summer

We all look forward to the light nights and longer Summer days, hopefully with a bit more sunshine than there is rain! But Summer does come with a couple of struggles, us horse-folk know all too well! Firstly there are the flies.

During summer months, one of the most important aspects of your horse’s health is to ensure they remain suitably hydrated, and what is lost through sweating is replaced.

With the weather beginning to warm the issues of surrounding fly control return. At best, flies are an irritance. At worst, they cause stress to the horse and they transmit bacteria, parasites and viruses. Fly control has its varying challenges depending on fly size, habitat and feeding patterns. The two categories of flies Biting Flies […]