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  • What is a Blog????

    10 Mar 2017 | Backyard Horse owners Blog Canadian Wild Horse Foundation Composting diseases of the skin on horses Dog owners Flys Hawaii Trail Riders | Karleen Hubley

    Here is Wikipedia's history of blog: 'The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. The short form, "blog," was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999. Shortly thereafter, Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used "blog" as both a noun and verb ("to blog," meaning "to edit one's [...]

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    World War I Horses

    11 Sep 2015 | Backyard Horse owners Blog Canadian Wild Horse Foundation Composting composting horse manure diseases of the skin on horses Dog owners Flys Hawaii Horses Horses in Hawaii llama owners No sidebar Service social media Stable Management trail riding Uncategorized | Karleen Hubley

    World War 1 Horse It has been estimated that 8 million horses, donkeys and mules died in World War 1.  The horse above is carrying a cannon on his back.  Will it be fired? ___________________________________   At the end of the Great War an Australian cavalryman in Palestine wrote these sentiments to wards his  "waler" (short for the most common breed of Austalian warhorse, the New South [...]

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    Tryon International Equestrian Center

    13 Aug 2015 | Backyard Horse owners Blog Canadian Wild Horse Foundation Composting composting horse manure diseases of the skin on horses Dog owners Flys Hawaii Horses Horses in Hawaii llama owners Service social media Stable Management trail riding Uncategorized | Karleen Hubley
    Tryon International Equestrian Center

    Wow! I just played tourist at the most exceptional equestrian competition facility I have yet to visit. Tryon Internation Equestrian Center in North Carolina. Occasionally big money, vision, and equestian competition experiance comes together. And, for those of us competing, the state of North Carolina and the average tourist this is an example of a win win situation. It is impossible to [...]

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    Feeding Hay slowly to Mimic Grazing

    3 Jul 2014 | Backyard Horse owners Canadian Wild Horse Foundation Composting composting horse manure diseases of the skin on horses Dog owners Flys Hawaii Horses Horses in Hawaii llama owners social media Stable Management trail riding | Karleen Hubley

    The effect of hay net design on rate and amount of forage consumed by adult horses K. Martinson, E. Glunk and W. Weber Description of the problem "Horses have evolved to consume several small forage-based meals throughout the day, often spending greater than 14.5 hours grazing each day. However, many of today's horses are housed in boxstalls or drylots, fed two large meals each day, and [...]

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    YOUR HORSE'S VITAL SIGNS

    22 May 2014 | Backyard Horse owners Canadian Wild Horse Foundation Composting composting horse manure diseases of the skin on horses Dog owners Flys Hawaii Horses Horses in Hawaii llama owners social media Stable Management trail riding Uncategorized | Karleen Hubley

    Jennifer La Plume VMD recently shared in her Newsletter this important information which I will post in my barn.  After years around horses these number still escape me when I am concerned about a sick horse. HORSE'S VITAL SIGNSThanks to Ragged Mountain Equine Services, Jennifer A. La Plume VMD  info@rmequine.com in Virginia.  

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    Why Zebra Stripes Deter Flies

    17 Apr 2014 | Backyard Horse owners Canadian Wild Horse Foundation Composting composting horse manure diseases of the skin on horses Dog owners Flys Hawaii Horses Horses in Hawaii llama owners social media Stable Management trail riding Uncategorized | Karleen Hubley

      The following is a short article printed in an April issue of THE WEEK magazine that is worth reprinting for horse owners who suffer with flies. Zebras' fly repellent "Biologists since Darwin have debated this riddle: Why do zebras have stripes? A probable answer is flies don't like stripes. Scientists examined several leading stripe theories that the color contrasts keep [...]

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    WHY DO HORSES DRINK OUT OF MUDDY WATER?

    19 Mar 2014 | Backyard Horse owners Canadian Wild Horse Foundation Composting composting horse manure diseases of the skin on horses Dog owners Flys Hawaii Horses Horses in Hawaii llama owners Uncategorized | Karleen Hubley

    One would think that a horse would prefer drinking out of a clean water trough rather than out of a muddy puddle if it had the choice.  But, you are wrong.  After a rain, horses seem to enjoy the taste of the fresh water that accumulates in shallow puddles better than the large amount of stale H2O sitting in their regular troughs. In the wild, horses create their own mudholes by pawing at[...]

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    The Airport is Really a Zoo

    13 Feb 2014 | Backyard Horse owners Canadian Wild Horse Foundation Composting composting horse manure diseases of the skin on horses Dog owners Flys Hawaii Horses Horses in Hawaii llama owners social media Stable Management trail riding Uncategorized | Karleen Hubley
    The Airport is Really a Zoo

      Frankfurt International Airport Animal Lounge         Wouldn't you like a transatlantic flight which included good food, your own cubicle for rest and even medical care? You might also include a drive to the airport and boarding privately. Each year Frankfurt Airport handles 110 million (80 million of those being ornamental fish) animals in its [...]

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    Hay or Grain First

    7 Feb 2014 | Backyard Horse owners Canadian Wild Horse Foundation Composting composting horse manure diseases of the skin on horses Dog owners Flys Hawaii Horses Horses in Hawaii llama owners social media Stable Management trail riding Uncategorized | Karleen Hubley

      Kentucky Equine Research tells us that when horses are eating hay they produce saliva.  This causes more intake of water.  If this fluid in the gut is prior to the feeding of grain than the grain will pass through the stomach rapidly and into the gut.  Fermentation of grain in the hind gut can lead to such problems as colic.  Therefore if hay is offered several hours after grain [...]

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    Scratches, Mud Fever or Pastern Deratitis

    27 Aug 2013 | Backyard Horse owners Composting composting horse manure diseases of the skin on horses Dog owners Flys Hawaii Horses Horses in Hawaii llama owners social media Stable Management trail riding Uncategorized | Karleen Hubley

      Scratches, mud fever, pastern dermatitis on pink pigment What do you call it in your part of the country?  It is also called dew poisoning,  grease heel or greasy heel. But it is the same condition  which is caused by a mixture of bacteria and in some cases fungal organisms. The eastern US has had an unusually wet summer giving this disease the conditions to thrive on the [...]

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    This see-through breathable screen will last for years. It is made of polyester vinyl coated and heat sealed on the edges with brass grommets about every foot. It has no chemicals added. Our HorseFlyNets only cost approximately $2.00 a square foot for smaller sizes and less for larger.  Our product is woven and manufactured in the USA. 

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