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Welcome to this month's e-Tips brought to you by My Horse University and eXtension. This month's issue will provide information to help you care for your horse in hot weather.
Is your equine being fed the best ration for its specific needs? Learn answers to your nutrition questions with MHU's newest course on Horse Nutrition, available in July. The course will cover a wide-range of topics on horse nutrition, including how to assess nutritional status, feeding management strategies and nutritional values of common feedstuffs.
The HorseQuest experts from eXtension have new instructional videos available free online. View them now and share these sites with your friends:
The How To of Knot Tying Video Tutorials
Developing Horsemanship Hands and Seat Video Tutorials
We hope you and your equine friends are having a great summer! Enjoy!
Did you know...?
Hot weather care of horses
Dr. Judy Martiniuk, dvm
The horse owner should offer water frequently during hot weather and work, even if the animal does not appear thirsty. When sweating profusely, a horse’s thirst mechanism does not always keep up with bodily needs. It is important that rations contain salt. The sodium and chloride from salt are important ions that....Read on...
Additional resources on hot weather care...
e-Tips of the Month
keep your horse healthy in hot weather
- Check water source daily for water level and cleanliness
- Offer horses water frequently during long periods of exercise
- Bring water or flavoring agents from home when traveling to encourage finicky horse to drink
Read more tips for hot weather...
Question of the Month
Choose the best answer:
1) According the the American Horse Council, the average length of time of horse ownership is
a) about 2 years
b) about 10 years
c) about 5 years
d) about 20 years
Click here for the answer!
Photo of the Month
Do they make one of these in my size? A Percheron filly named Sapphire shares her pasture with sheep, who use this Poly Dome. Sapphire loves her sheep friends so much, she tried to “fit in!” says owner Dianna Micklatcher.
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June 2008
In This Issue
News & Updates
Mark your Calendars!
MHU's Horse Nutrition course available July
Accredited by the USDF
for 2 credits.
New Video Tutorials from eXtension
—Developing Horsemanship Hands and Seat.
—The How To of Knot Tying.
Check it out!
MHU/eXtension Free Webcasts
View all of our archived Webcasts from equine experts on topics you care about. Stay tuned for new live Webcasts coming in August 2008.
Ask the Experts
eXtension invites you to Ask the Experts your horse-related questions.
Free Horse Learning Lessons
eXtension's team of horse experts have developed specialized lessons on various topics.
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