Does Your Horse Fly Spray Protect Against Ticks and Mosquitoes? Here’s Why It Should.
Posted by Animal Care Team onAt the barn, horse fly spray is often your first line of defense against annoying insects. Fly spray helps repel and kill flies, but the best fly spray for horses helps protect your horse against potentially disease-causing ticks and mosquitoes, too.
Treat Scratches, Rain Rot, and Sweet Itch with the Natural Healing Power of Silver Honey
Posted by Animal Care Team onIn the horse world, skin conditions can escalate extremely quickly! Scratches, rain rot and sweet itch can cause real problems and even lameness if left untreated. Here’s a how-to on beating each type of skin irritation.
6 Tips for Tangle-free Tails
Posted by Animal Care Team onLet’s face it, summer is tough on manes and tails. Washing, braiding, brushing, and more time out in the sun mean dry, brittle, and broken hair. Luckily there’s plenty you can do to prevent the...
6 Tips for Finding the Best Fly Spray
Posted by Animal Care Team onFly season is well underway in most of the country. While most barns have ways of mitigating the flies, it’s very easy for the problem to become more than just a slight annoyance. Choosing the best fly spray for your horse is often the first line of defense. Here are six things to consider when picking the best fly spray for your horse or barn.
Wanted: Fly Spray that Helps Keep You in the Saddle (and the Ribbons)
Posted by Animal Care Team onDon’t let a horse fly be the reason you end up in the dirt. Even a freshly groomed arena isn’t quite as soft as landing on a pillow. The most patient, well-trained horse can’t help but kick up its heels at a painful horsefly bite.
Cowgirls Care About the Ingredients in Their Fly Spray
Posted by Animal Care Team onNo cowgirl wants to “undo” the time and effort put into a thorough grooming job with greasy fly spray. Oil-based fly repellent is sticky, which attracts dust and dirt. Plus, there’s nothing worse than spending money on a fly spray that simply doesn’t work. Unsightly welts from horse fly bites are not only painful and also detract from the horse’s otherwise gleaming turnout.
Bioavailability is critical for equine joint supplements
Posted by Animal Care Team onBioavailability is critical for equine joint supplements, and that's just one of the reasons Flex+Max Pelleted Joint Supplement works better than the others. Read what makes our special chondroitin more bioavailable.
- Tags: Muscle & Joint Care, Research, Supplements
CORRAL Riding Academy
Posted by Animal Care Team onCORRAL Riding Academy in Cary, North Carolina. CORRAL is a non-profit equestrian school that pairs young, at-risk women in the community with rescue horses for trauma-focused, equine-assisted therapy. Today, Sabrina, a young woman participating in the program, has volunteered to share the progress she’s made with her rescue horse, River.
Behind The Scenes With Julie Goodnight
Posted by Animal Care Team onWelcome Julie Goodnight, Natural Horsemanship Clinician and Team Absorbine Rider, to the Absorbine Blog! Julie brings us up to speed on her activities during the shut down and her experience training Doc Gunner, her latest rescue horse that happens to be deaf. Julie has so much valuable horsemanship knowledge to share.
- Tags: Absorbine Spotlight, horse rescue, training