Post by Admin on Dec 18, 2015 21:42:34 GMT -7
In a pasture as much as possible. You can stall only at night if you wish, or when it's really cold (not like 40 degrees, I mean 20 or below), if the horse is injured or on stall rest, etc. But a healthy horse on a warm day shouldn't be kept in a stall, period. My horses are in pasture 24/7. But if it gets real cold, I bring them inside until the temperatures raise.
The horse should have a shelter. Either a built shelter, or a collection of trees to use as shade. The horse should also have several acres (a small paddock isn't enough) to run on. And the horse should also be able to graze. If grazing isn't available (if all the grass it chewed down or you only have a dry lot) then give free-feed hay. A horse's stomach acid is constantly churning, since they're meant to eat 18-22 hours per day. A human's stomach acid begins working once they begin eating (thus why a lot of people get stomach aches from chewing gum, you stimulate eating while chewing gum so your stomach gets moving). Horses will get ulcers if they go all day without eating, only getting to eat a few times per day. After some time of this happening, horses will form ulcers.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11478930/Why-the-long-face-Traditional-stables-make-horses-depressed.html
The horse should also be kept with a companion. A horse, donkey, goat, sheep, or other hooved animal will do. Horses are very social, as well as being herd animals.
Make sure the water is clean, as well as the trough. And make sure to feel the water and make sure it isn't too warm or too cold. Horses will drink less if the water is too cold or too warm, and if done enough, can get dehydrated.
The horse should have a shelter. Either a built shelter, or a collection of trees to use as shade. The horse should also have several acres (a small paddock isn't enough) to run on. And the horse should also be able to graze. If grazing isn't available (if all the grass it chewed down or you only have a dry lot) then give free-feed hay. A horse's stomach acid is constantly churning, since they're meant to eat 18-22 hours per day. A human's stomach acid begins working once they begin eating (thus why a lot of people get stomach aches from chewing gum, you stimulate eating while chewing gum so your stomach gets moving). Horses will get ulcers if they go all day without eating, only getting to eat a few times per day. After some time of this happening, horses will form ulcers.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11478930/Why-the-long-face-Traditional-stables-make-horses-depressed.html
The horse should also be kept with a companion. A horse, donkey, goat, sheep, or other hooved animal will do. Horses are very social, as well as being herd animals.
Make sure the water is clean, as well as the trough. And make sure to feel the water and make sure it isn't too warm or too cold. Horses will drink less if the water is too cold or too warm, and if done enough, can get dehydrated.