Blog posts tagged with 'exercise'

Strengthening your horse’s topline is crucial for maintaining optimal condition, supporting flexibility, and promoting long-term health. Balanced nutrition and targeted exercises can help build and maintain a strong topline in horses.

Firework celebrations often negatively impact animals and cause stress for owners. They are generally associated with loud bangs, sudden beams of light and burning smells, all of which can cause fear, distress and trigger the flight-or-fight responses in horses, dogs and many other animal species.

Feedmark’s Senior Nutritionist, outlines the different energy pathways and dietary options for supporting optimum performance and it's relevance to horses with greater exercise demands.

Discover the causes, symptoms, and management strategies for Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS). Learn how to care for horses with EMS and reduce the risk of complications like laminitis.

We consider how to maintain skin health in winter, common skin conditions that horse owners are likely to encounter, their treatment and what we can do to prevent them.

Feeding horses seems to have become a complicated business. This short article written by our Registered Nutritionist outlines the key points to consider when deciding what to feed your horse and in what quantities...

Minerals have important functions in the horse’s body and therefore are an essential part of the horses diet. Our nutritionist investigates the benefits of chelated minerals in equine nutrition.

Feedmark's Nutritionist investigates the ways in which you can manage your horse's grass intake...

Whether you’re at home with your furry companion or out at a competition, hydration is key. Before grabbing your hat and boots or your dog’s lead, consider whether they are well hydrated and how you can reduce the risk of dehydration.

Flushes of fresh grass can be a common but dangerous occurrence at this time of year. Due to the recent weather, a dramatic growth in grass is causing some horses and ponies to gain undesired weight.

Summer can be a wonderful time to get out and about with your horse and have some fun, however the high temperatures can prove dangerous for some horses and result in dehydration and heatstroke. It is therefore important to take on certain management practices to keep your horse happy and healthy in the heat.

Pole work is a fantastic way of improving your horse’s suppleness and balance whilst helping to maintain fitness and mental stimulation. Performing groundwork exercises can also be very beneficial to develop the bond and trust between horse and handler - we have four simple yet effective exercises for you to try with your horse!