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Natural Horse Care by Soulful Equine

Natural horse care embodies the concepts you implement in order to maintain a consistently healthy horse in mind, body and spirit, which results in quality of life and longevity. In order for you to have a thriving equine partner and to become a Soulful Guardian, it will require you to be an informed, independent thinker. The articles below will get you started on your journey.

Natural Horse Care – Who Do You Believe?

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Wild Horses
This article is somewhat similar to one of our previously published articles called What Does Non-Traditional Really Mean? It’s  “outside the norm“… depending on what  “the norm” means to you.

Putting a natural horse care program in place when first starting out can be a challenging task.  Like most industries, everyone has an opinion.  I have come to find that the horse industry can be pretty extreme when it comes to most any topic.  The “extreme” aspect usually resides on both sides of the spectrum.
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Natural Hoof Care for a Healthy Hoof – Hoof Form Samples

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Ransom at a Parelli Event

Ransom Performs at a Texas Parelli Event in 2009

In an article I published called Natural Hoof Care For A Healthy Hoof – Six Ways To Read Horses’ Hooves I listed some general guidelines you can use to identify healthy hooves in domesticated horses.

It is important to understand that there are no hard and fast rules and that most any rule has an exception …especially when it comes to an animal such as the horse who has survived for millions of years.

One of the most important lessons to take away from this series on identifying a healthy hoof is that there is more than one wild horse model. Hoof Form is all about adaptation and it can vary significantly from biome to biome. [Read more…]

Fly Control for Horses, a Non-Toxic Program

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Fly Control For Horses, A Non-Toxic Program
At Soulful Equine, we believe in non-toxic approaches to most anything we do when it comes to our horses, pets and our health.  As I stated in my article “Parasite Resistance In Horses And Chemical Deworming”, we must pay attention to anything that could compromise our horse’s immune system.

Heavy usage of toxic chemicals for fly control is not only unnecessary but is harmful to your horse’s health and to yours.  It also contributes to the environmental issues of using chemicals.
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Horsemen’s Laboratory Review

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Horsemen’s Laboratory Review

In the article “Parasite Resistance in Horses and Chemical Deworming” I discussed why parasite resistance in horses is rapidly growing worldwide and why it’s not something to take lightly.

I also gave you some strategies and a list of actions you can take as a horse guardian.  One of those actions is to perform routine fecal egg counts (FEC) on your horse(s).

A company that is playing a huge role in helping to minimize parasite resistance in our horses is Horsemen’s Laboratory.  Not only that, but by default, their services help to improve the health of the environment.
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