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Welcome to the November e-Tips brought to you by My Horse University and eXtension. We all know how stress can bring us down both emotionally and physically. Internalizing stress can cause illness and anxiety. Horses can show the effects of stress in their health as well as their behavior. In this month's e-Tips article, Dr. Carey Williams will discuss how stress affects your horse and how you can decrease the amount of stress in you horse's life. Be sure to register for her free webcast presentation entitled Equine Stress on Monday, November 17, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Your horse will thank you!
Did you know...?
 Stress is the body's response to anything it considers threatening. For a horse this could be anything, including trailering and traveling, showing, poor nutrition, feeding at irregular times, changes in other routines, environmental toxins, interactions within their social environment, variations in climate, and illness.
Some types of stress include various physical stresses that are based on the physical makeup of the animal and its ability to respond to changes in diet, injury, etc. Psychological stresses are based on a horse's personality and its perception of life. For example, some horses are more stressed than others by being in a stall for long periods of time.
Each horse deals with stress in a different way depending on their personality. Read on...
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This Month's e-Tips
Tips on How to Minimize Stress in Your Horse's Life:
- Keep horses turned out as much as possible but if not possible, feed ad libitum hay.
- Stick to a routine but if you need to make changes, do so slowly.
- When traveling take items that are familiar (e.g. your own hay, water, grain, etc.).
- Avoid riding in extreme weather conditions.
- Feed a well balanced diet.
- Maintain a good health program.
- Provide a pleasant environment.
- Provide regular varied exercise.
- Allow for play time.
- Prevent boredom.
- Allow your horse social activity.
- Keep yourself happy, healthy, and stress free!!
Question of the Month
Choose the best answer:
Which learning style should be used to teach a rider to identify the correct lead at a canter?
a) visual
b) auditory
c) kinesthetic
d) a and c
e) b and c
f) a, b and c
Click here for the answer!
Photo of the Month
A well deserved retirement! Kathy Dando visits her 22 year young Quarter Horse mare Lily “Diamonds N’ Flowers”. After teaching Kathy the ropes in hunter/jumper events and dressage, Lily now relaxes in the beautiful setting at Big Sky Farm in Carlisle Springs, PA.
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November 2008
In This Issue
News & Updates
Join us for a FREE live Webcast!
Equine Stress
by Dr. Carey Williams
November 17, 2008
7:00 p.m. EST
Aggiefest Horse Judging Workship
College Station, TX
November 25, 2008
Youth Horse Judging Team Training Clinic
Raleigh, NC
December 6, 2008
NCSU Horse Breeding Management & Transported Semen Short Course
Raleigh, NC
December 10, 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.
NEW! MHU Horse
Nutrition Course
Give your horse the edge with proper nutrition by taking the new online Horse Nutrition Course.
NEW! MHU Arabian
Horse Judging DVD
Learn how conformation affects a horse's performance.
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