All Horses | May 29, 2008
Impalement is never pretty.
This horse was lucky … he’ll live, and probably make a decent recovery.
Horses impaled through the chest when panicked and attempting to jump … not so lucky.
T-post caps were made for the purpose of protecting your horse from impalement. Use them. Better yet, are T-post sleeves.
Better than both … wooden posts. More [...]
All Horses | May 28, 2008
Folks, THIS is neglect:
(one of many starved Arabians from a recent Florida case)
(a rescued Saddlebred being rehabilitated at Horses Haven)
THIS is NOT neglect:
(Turn 3 Ranch, March 2007)
(Turn 3 Ranch, March 2007)
Just making sure we don’t lose perspective, here.
All Horses | May 28, 2008
This looks like a very sturdy wood fence, suitably tall for the horse kept inside.
The bottom plank is close enough to the ground to prevent pushing under, yet not too close so that a hoof is unlikely to get caught under.
It would be somewhat safer to mount the boards on the inside of the posts, [...]
All Horses | May 18, 2008
I can’t even determine exactly what kind(s) of fences are being used here.
I see sharp broken wire protruding, and what is possibly an electric tape that is loose and most certainly not properly electrified.
Plus, non-breaking nylon halters should not be left on for turn-out.
(They do sell nylon halters with a leather break-away crown, for those [...]
All Horses | May 17, 2008
When animal rights propaganda triumphs over common sense and the American people’s right to choose, none of us win … least of all, the horses.
Horse-slaughter ban closely watched in U.S. [link]
Laura Rance | May 17, 2008
Are horses livestock or pets, tools or toys?
For most people, the answer to that question lies not in what [...]
All Horses | May 13, 2008
Yes, the auction prices are so bad that some horses do not fetch a high enough bid to cover the cost of consignment, leaving certain desperate owners who could not afford to feed the horse in the first place with yet another debt. There is no longer a need in many areas to “outbid the [...]
All Horses | May 13, 2008
Who are we to police our neighbor’s dinner plates?
Congress hears results of U.S. horse slaughter ban [link]
Bryan Salvage | May 13, 2008
KANSAS CITY, MO. ― Participants in the Livestock Marketing Association’s fourth annual Washington, D.C. Fly-In said members of Congress are realizing the unintended consequences of closing the last three horse slaughter plants in the [...]
All Horses | May 9, 2008
I don’t care how old and gentle and lazy and unspookable you say your horse is.
I don’t care if you say he respects the fence and is too smart to get caught up in it.
I don’t care if you’ve used barbed wire for 200 years and NEVER had an accident.
Barbed wire will never be acceptable [...]
All Horses | May 8, 2008
For pastures with foals, it would be better to have a somewhat taller fence with a fourth rail closer to the ground, so a rolling foal could not roll under the fence and find itself separated from its mother, and panic.
Yes, I can find fault with pretty much any fence! My own included—to be [...]
