Horses Chew - But On You?
Horses chew, we all know that, but if you’ve ever watched horses out in pasture they’ll perform types of grooming and bonding rituals with their teeth. Take a look sometimes and you’ll notice many times horses standing together while one is almost seemingly biting the flesh of the other. They’ll grab a little bunch of flesh and in a careful way kind of nip away with a little tug of the skin. This is very common and it’s a cooperative event where one horse allows the other. I’m quite sure I wouldn’t discourage such behavior amongst horses.
Trusting Farriers Without Destroying Horses In The Process
If you have had much to do with horses, either as an owner, handler, or trainer chances are you’ve had to trust and recruit the services of a Farrier. Hopefully as you read this article you’ve had favorable results with your carefully placed trust. However if the trust you have placed in your Farriers expertise has let you down (and the Farriers work has been shoddy) you most likely have already suffered some serious consequences and your horse as well. Worse case scenario horses are put down due to chronic lameness rendering a great horse with years of training incapable of further use. Basically your worst nightmare.