The majority of horse businesses involve customer horses. A horse business that involves customer horses has a considerable responsibility to both the horse and the horse’s owner. The business owner is obligated to provide a safe and healthy environment for each and every horse.In the majority of horse businesses, horses are leaving and returning all the time. Therefore, it is the business owner’s responsibility to make sure each and every horse is included in a well-planned, well-executed preventative care program that tracks, manages and documents each horse’s preventative care status. A comprehensive preventative care program should include:The monitoring of a ...

The last thing on the mind of most people in a horse business, or considering starting one, is business management and the business management discipline required to be successful. Hopefully, I can convince you why business management should be at the top of your list. The business management discipline component is your responsibility. Business management discipline is mostly acquired and the majority of us need to work at it every day!The failure of most horse businesses can be attributed to the absence of good business management and not using a business management system to help them anticipate, track and measure their business. Recordkeeping and accounting systems are not management. ...

Often, it is the feeding methodology, not the feed composition, which leads to digestive disorders in horses. Tracking and managing your horse’s nutrition should be taken very serious because digestive problems can result in a horse’s premature death. Far too often, you hear someone say they feed their horse a couple of flakes of hay two times a day and a coffee can of grain. Under some circumstances that might be adequate, but the probability of a digestive problem is far greater than if a horse’s nutrition is defined, measured and scheduled using a well thought out nutrition plan and a management system to help you implement and manage the plan. The plan should be based ...

It is amazing that a horse is such a large and powerful animal and still has such a delicate digestive system. It is also amazing that their 90+ foot digestive tract doesn’t cause more problems than it does. A Horse’s nutrition management is extremely critical due to the unique arrangement and anatomy of its digestive tract. Often, it is the feeding methodology, not the feed composition, which leads to digestive disorders in horses. Tracking and managing your horse’s nutrition should be taken very serious. Digestive problems can result in a horse’s premature death. Two common problems most often nutrition related are colic and laminitis.Far too often, you hear ...