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I've had this lip balm for a few years, got it at the Equine Affaire in Massachusetts and I absolutely love it and looking for more. I'm sure it was likely a promotional thing but it helps my usually dry lips. Any help is greatly appreciated. I know it's a fantastic product in the equestrian world.

When I would walk toward the alpacas it would follow me. I tried to get closer to the alpacas to pet one and it got in the way, not letting me get to the alpacas. Could it have been trained to act like a guard dog or are horses simply territorial or protective over their own? Or did he just not like me?😅😂

I'm a Hay farmer and my wife has two horses. One we just got and all it does with the Hay is make these Hay balls so my wife now is buying Hay cubes and beet pellets and soaking them to feed this horse... I'd rather use our Hay. Has anyone else ran into a situation like this? What do you use to process your own Hay for an animal like this?

All suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks, SKF

What is the best way to wash horse blankets at the laundromat so that the buckles don't bang around or get caught in the dryer drums?

Hey, i’m trying to get into ground work a bit more, into R+ training to be exact. Does anybody have any book/channel/article recommendations on the topic? Or just tips in general.

Thanks in advance:)

Before I even start: Max tax <3

Max is my 19 year old Thoroughbred gelding and I love him with all my grumpy heart. He is a Certified Very Good Boy™ and takes great care of me when I freak out about jumping crossrails. Favorite snacks: Chex Mix, potato chips, sandwich bread (????), peppermints.

I've owned Max for nearly three years now, and he's always had some sort of skin infection/fungus on his coronary bands and pasterns of his hind legs. Big scabs, necrotic smell, debriding always results in more scabs, rather than healthy skin growth. I've tried every trick in the book for scratches/rain rot/whatever that is available OTC, and nothing really works. It just stays the same. Every January, it gets infected (I originally thought from the dryness/scabs crack/mud and dirt and bacteria get in there...), and this year, I was finally able to actually talk with the vet in person during the exam instead of just reading the paperwork after the fact.

My vet told me it's most likely that Max has a persistent staph infection, which doesn't surprise me since I did a bunch of internet digging the night before. But it leaves me at a loss for what to do next. Currently, he's on a 10 day round of doxycycline as well as an aggressive cleaning and topical treatment process, which makes him look like he's wearing moon boots, lol. However, considering that this is the third time we've done doxy and it's come back each time, I am starting to feel like this could even be MRSA.

Having a name for this that isn't "it's probably just bad scratches" is really helpful, but knowing it's staph is intimidating. Have you ever had any experience with staph infections in horses? Has anything worked for you to keep a skin-level staph infection at bay?

(xposted to /r/Equestrian)

In light of the recent tariffs, I would like to switch to a Canadian made feed for my weanling. Is there any feed here that is close to Tribute Growth? I would like a feed that contains no corn. I am on the East Coast of Canada.

I am curious if you know any european brands specifically. Budget sub 200 euros.

So I applied for an internship abroad (like, all the way across the world) where I would help take care of the horses and the ranch owner would teach me natural horsemanship. Due to a medical emergency, they had to cancel. I'm looking for a new place and welcome any recommendations.

I'm looking for a 4 week minimum stay (I'm based in Europe, so, outside of EU please) where I can spend as much time with horses as possible. Could be as a volunteer, an intern, whatever.

Thank you!

My class went to a ranch 22 years ago and I got bit by a horse on my knee. I loved horses so this took me off guard. I was on top of one and another one was next to it and just chomped at my knee. I went home kind of traumatized and scared of horses to some degree.

I want to know, I didn’t get any vaccinations or antibiotics afterwards. I was too scared to let anyone know. Do ranch horses get vaccinated for rabies? I know it’s been a long time but it haunts me the fear of getting that dreaded illness. I am guessing they might be vaccinated since they are around people and especially kids (I was like 10 at that time) but I have no way to know now since they are shut down due to pandemic and I don’t think they reopened. If the horse did have rabies and die, would they have notified us?

Also, why do horses bite people, or do they mean to bite other horses and I was just there in the way. I want to at some point get close to a horse since I really loved them a lot as a kid and read countless books (fictional) about them. I don’t want to get bit again.

Hi there. Can anyone help me with coming up with a few options for adjustable saddles for an average-sized riding mule? I don't have a mule yet, so I can't give measurements. I just like planning things out in advance if I can. Any good brand names or shop names would be very helpful.

My most important thing is making sure my animals are comfortable and happy. I like endurance saddles the most but western and Australian stock saddles are great too. But it's a lot harder finding them on the East coast so any help would be very much appreciated.

Hi, I am a instructor in a larger lesson program as we have about 15 lesson horses. The issue is that all of our lesson saddles have peacock safety-stirrups, and as of this year USPC has banned the use of peacock stirrups, and I think USEF and a few other organizations are considering banning them as well. I was talking to my trainer (who runs the lesson program) and we have been trying to find replacement stirrups. We don't want to spend too much money (preferably under $70 each) and because we have a very wide range of ages riding in out saddles, we don't want to footplate to bee too wide. I understand that this greatly limits our options, but I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations. So far the only viable option's I have found are the bent arm stirrups, but I don't know how well they work. Please let me know if you have any recommendations!

I don't have horses anymore but I used to, still looking for a new horse but when I had them and I went to go get them from the pastor, I could grab one of their multiple halters that I chose to get because they were pretty, or I could do what I always did just about it and that's get a rope, about 8 ft long and I would fashion it into a quick halter on them instead of getting one of their actual halters, I don't know why I prefer to do that but I did I had my whole family questioning me LOL

Whisper, when I was leaving, asking for a treat

Is 150/lesson reasonable in LA?

I really want to know what this style of bridal is called!!