Health & Care · #seasonal

Health & Care guides tagged “seasonal” from the Apex Equine resource center.

• Winter horse care: water, blankets, and the things people forget — Cold doesn't hurt healthy horses nearly as much as dehydration and bad decisions do. Here's what actually matters when the temperature drops, and what people get wrong.
• Beating the heat: managing horses through a brutal summer — Heat stress sneaks up faster than people expect, and a dehydrated horse is a colic and a tying-up waiting to happen. Here's how to keep horses safe when the heat index climbs.
• Winter feet: snowballs, mud, and thrush season — Cold weather throws three problems at the hoof at once: ice balls that turn a foot into a wobbling stilt, deep mud that rots the frog, and slower growth that changes the whole maintenance game.