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Watering horses in the winter

Ice water anyone?

Watering horses this time of the year in a cold climate can be a challenge. Recently, Merri at The Equestrian Vagabond posted about getting water heaters installed in the water troughs in Idaho.  She waited too long and had to do it after things froze!

I use the plug type water heaters for my troughs (like this one).  I have two troughs that are heated, and one that isn’t

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December 17th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Karen's horses, useful tips | 8 comments

Useful tip for transitioning from shod to barefoot

Or, just for toughening up your horses already bare hooves.

Here is a description of what Durasole is: Durasole acts as a fixative on the exfoliating sole and insensitive frog on the solar surface of the equine hoof. It disables the intrinsic enzymes which would weaken mechanical composition of these structures, protects the structures from extrinsic damage from microorganisms in their environment, and alters the tissue of the exfoliating sole and insensitive frog at

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December 17th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: education, useful tips | 4 comments