Horse sweat
Dear PONY,
I have some questions and I want to know the answers.
Why does white foam appear on a horse’s sides and shoulders? Is the foam good for the horse? Do you have to clean it off or give your horse something to get rid of it?
Sincerely,
Allie
Dear Allie,
White foam on a horse’s body is a sign of excessive sweating. Horses sweat due to high temperatures and humidity, especially when combined with very hard work. During exercise or travel, horses sweat to lose heat. After hard work your horse should be cooled off and sweat marks removed. Weather permitting, you can give your horse a quick shower, a sponge bath, or brush the sweat marks off when dry.
And remember; always give your horse plenty of water to drink!
Love, Stella
Dear Stella,
I was wondering if you should have a grooming kit for each horse that you have? Just so it does not spread infection to all of the other horses.
Your pony reader,
Poncho
(That is my horses name)
Dear Stella,
If your horses are not getting along and you only have one corral or field what should you do because my horses are not getting along?
Ill put Lightning in his stall while I ride poncho but lightning will make a big deal and will kick his stall door and it always spooks poncho and I am always scared that I will be thrown from poncho.
Please give me some ideas, that is before i get hurt.
Your pony reader,
Poncho
(That is my horses name)
Dear Poncho,
I had the same problem when i got my two horses and so won day while one of my horses in the paddock and she opened the stall door for my other horse so she could be with my other horse and they have been amazing friends since then.
Form,
Jessica/ponylover
Dear Poncho
Have you had lightning longer than Poncho? If so, Lightning may be jealous of your newer horse. A way to remedy this would be to spend equal time with both horses or try to have the horses do things at the same time or where they can see each other. This might reassure them that you love them both bunches:)
Ok I have this major problem with this one horse.We were once cantering and he got spooked and nearly hit me into a fence. I was wondering if anybody thinks that people will rember that. I was also wondering if anybody can tell me how to control a canter better in a english decipline thanks,horse101loves
Dear Stella, I was wondering are you suposed to clean the horses frog? Because it has been a LONG time sence I have been to my riding intructor and I forgot
Can you help me out?
Love, Morgan
Hello,
Sorry, but our horse experts aren’t able to answer questions over the internet – if you’d like to submit a letter to PONY please follow the instructions in PONY magazine.
Thanks for writing,
Sarah
sarah-pony editor
ive got a question i dont know if u can answer from this particular place but i could be gettin a horse soon i want a black one i was leaning toward a tennesee walking horse but they might cost to much so do you kno of any realy pretty horsesthat are good and are easy to be trained thankyou,
jayla
Hi Jayla,
Unfortunately, I’m not the right person to ask as right now all I ride is the subway! You could send a letter to our expert, Jourdain, though!
Thanks for writing,
Sarah
You could get a black arabin or Morgan…………….
Dear Sarah,
You should really do something that can allow the horse experts to talk to pony members over the internet. It would be way easier ’cause kids are on there computers 24/7. I don’t even know if kids today know how to write letters!(I do! But emailing is way easier!)
HorseInsaneLover
Hey there,
You know, this is exactly why we don’t have horse experts talk directly to kids over the internet! Writing is an extremely important skill to learn – it forces kids to figure out how to succinctly express their ideas through well-developed paragraphs (as opposed to online chatting or IMing, where we type like we talk, using slang and shorthand like, “4″ and “U”) and, of course, this helps with syntax and spelling as well. And, after all, we ARE a book club, so education (especially when it comes to reading and writing) is important to us! I know this seems like a drag now, but these are skills you’ll need and use for the rest of your life, and you’ll thank us later, I promise!
Thanks for writing,
Sarah
how do you keep a horse clean after o ride but the horse is scared of the hose?
All you do is bring the hose up to the horse that is scared of the hose. Make sure the hose isn’t turned on. And show the horse that there is nothing to be afraid of. Then you8 should be able to wash your horse without any problems.
Lot’s of Love,
Snocape321
Dear Stella,
I just joined horseback riding lessons and I was wondering if you had any tips on how to impress my instructor when we’re riding.
Lot’s of Love,
Snocape321
you should all ways keep your back streat. it depends what kind of style you ride. if you ride english like i do, you should hold ur hands high and look around the couner before you turn
( sorry if i spelled things wrong )
hoped this helped, pony girl
i ride western but im learning english riding so i can learnshow jumping i have my english tack but when you ride english at home do you have to wear a english outfit or just whatever you ussually wear when you ride
when you are riding turn your sell phone off.
we tyrained my horse to get used to cell phones ringing because sometimes we ride when we go to visit family near us but we tied eme up on cross ties and made different noises getting louder when she started to calm down so that shed get used to them
It is not bad for the horse so I guess it’s not like a real problem, but you want to make sure you wash it off with a hose because if it drys on their skin it is extremley painful to the horse and hard for you to get off. Plus if you don’t pick it out it can cause infections and bacteria on the horse and be very irritable.
I really want to learn to jump, but theres no place near me that teached you to jump! my friend used to jump but now she cant becuase her horse hurt its foot. she took jumping lessons but they only taught her because they know her mom. i’ve been riding for a year, is that too early to start jumping? please reply!
thanks ponygirl
hey that might even help my mom taught me to ride when i was four she started me just leading around then she taght me to ride on my onw i dont remember most of the she tells me and get rweally irritated when she tells me wat to do but maybe i can accutually improve my riding if i just listen her