Winter Horse Keeping Tip Sheet Bundle

Each tip sheet in this bundle is a multi-page PDF packed with full color photographs and guidance from experts in the horse industry. Whether you print them out and store them in a binder or keep them on your digital device, they’re easy to refer back to whenever you need!

This tip sheet bundle includes:

Creating and Using Equine Confinement Areas
The best way to improve your pasture next summer is to keep horses off soggy, dormant grasses this winter. By providing a designated space for your horses during pasture resting periods, you can effectively prevent overgrazing, ensuring a rejuvenated and flourishing pasture for the upcoming seasons. Follow these tips to create and use a horse-friendly, chore-efficient confinement area on your property.

Setting Up Your Horse Property for Maximum Chore Efficiency
Time is precious, especially at the barn. It’s easy to end up spending more time doing chores than riding, which can make it tempting to let things slide when tasks seem overwhelming or difficult. However, doing so can put our horses’ health at risk and make our properties even more challenging to manage. Here’s your go-to guide for streamlining chores so you can get back in the saddle as soon as possible!

Dealing with Ice and Snow in Winter Horse Paddocks
Discover expert tips to create safe and cozy confinement areas that are free from ice and frozen pee spots. Keep your horses and yourself safe and sound throughout the winter months, ensuring a hassle-free and healthy equine environment—no matter the climate.

Managing Mud, Dust, and Drainage on Horse Properties
Many horse owners see mud as a universal but unavoidable inconvenience of horse keeping. However, mud can lead to disease, increased insect pests, dangerous conditions for both horses and their humans, and dust in the summer time. Mud also has a serious environmental impact when it pollutes streams, ponds, wetlands, and ground water. Stop mud before it starts with these smart solutions.

Equine Enrichment for Confinement Areas
There are many reasons why a horse might need to be kept in a confinement area, but confinement can lead to physical or behavioral issues unless we’re mindful of our horse’s individual needs. Use this guide to learn simple but effective strategies for creating enrichment opportunities in your horse’s confinement areas.

How to Build a Low Cost Horse Feeder
Feeding on the ground can be both wasteful and dangerous to your horse’s health. Follow this step-by-step guide to build a low cost feeder out of repurposed materials.

7 Top Tips for Spring Horse Pasture Management
It’s that time of year when the grass gets greener and grows fast! But is it time to let your horses begin grazing on the pastures you’ve carefully fenced off all winter? Putting horses out too soon can reduce the productivity of your pastures this coming summer and letting your horses graze too much too quickly can be dangerous to horse health. Here are tips to keep in mind before you open up the gates to the pasture.

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