Sally’s Tips: Bath Time

[highlight align=”left, right, center” style=”different”] Bath Time  Most of us take a bath or shower everyday, but do our horses really need one that often? Giving a horse a bath more than once or twice a week with soap depletes the coat of...

Sally’s Tips: Do Horses Love Us?

Do Horses Love Us?    Not long ago, I had someone ask me, do horses like or even love us? I feel we should resist the temptation to put human qualities in horses. Horses are neither naughty nor nice. Horses aren’t loving nor caring. They are not intelligent like...

Sally’s Tips:To Blanket……Or Not To Blanket?

To Blanket……Or Not To Blanket? The answer is yes and no. Let’s start with the no. The horse has the ability to poof out his coat, thus providing him with a layer of air, which gives him a layer of warm air next to his skin. A blanket will flatten his coat and...