the roan white pattern which is responsible for a brilliant rainbow of different horse hues.
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Fireweed – Toxic Plant of the Week
Happy Monday, are you ready to learn about another plant your horse can’t eat? Today’s plant goes by a variety of names and lights up the hills with color. Fireweed is beautiful and plentiful but not so good for your pony.
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Light Black Dilution – Horse Coat Colors
I’m making my way through the colors section and giving it new information and updated images. Today I’ve finally gotten through the solid colors and next week we’ll move on to the white patterns.
Dilutions
There are a bunch of dilution genes which affect the two base colors as well as those affected by modifiers and white patterns. Today I want to share a little about the light black dilution is loosely termed as such as it’s a collection of animals that test as genetically black, but aren’t.
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Field Pennycress – Toxic Plant of the Week
It’s Monday and time to study another member in the a-z of plants your horse can’t eat. Today’s plant is rather nondescript and incredibly unassuming – but make no mistake Field Pennycress is bad news for horses.
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Mushroom Dilution – Horse Coat Colors
I’m making my way through the colors section and giving it new information and updated images. In fact, today’s dilution is another one that wasn’t discovered until recently when color genetics testing was made possible.
Dilutions
There are a bunch of dilution genes which affect the two base colors as well as those affected by modifiers and white patterns. Today I want to share a little about the mushroom dilution which is incredibly rare and only recently discovered in a few specific breeds.
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Field Horsetail – Toxic Plant of the Week
It’s Monday and time to learn about another in the a-z of plants your horse can’t eat series. Today’s plant has a strange prehistoric look to it, the Field Horsetail may sound horse-friendly – but it’s not.
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Pearl Dilution – Horse Coat Colors
I’m working my way through the colors section to give it some new information and updated images. In fact, today’s dilution wasn’t discovered until equine color genetics testing was made possible.
Dilutions
There are an array of dilution genes which affect the two base colors as well as those affected by modifiers and white patterns. Today I want to share a little about the pearl dilution which is incredibly rare and only recently found in a few specific breeds.
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