Best Ways to Keep Your Horse in Shape

Keeping your equine companion in shape is extremely important for their health. When they are at an ideal weight, diseases such as laminitis and founder are well prevented. They also have a lower chance of colic. 

For your horse to be able to keep an ideal weight, you must make sure to balance feed with exercise. You also must be sure that they are getting the right amount of nutrients from their feed. If they are not getting enough nutrients, they can become undernourished. If their nutrients intake is too high, they can develop things such as founder, laminitis, or colic. 

Many people use the one-percent rule for feeding their horses. This means that they feed their horses a minimum of one percent of their body weight in forage per day. 

In my opinion, the healthiest thing for a horse to eat is what is most natural for them, grass. So, Lilo lives in a big pasture with a mix of different grasses. Some of the grasses are high in nutrients, and some are low. This helps to balance his diet. He also gets fed one cup of alfalfa pellets twice a day, and one cup of Timothy pellets once a day. Alfalfa is very rich and contains lots of protein, and Timothy has low protein. 

Some of the best exercises to do with your horse to keep them in shape include going for long walks and trots, walking and trotting up and down hills, trotting over poles, and stretching. These exercises build muscle and help the horse to lose weight. 

I hope this weeks post has been helpful!