Snack Attack

Snack Attack

How do you feed your horse?

Do you ever feed treats to your horse by hand? Do you allow others to hand-feed treats to your horse?

This week, a teen at our barn was injured, while feeding a corn cob to her horse. Her docile grey Quarab (Quarter Horse x Arabian) began to choke on the corn cob, so she reached into his mouth to grab it. The horse bit down on the corn cob and his young owner’s hand, nearly severing one of her fingers.

A simple horse snack became a quick trip to the emergency room, where her broken finger was sewn up and splinted.

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Immediately, a barn-wide alert was issued, urging equestrians and visitors to feed treats in horse buckets only.

This is a warning much needed and well heeded.

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Although it may seem like fun to hand a carrot, a peppermint, a sugar cube, a ginger snap or an apple core to a beloved horse, the safer practice is simply to drop the snack into his bucket.

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