Horses
- Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Purina!I love incorporating my animals into holiday cards, and I get asked from time to time how we actually get some of them done, especially the photos of the pony in Christmas lights and eating the snowman’s...
- Beating The Heat During The Dog Days Of Summer: Ideas For Decreasing Heat Stress In Horses
As summer drags on the heat can become a serious problem for many horses. The primary way in which horses cool themselves is through sweating. While the exact mechanisms for inducing sweat production in horses are not yet fully understood,...
- Horses, A Family Affair!
It should be pretty apparent if you have been following our blog by now that everyone in the horse group at Purina Animal Nutrition is passionate about horses and interacting with them. If you are involved with horses you know that it is far...
- 5 Tips For Preparing For A Visit From Your Veterinarian
In my years as an equine practitioner, I have found that having a good idea of the number of horses I will be seeing and the procedures I will be carrying out, and having the client be well prepared for our appointment, was invaluable in making the farm...
- Is It Really You??
Year end work at the farm is typically pretty crazy. There are a lot of loose ends to tie up with paperwork, and on top of the paperwork we have a bunch of horses to take care of. This time of year in our part of the country is kind of tough on the horses...
Horses
Happy Thanksgiving from our farm to yours!
Holidays can be a wonderful time for rest, relaxation, and time with family and friends. But if you have horses, it can sometimes seem like any other day! As you know, the horses don’t know it’s a holiday, they expect to be fed on time, and you need to clean stalls, sweep the aisle, get the turnouts done, etc. all before you need to be at your mother’s house by 3pm for a meal. For us at the research farm, we are especially busy tomorrow because we have a large research project we need to finish before the weather gets really cold. So, it’s all hands on deck this Turkey Day as our dedicated and passionate crew take care of the regular farm duties while also measuring hay, grain, water and supplement intake twice per day for our horses on specific trials. But overall, it is not that bad. After all, Thanksgiving is about remembering what we are grateful for and working with horses on a daily basis certainly tops our list. We are grateful that we have the ability to know these great animals and develop products to support their health and well-being. So Happy Thanksgiving from our working farm to yours, may you get your chores done in time to eat plenty of turkey!
- Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Purina!I love incorporating my animals into holiday cards, and I get asked from time to time how we actually get some of them done, especially the photos of the pony in Christmas lights and eating the snowman’s...
- Beating The Heat During The Dog Days Of Summer: Ideas For Decreasing Heat Stress In Horses
As summer drags on the heat can become a serious problem for many horses. The primary way in which horses cool themselves is through sweating. While the exact mechanisms for inducing sweat production in horses are not yet fully understood,...
- Horses, A Family Affair!
It should be pretty apparent if you have been following our blog by now that everyone in the horse group at Purina Animal Nutrition is passionate about horses and interacting with them. If you are involved with horses you know that it is far...
- 5 Tips For Preparing For A Visit From Your Veterinarian
In my years as an equine practitioner, I have found that having a good idea of the number of horses I will be seeing and the procedures I will be carrying out, and having the client be well prepared for our appointment, was invaluable in making the farm...
- Is It Really You??
Year end work at the farm is typically pretty crazy. There are a lot of loose ends to tie up with paperwork, and on top of the paperwork we have a bunch of horses to take care of. This time of year in our part of the country is kind of tough on the horses...