http://www.themules.net Mules, Donkeys and much more... Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:03:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the past a broken leg for a horse was a near-automatic death sentence and even today it is one of the most common reasons for horses to be put to sleep, either because vets are uninformed of new treatment options, or those treatments may cost entirely too much money ... http://www.themules.net/how-to-care-a-horse-broken-leg No one really knows any actually proven theories, but there are a few good and likely ones that are common sense. It is believed that by 2,000 BC horses were domesticated - however there is evidence that predates this by two thousand years and perhaps even further. Today there are ... http://www.themules.net/how-were-horses-domesticated A horse has genetically and physically superior senses than those of human beings, as they are able to see better during the day and the night than a human, and have the largest eye of any of the land mammals, the side positioning of the eyes gives the horse a ... http://www.themules.net/how-good-are-a-horses-senses Stable Vices are a way of saying "the horse has a very bad habit" although the vice may be  nothing more than trivial in nature and easy to cure with more exercise.  However, many of them can become deeply psychologically scarring if not corrected early.  Stable Vices arise from insufficient ... http://www.themules.net/what-are-stable-vices Well, it depends on the horse, what it is used for, the lifestyle it has, and how much excess energy it seems to have (often easily measured by how restless the horse actually is and how much time it spends pacing around and seeming discontent).  Exercise is an important part ... http://www.themules.net/how-often-should-i-run-my-horse The Kiang is known as Equus Kiang, and is a part of the Equus genus, and they are native to the Tibetan Plateau, where they live at 4-7,000 meters elevation. They are the largest of all the wild asses and at one point were thought to be a subspecies of ... http://www.themules.net/what-is-a-kiang Onagers are a mammal belonging to the Equus genus, and the Asinus subgenus.  They are known by the scientific name Equus Hemionus, and are found in Syria, Iran, Pakistan, India, Israel, and Tibet.  They belong to the horse family and are sometimes called the Asian Wild Ass.  The Onager is ... http://www.themules.net/what-is-an-onager A donkey is a mammal in the genus Equus and subgenus asinus.  Donkeys are usually a meter to a meter and a half tall in the wild, while domesticated they can reach that height as well.  They are adapted and evolved to living in harsh desert weather conditions and their ... http://www.themules.net/donkeys-definition A hinny is the opposite of a mule, where the mother (dam) is a donkey and the father (sire) is a horse.  It takes a long times and a lot of patience to even get one due to the donkey's stubbornness to mate with a horse.  Many times they are ... http://www.themules.net/hinny-definition A mule is, in its usual meaning, an offspring from a male donkey and a female horse, while the reverse of such is called a hinny. The mule is easier to breed and larger in size than the hinny, and usually the chromosomal match up is better when it is ... http://www.themules.net/mules-definition Hotbloods are known to be highly sensitive horses with a very well developed sense of awareness, acute eyesight, and very great athleticism and energy.  They are originated from the Arabian horse.  Thoroughbred horses were a derivative of the Arabian horse by infusing them with European cavalry horses, creating the next ... http://www.themules.net/what-is-a-hotblood A warmblood is a breed of horse that was manufactured by breeding hotblood war horses with coldblood draft horses.  They are a hybred between the two, strong and large mixed with the small and fast.  The term warmblood originally meant any cross of heavy horse with a Thoroughbred or Arabian ... http://www.themules.net/what-is-a-warmblood A coldblood horse is in fact warm blooded, the term coldblood simply means muscular heavy set horses that are bred to be calm, steady, and patient.  Coldbloods are needed to pull plows or heavy carriages, and have been used for hundreds of years for their strength, reliability, and size.  The ... http://www.themules.net/what-is-a-coldblood A horse gait, or gaits, is how a horse moves.  There are several forms of gaits that go from running to walking.  Depending on the command it is given a horse can be trained to shift between these gaits on command (a tapping of the shoe on the side of ... http://www.themules.net/what-is-a-horse-gait The wild horse is the original design of the horse, descended from undomesticated animals who have lived on earth for millions of years.  Today they are extinct in much of the world, and only exist naturally in Asia.  There are only two subspecies of wild horses that survived to modern ... http://www.themules.net/what-is-a-wild-horse A feral horse is a domesticated horse that has gone back to the wild, they could have either run away or perhaps be descendant from domesticated horses.  They are not true wild horses as they have come from domesticated horses at some point in their ancestry.  It is possible to ... http://www.themules.net/what-is-a-feral-horse Work horses are horses that are used for work, and are more commonly called draft horses.  Work horses have done numerous jobs, from transportation of goods and people across the country in stage coaches, to hauling heavy material that oxen would not be suitable for (or for tradition), for transporting ... http://www.themules.net/what-are-working-horses Sporting horses are used in a number of sporting events, why there's horse racing 9which is by far the most obvious and lucrative - involving nearly billions of dollars annually in gambling and betting, along with breeding and siring good horses - some racehorses can command prices well above a ... http://www.themules.net/what-are-sporting-horses Horse therapy directed at humans is a type of therapy that involves the horse with good manners, and it becomes the part of a disabled, injured, or emotionally damaged person's treatment through trust, mobility training, and other benefits that are varied in nature.  Sometimes it can be used to reduce ... http://www.themules.net/what-is-horse-therapy Well, horses have worked with humans for literally thousands of years, and through that time we have developed a vocabulary with the horse, and a specialized one at that.  We have words and language for virtually every horse behavioral train, and anatomical characteristic with an extremely high accuracy as far ... http://www.themules.net/what-is-horse-vocabulary A horse does, in fact, sleep, and often needs two to four hours of sleep a day to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and two hours of REM sleep a week, or else the horse could become sleep deprived and sick, resulting in spontaneous REM sleep while those around it are ... http://www.themules.net/horse-sleep-patterns Worms are parasites, and can be found in horses, dogs, cats, and also... people.   All horses have a burden for parasites and the management and treatment is necessary on a periodic basis, such as once every year or two, unless evidence is found of an active infestation in the horses' ... http://www.themules.net/what-are-worms Lameness is laminitis, or inflammation of a part of a horses foot called the laminae.  It can afflict just one foot, or all of them depending on the severity and has many causes.  The front hooves are the most common to be afflicted with this deadly disease - deadly because ... http://www.themules.net/what-is-lameness In the wild, horses live about nineteen to twenty human years, while domesticated horses live about twenty five to now thirty years, with many reaching the golden age of forty or more.  Some are record holders still alive to day at more than an entire forty five years!  With advancements ... http://www.themules.net/horse-lifespan A horses teeth grow continuously throughout its lifetime, and all horses have between thirty six and forty four teeth with twelve premolar and twelve molars, along with twelve incisors.  Additionally horses may have four canine teeth between the molars and the incisors, which is usually in the male horse, although ... http://www.themules.net/horse-teeth Grooming is an important part of horse care, and the properly groomed horse not only looks better but feels better, and it is essential for horses used in competitions.  The main reason for grooming is to keep the health of the skin and coat at an optimal level, and to ... http://www.themules.net/grooming Caring for your horse is not as simple as one thing, but rather split into five categories.  Environment, feeding, grooming, hoof care, and veterinary care.  We will cover the living environments of horses in this part of horse care, and then later cover the rest. Horses and other equines are usually ... http://www.themules.net/environment Horse Nutrition, or the feeding of horses, is something every caretaker for equines should know.  Proper horse nutrition is a necessary aspect of horse ownership, and you need to know what comes from what, and what is best for your horse.   The horse has a delicate digestive tract, and what ... http://www.themules.net/horse-nutrition Horse Shoes are a U shaped accessory made for horses, and are made from a variety of materials, being steel, aluminum, rubber, plastic, rawhide, or a laminate.  Most of them are tacked (nailed) onto the horses hooves, however some have more recently gone to glueing them on - while others ... http://www.themules.net/horse-shoes Each horse is different and does different amounts of activities during its days, depending on the age, sex, and size of your horse giving them the proper feed is essential to their health and alos to their survival.  A well fed and properly fed horse is a happy and long ... http://www.themules.net/horse-feed