For serious issues like laminitis, head-shaking/flicking our advice would be NOT to let him back out on ANY green vegetative grass. ‘Keeping an eye on them’ is a very risky strategy.

Sodium has several major roles including that of delivering nutrients into cells also for ridding the body of nitrates.

Unsuitable pasture will cause metabolic (health, movement and/or behaviour) issues in any horse.

IF you are thinking about resowing your pastures, thoroughly consider the following information because it is not as simple as it seems and will not be the solution to all your problems because even ‘Horse Friendly’ grasses need to be at a mature stage of growth before grazing.

Red clover can cause 'stallion-like' behaviour in geldings. The first line of thinking when such behaviour shows up is that the horse hasn't been gelded properly.

The iron content of the horse’s diet has become a subject of great concern but Does EVERYBODY need to worry?

Because excess iron cannot be excreted, there is concern that many horses suffer from iron over-load.

Often people tend to put ‘little things’ down to the horse’s temperament, him being ‘quirky’, or think ‘it is just the way he IS’,...

Do you hear yourself saying any of the following… ‘He’s always been like this’ Yes but that doesn’t mean it is his true self, it means,...

People who have never personally experienced a horse in this state call it ‘bad behaviour’ and put it down to ‘lack of discipline’ or...

Innate Nutritional Wisdom? Who has it? Most humans don’t. Rather we are more inclined to eat ourselves sick, mainly due to lack of...

Understandably many horse owners don’t have much of an understanding of what ‘Good nutrition’ means. If the horse’s diet is not meeting...

Forage analyses of Cow Parsley and Cleavers bring up surprising results! We are all for adding diversity to the horses diet but only if...

Interestingly this example plus one relating to fresh herbs like Cleavers & Cow Parsley in Part 2 reveal surprising results. These are...

What is normal? Horses typically urinate every 4 hours or so and produce 5–15 L of urine per day. (The bladder can hold 3–4 L of urine)....

Of course CHH would advocate that grass-free options (not just yards or stables) need to be standard facilities when charging for grazing.

Horses need appropriate Forage/Nutrition as well as Appropriate Movement/Social Interaction with other horses and an appropriate, safe...

The majority of ‘grass-affected’ horses show signs of increased sensitivity/excitability eg: footy, spooky, hyper-sensitive,...

While there is consensus that increasing bio-diversity in our horse’s diets is desirable, there are two schools of thought as to the...

Most horse owners are aware that any changes to the horses diet should be made gradually in order to give the flora populations of the...