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When should i put hoof dressing on my horse?

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also what is a good brand. and my horse like to bite EVERYTHING, what is a good toy for him??

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  1. this depends on many factors, is your horse stalled or kept in a pasture first. If it is in a stall most of the time, then you need to attend to it's feet more. Generally speaking if it's feet get to dry or brittle you need to tend to em, you also don't want their feet to get too soft . If stalled and a working horse usually 2 or 3 times a week. For my horses I pack their feet from the bottom with bowie clay with a little cider vinegar and Epsom salts mixed in it, a couple times a week. If you can't find bowie clay than any type of clay or poultice that sell in most tack or feed stores in the U.S. work as well. Although a poultice has its own ingredients so you don't mix the vinegar or Epsom salts in it. Then once a week  I would take some reducing (this is a product you can buy at tack stores esp. if there are thoroughbreds in the area, but I've seen it in many tack and feed stores and you brush it with a small toothbrush like tool only around the coronet band where the hoof meets the hair of the pastern. Being careful not to brush it into the hair, it will burn their skin. But this, along with mud or poultice makes for  a very strong, and flexible hoof. Now this is for a stalled and working horse(race horse, barrel horse, show jumper, trail horse etc.

    A working or light pleasure horse in a pasture, not a paddock, that is out most of the time, their feet need little to no attention at all. but feet are very important I always keep a close eye on them, no matter what.

    Most products that are sold in tack stores are o.k. just try different ones til you find the one you like, if you can't find the products I told you about.

    I've seen people use used motor oil, fish oils, and many different other types of oils....

    your horse bites everything what is a good toy. I hope your horse is not cribbing or a cribber, which is a nervous habit

    from, I think, being locked in stalls all the time, and impossible to stop and can become deadly sometimes. If it is a young horse possibly on his way to becoming a cribber, you can turn it out in pasture with other horses, and just let it be a horse and this will possibly avoid that whole scenario and by it will work for a lot of developing habits of YOUNG horses.

    If it is just a biter and stalled most of the time, horses are so individual, just be creative or try different things, some horses just like to bite and it is not always vicious. Best thing for a horse is to be out in pasture with other horses, it keeps them from developing so many habits of confinement. If your horse has to be confined and there is no pasture, keep him out of that stall as much as possible, walk em ride em, teach em new tasks or jobs, keep his mind alive. Even some horses will always bite, some do grow out it, esp. if they are happy and have purpose and can be a horse. Sorry for the long dissertation but it is so individual, I hope it will help you.


  2. You should put hoof dressing on your horse's hooves 1 to 3 times a week.  If your horse has dry hooves then you should put it on about every day or every other day until they start getting better.  After you horse's hooves get better then you should go back to putting the dressing on 1 to 3 times a week.  *Hoof conditioner* works really well, and a good brand is Absorbine.  Absorbine also makes hoof dressing.  Maybe you should ask your farrier what would be best.  Some good toys are Jolly Balls.  I hope this helps!

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