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When it comes to food, horses have to be quite picky. You’d be amazed at how many plants these handsome herbivores can’t eat. One of the first sections I created on The Equinest was the toxic plant section & it had a complete facelift not too long ago.
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Recognizing Signs of Ill Health in Your Horse
Let’s face it, horses can be injury, illness or accident prone and some lucky individuals have problems with all three. It’s important that any horse owner know their mount and be able to recognize problematic signs.
Healthy Signs
Making sure you know your animal is step number one. Knowing their behavior and habits is essential to recognizing signs of trauma, lameness or illness. This video outlines some basics to look for when checking your horse over.
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Dressage iPhone Apps
Interestingly enough I’ve been able to find enough horse flavored iPhone apps to actually have some niche categories, which is great for enthusiasts of specific disciplines. There is a great deal of information out there that you can now access from anywhere.
Dressage With An i
If you haven’t already be sure to check out the USEF & USDF EquiTest Apps and the FEI EquiTest Apps for more dressage info & goodies, then dig into the handy list below. For each listing below I’ve provided a brief description and a link to them on the iTunes app store.
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The Frog
Today’s information is a guest post courtesy of Gary Minshall, long-time farrier and photographer extraordinaire. Be sure to check out part. 1 and you can find him & his work on facebook.
Anyone who has looked at my interview here at the Equinest knows that I was a horseshoer for alot of years. I was ask by Paige for my input about hoof care.
“The frog serves as the heart of the foot so-to-speak.”
Stephanie Small – Horse Artist Interview
Name
Stephanie Small
Website & Places you can find my work online
deviantART: pegacorna2 and to a lesser extent you can see some of my art on Elfwood
Where I am
Lake County, California
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Horse Breeds Beginning With V
It’s horse breed Thursday again and time to meet one of the last few letters of the breed alphabet. Make sure you visit the breeds section where I’ve written pages about every breed I can find.
If you haven’t met the rest of the alphabet, be sure to do so A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U. Today it’s about breeds that start with V, from the adaptable Venezuelan Criollo established from Spanish animals brought to the new world to the Vyatka from an area of Udmurtia known for horse breeding.
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Lisa Marie Ford – Horse Author, Artist & Photographer Interview
Name
Lisa Marie Ford
Website & places you can find my work online
Website: www.picsbylis.com
Blog: apps.picsbylis.com/blog
Facebook: picsbylis (pics & artwork) and crittertales (books & poetry)
Twitter: @picsbylis
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Grey Horse Art 3
LaRaedo Barn Management Software
A guest post courtesy of Marie Taulbee over at LaRaedo Software who wanted to share a little about her handy barn management software.
Imagine, as a farm owner, offering your horse boarder a log on service that allows them to check on the daily care status of their horse, obtain details about their lessons or training, being able to receive and send alert messages and access their itemized monthly invoice?
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Fun Horse iPhone Apps on iTunes
Recently I’ve been posting about handy mobile technology for equestrians – mainly through the relatively new world of downloadable apps for your phone. iTunes is leading the way with a huge selection of apps & games – including those of the horse type nature.
Horses At Your Fingertips
In fact I found so many horse & equestrian apps that I had to put them in smaller categories – which should make it easier for you to locate the applications that are the most useful to you. Today is a motley collection of random apps that are mainly for entertainment (ahem, time wasting) purposes. For each listing below I’ve provided a brief description and a link to them on the iTunes app store.
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Hollywood Charity Horse Show 2011
Since 1990 William Shatner has been a leading force behind the Hollywood Charity Show to share his love of horses and raise money for children’s charity. Every year artists donate time to this great cause and make an appearance.
This years performing guest will be Sheryl Crow – another celebrity horse lover.
Fun for the whole family, this is a day to enjoy horsemanship alongside a little Hollywood glamour and top it off with the charity feel-good factor.
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Hipparion – Extinct Equidae
The name Hipparion is actually greek for ‘like a horse’ and these animals originated on the plains of North America & spread to Africa and Eurasia during the Miocene – Pleistocene (around 20 – 2 million years ago).
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