Why Our Horses Aren't Out In A Big Green Pasture - Horse Feeding Practices

[@pfkat9749]

Very informative, thank you! At my age and location I will never be getting a horse but that does not mean I do not want to learn all I can about them and that is why, in part I love your channel! Besides, I love seeing your horses and the relationships that you have developed with them.

[@KK-hq8jd]

Me too, for all the same reasons💜well said

[@StableHorseTraining]

That's fantastic! I appreciate you letting me know that, another lovely comment to read this evening 😊

[@marthaford6952]

@@StableHorseTraining and count me in on that too lol

[@georgiagonzales3769]

You are so right. Your horses are so much better out of pasture. I learned the hard way as my girl foundered. Now she's with hay bags , out of pasture and better farrier. It's taken me three years to get her better. She hasn't had a abscess in over a year. It's been a long hard struggle for both of us. The discovery of Soft Ride boots really helped. Her hooves and sole's are really looking good now. She's feeling great. Me too. I lost a lot of sleep these past few years. 🤗🐎

[@StableHorseTraining]

Good for you! I'm glad things worked out and you got it all figured out.

[@madelinemorrill4798]

I just love when you make the video s . We see how all your horses are , how your land is . Plus what you are planning on doing. You give us information about things . U are just interesting when you talk . Thanks for all your good videos.

[@starlenekalinski5633]

We've been blessed with rain for several days. This is the first Christmas on my new property and I love it. I'm very happy not be in the swamp anymore. I now live on 30 plus acres in north Florida. The horses and goats are loving it.

[@StableHorseTraining]

That's really wonderful to hear, I'm really glad you're enjoying your new place!

[@MsBizzyGurl]

Good for you!

[@tinnnn1]

Thank you for the video...you're always very attentive and want to make sure everyone can understand. It's like being right there next to you in some ways.

[@joycefranco8852]

Hi Graeme...I’ll be bringing my horse and a friend’s horse to my home this coming March. They’ve been together at a local farm for the past 9 years. The transition should be interesting, and I’m hoping it’s “boring” because boring is good. Just wanted to say thank you for your videos....they’ve taught me so much that’s made this dream come true for me.

[@StableHorseTraining]

That's absolutely wonderful! I'm really glad to hear that and I'm glad I could help at all from all the way over here :)

[@barbaracollins5605]

Thankyou,Graeme, for your considerate explanation. You are so knowledgeable and help us and our horses!! Also, it's so refreshing how you take questions so maturely.

[@kathymackler3367]

Thanks for the educational video. Answered all my questions. Being in the US it just didn’t occur to me about the difficulties growing grass

[@ayeda69]

Good morning Graeme - Nice to hear you're getting new subscribers!

[@StableHorseTraining]

Thanks! Yes, going up quickly lately for some reason

[@sarahthomson8183]

@@StableHorseTraining the wildie effect?!

[@chrishart4707]

@@StableHorseTraining I came here because of comments made by subscribers to the Friesian Horses channel. People pointed out that you have a calm, respectful, patient, quiet approach to horses. They don't have wild horses, of course, but subscribers often mention the calmness and quietness of the channel. Anyway, I think you may have new subscribers because of Friesian Horses (Follow the Herd).

[@StableHorseTraining]

@@chrishart4707 Welcome! Glad to have you and it's wonderful that others are sharing what's going on here.

[@lauraalbertson7821]

Hello to All Your New Subscribers! This message is really good to know . We are thinking of getting a home with a few acres . Listening to your message is going to be so very helpful , when we choose the pasture area . You mentioned Your Friend has Huge property and yet it’s Mud and not great feed for the. horses . So the answer is feed bags and pay attention to the quality of Land we buy.? The Feed Bag you recommended and we bought, is the best thing. We could have done! Laura 💜🎄🐴💜

[@lisaraymond6193]

You have a very unique gift with horses and it shows. I enjoy your videos. Guess I have a lot of catching up to do. I have no doubt that your channel will grow every day. God bless you.

[@StableHorseTraining]

Thank you very much Lisa :) I appreciate that.

[@KK-hq8jd]

I learn so much everytime! Thank you, super much. Your so persistently kindly patient with all of your horse friends💜 I learn with every upload watched & honestly, my mood improves, as well. I ve had a life long love affair with horses (all things wild, really) & was even able to work with them, tho they could have been cared for better by my employer, the horses & i were all best pals. Being given the opportunity to retro retrospectively learn is; yes, there was a better way, but I became a better part of their day, everyday. Just gotta love animals

[@StableHorseTraining]

That's really wonderful to hear, thanks for letting me know 😊

[@animehuntress9018]

Honestly the line is probably safer. I had a horse get into it with her neighbor, they'd been neighbors for years, and she somehow broke the poles. Worst scream I've ever heard. She'd somehow impaled herself. A vet came out and she healed wonderfully considering the damage, barely a scar. I can see the danger of the fencing without the electricity and respect, a tangled horse is a horror story I'm glad I haven't had to experience, but this type and other rope fencing is really becoming popular so its got to be doing something right, lol. Just found your channel and it looks great. Calm with good explanations, thanks for making the channel.

[@jodellfields2533]

I have 15 acres of lushes grass . My grass is to rich for them to eat. One is founder so I have to watch the time the other is out in the pasture . I learn from Graeme that having hay bags full that’s enough for mine they are happy .

[@AL-lz1hb]

Miss Pretty is such a perfect addition. She is either naturally soppy and soft, or you just turned another one. Do your family roll their eyes in despair? Bunny soft; reckon her price just shot up🤗🥰

[@StableHorseTraining]

I like to think of it more that horses are naturally soppy and soft and they get turned to not be. As for the rolling of the eyes, sort of. It's just been par for the course now that every horse that comes here just turns into a snuggle bug from whatever they were before.

[@AL-lz1hb]

@@StableHorseTraining excellent!😁 Next time I spot the eyeroll directed at me, I shall be quoting greame off you tube. It's not my fault.👍 Can I include all pets in this? I think I can🤔I think likely they are all angels, just a lot of folks don't notice🐎😇

[@StableHorseTraining]

@@AL-lz1hb yes, absolutely, quote it all! I'm not kidding though, horses that aren't peaceful are ones that just seem off to me. Being how easy it is to just settle them and have them be snuggly, it just makes sense.

[@treelore5100]

your eyes are super blue today :-) must be the light catching all these colors.

[@rmc119]

It's the solstice and full moon and eclipse all combined I think. I noticed his eyes too.

[@amandacastle7209]

I remember you mentioning having access to good quality hay 24/7 helps them stay warm as well 😊 I didn't know that horses stomachs consistently produce acid, it makes even more sense now why it's so important that they always have access to food, learning new things every day!

[@TheLaughingDove]

Pasturing can be complicated. My mom used to work on a stud farm and was a vet nurse, so she was constantly fiddling with supplemental feed ratios even on the year round pasture available in Australia. The cattle folks also get really stuck into the grass and nutritional ratios of different species, what grows in which climates, what competes amongst itself, what is invasive and ecologically damaging over time even if it has short term gains...lots of conversations in Australia atm about switching to native grasses, but then sometimes folks choose "natives" from the opposite side of the continent and then those take off, and they often are less nutritious by weight than the highly bred imported grasses...not to mention water management! It's definitely interesting stuff, hectic though.

[@bonblue4993]

Little Miss is a cutie. What breed is she? Thanks for the great explanation about horses eating. I've never been quite clear about that, so thanks again for the info!

[@AD-yk7mf]

And the dog is cute too 😊

[@mitchd434]

Cause it's easier to maintain. Just a guess! Hey I looked up online the cost of maintaining a pleasure riding horse, and google said they are good to just eat the basic hey and grass, and that's it. I suppose it depends on where you are, but I do love the dry lots because like you said, they can over eat, and get sick. It's better to limit the problems so you know how they got sick perhaps. This is interesting. Our cousins pony that their leasing can't eat much grass they said, because it will get sick. Guess you can't trust the internet nor half of the government anymore. lol....

[@vivienleigh4640]

And it's better for the hoofs. Grass is very soft and gravel is not. Gravel gives some "manicure" in the same way as a nail file would.

[@StableHorseTraining]

Exactly!

[@cherylalbright2086]

Yeah, wouldn't it be nice to have horses in a pasture year round. I live in Northern California, the SF Bay Area, and am lucky to have 15 acres that I live on, which is rare in the Bay Area. The drought made it nice for horses to live in huge pasture most of time, they come in at night to barn, for feeding mostly. I have an easy and hard keeper, talk about different feeding challenges... I have an OTTB, and a miniature that I rescued from a horrible/abused life. One horse needs food 24/7, the other gains weight by looking at hay... All the rain 🌧 lately makes the adobe clay mud, horrible for safe outdoor turnout and living. 20 yards of sand delivered to one of my smaller paddocks helps to combat the slippery, dangerous mud. Life as a horse parent, never is easy, and always is challenging...

[@StableHorseTraining]

Mud is the worst, I hate it myself and I'm sure the horses don't like it either. 20 yards eh? That's a lot, hope it helps!

[@susanchaney5059]

My guy ended up IR after too much turnout on not even good grass--weeds can do it too I guess. Anyway, he's on dry lot now with supplements. When you said they shouldn't go 8 hours without eating I got worried. I think they feed around 4-4:30 at the board barn and a snack around 8. Then breakfast is around 8 I think. So that's a big time span. Not sure what I can do about it. I do have hay pillows. Would it be better to give them too much at dinner--but he's already overweight.

[@StableHorseTraining]

I'd suggest getting your hay tested, try to find low sugar hay and also use small holed haybags. See how that goes. Hay pillows have massive holes in them. The ones I use here are 1 inch holes and sometimes I wish I had smaller ones....

[@kathleenbronson9849]

I have purchased 1/2" hole hay nets in multiple sizes from Econets in Alberta

[@clonejones7955]

Another factor with pasture is the price of land in this province.My acre I bought for 50k is now valued at 175k.One acre!!

[@StableHorseTraining]

Exactly. The price around here is just impossible to afford unless you're just stinking rich.

[@clonejones7955]

@@StableHorseTraining You got that right.Im across the highway from million dollar lake houses in my 1977 leaky roof mobile home.🤣🇨🇦♥️

[@dennisch5392]

Hi, have a question off the subject here, but we just brought a pony for our daughter for Xmas. She was great the first 3 to 5 days, now she is Constantly pawing in one corner of her stall and now she's pinning her ears back trying to bite and kick? She was from a home were she was born at and never off the property until now. We think maybe Is separation anxiety or change of hay? Did you ever hear of Also caused that fast by separation anxiety?

[@StableHorseTraining]

That's hard, sorry to hear that. I would expect she's alone? How big is the stall? How does it compare to home? Any training going on? Change of schedule? It's really hard to say as there is so little information to go on. More or less, your horse is anxious and afraid most likely and probably pretty worried for it's own life. I'd be working hard on that I think.

[@dennisch5392]

She is 13.2 hands she is 11 years old with a lot of time under the saddle with the Previous owner. She was the only one to work with her,, she worked with her as a filly.. We Tried turning her out all day with the other horses no go she is very aggressive, But like I said the first 3 to 5 days we had her she was great taking her out of the stall was fine she'd follow my daughter all around the Arena. everything was good up to the last 2 or 3 days when things all that suddenly changed. She stopped eating her hay wet in the back right corner of the stall pawn at the ground constantly and the Previous owner said she's never been aggressive and never done that in a stall so that's why we can't figure out what's going on. Unless it's just change of environment she's never been off her property up until now with us owning her

[@dennisch5392]

And her stall she sleeps in at night is quite big with Plenty of room

[@dennisch5392]

And there is other horses next to her on both sides

[@StableHorseTraining]

Well.. without being there, I just can't be sure what's happening. Perhaps it's unresolved problems with her neighbors.. sometimes horses just need to "work it out" and then they relax. Perhaps it's not desirable hay and that is causing anxiety etc. Boredom? For the misbehaving, I expect this horse (like all horses) is very smart and has figured out how to be on the top of the hierarchy even with humans. This can really bother a horse for sure as they don't take any comfort from that, despite that's what many humans might feel. It's hard to explain.. but anyways, without being able to observe in person I just couldn't say and am only imagining based on your descriptions. If a horse is trying to bite and kick then it definitely feels like it can. It doesn't feel comfort and instead feels fear most likely as it has to protect itself. It's not aggression unless you are aggressive, it's a defense mechanism as it doesn't feel like anybody around it will protect it. Does that make any sense?

[@ChrisS-fh7zt]

I always like blowing peoples minds by saying Seattle and Vancouver are in a rain forest. As most have it in their heads they are only around the equator and are tropical.

[@martineinfrance]

It's a "temperate rain forest" as opposed to the tropical rainforest humid and hot, which covers the tropical line round the globe. Some of these tropical rain forests at high altitude are quite cold like in Central Africa..

[@kkdoc7864]

Hey Graeme, I only use an iPad to get your posts, so as of yet can’t get community posts or a way to become a member to support you. Maybe someone here or you could help me with that. Thank you!

[@StableHorseTraining]

Hi Kathy, thank you! I appreciate that. For help for that I found this help article support.google.com/youtube/answer/6304294?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS

[@kkdoc7864]

@@StableHorseTraining I don’t see where you have a link to “join”. I had looked at that website previously, and it seems that’s how it’s done, but I must either be blind or totally incompetent (which is entirely possible) Lol

[@StableHorseTraining]

@@kkdoc7864 if you look at the description of any of the videos, the link is in there too. Does that work?

[@kkdoc7864]

@@StableHorseTraining Patreon=membership? Patreon takes money for KZbin and I thought membership might mean something else. Can certainly figure out Patreon.

[@StableHorseTraining]

This is the KZbin link kzbin.info/door/KjnnmrEZ4-1DfmBWYnmzbwjoin (sorry.. I should have just put that link up, it didn't even occur to me) Yes, I also have a Patreon running too

[@ironwolf5802]

I just assumed they already ate it all and from the forest in the background can't really grow it easy. Didn't know about sugary grass not being good.

[@martineinfrance]

9,31K👏

[@StableHorseTraining]

Thanks! 9,33K already :)

[@martineinfrance]

@@StableHorseTraining good, it grows fast👍

[@jillsimmons110]

Thank you for helping me out regarding 'the message". It saddens me greatly that bad ppl infiltrated your channel.

[@StableHorseTraining]

You're welcome. Don't worry, they're gone now 😊

[@marthaford6952]

Do you also give them grain too

[@StableHorseTraining]

Sometimes.

[@marthaford6952]

@@StableHorseTraining I bet they love that

[@redcedar8292]

My pony would founder real fast if she was in a lush pasture.

[@virginiamoss7045]

So how do the "wild" horses get through the winter there?

[@StableHorseTraining]

If you look back on Mr. Wilde when he first got here, you'll see how they "get through winter". Barely. They also have a LOT of land to pick from (which is financially impossible for most people) and while it's low in nutrition, it does sustain most of them through the winter. Some die, most make it and they continue on to the lush Spring we get here. Here are a few videos from the beginning: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX64XqqJncisfas kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGm5qnamp71obMU kzbin.info/www/bejne/paO4n6trdteteqs

[@MsBizzyGurl]

Do the horses get minerals in their feed?

[@StableHorseTraining]

sometimes

[@lainahiller4146]

My question is why are all the horses in separate paddocks? Thank you.

[@StableHorseTraining]

I'm pretty sure I answered that in this video. If not, I'll reiterate that it's important to be able to modify diets of horses one by one and monitor health and water intake etc.

[@judithparker9717]

Just what I'm thinking, why are they all in solitary confinement? Horses are herd animals & need to run with friends . In the UK we make sure that our horses are turned out with others to enjoy themselves. There should be enough grazing so that some can be kept for the Winter months to give the other fields a rest ready for the summer, chain/harrowing when needed , yes a lot of work & costly. My horses would die of boredom/depression being kept in a small area with no room to run . !

[@karenfindley939]

How expensive is it to feed and take care of your horses?

[@StableHorseTraining]

mildly I suppose