If you’re sure each equestrian accident occurs when horses are being ridden, you need to do some research before you learn the hard way. Horses and their riders are equally subject to the whims of fate. Both of them can get hurt even while they are engaged in humdrum chores: grooming, feeding and watering and such like. As a horse owner, it is your responsibility to wish for the best but get ready for the worst! Here are some hints.

1. Lead rope precaution: Never make the mistake of wrapping lead lines around your wrist or any other part of your body. If anything happens to make your horse spook, you can land up with burns, sprains or perhaps broken bones.

2. Tack sense: Be alert when getting tack onto a pony, particularly a strange one. Some horses snap at anything in reach when they are being girthed. If you are working on a horse in cross ties, ensure there isn’t any one inside biting distance. Improve on that if the pony is not in cross ties: ensure there is no one within spitting distance.

3. Bridle uppercut: Watch out when you are putting the bridles on a horse. A large amount of horses toss their heads hard just before they accept the bridle. If you’re daydreaming, you get it on the chin.

4. Sedate shenanigans: Horses have been seen to become suddenly aggressive after they’ve been drugged. It would be a mistake to presume a drugged horse is like putty in the hands. Unless in a downright emergency, never use prescription drugs without clear directions from your veterinarian.

5. Fly-fed flights: Beware the environment you are leading your horse into, whether for work or play. If flies abound and are in the biting mood, the likelihood of your pony bolting is high. If you use fly sprays, remember that the sprays work only for a while. You need to reapply them every so often.

6. Care while caring: Before grooming, check to see if your horse is carrying any injuries or sores. Even an inadvertent brush of a comb over a sore spot can result in a bite or a kick.

7. Treat with care: Horses are nuts for treats. In their rush to get more, they may shove and kick their pals. Horses are extremely acutely aware of their own places in the herd pecking order, and they are serious about maintaining it. The problem is, they may accidentally inflict some unintended damage on the treat distributor, you. Commonsense claims that you stick to safety first principles by treating horses from the other side of an obstacle like a fence. Do not forget to especially feed treats to the poor horses on the lower hierarchy rungs, or they won’t be getting any. Your best bet basically is to feed treats to horses by putting the treats in individual feed buckets. The horses in the upper echelons may not approve, but you will stay whole and you’ll guarantee equitable non-discriminatory treatment.

8. Tackle tack properly: Your horse can suffer great discomfort due to ill-fitting tack. He may attempt to take it out on you by bucking you into orbit. You want to be exceedingly sure all tack fits well and painlessly on your horse.

9. Don’t let him get the boot: Be precise in your selection of shoes. The combination of your boots and the stirrups should be perfectly complementary. Some saddles come with release devices that stop your getting dragged if your foot gets caught in its stirrup.

10. Eviction notice: Never get into a horse’s stall without an escape plan. You are comparatively fine if the stall has side bars you can duck under to get out. If it doesn’t and you’ve got to shut the door, have a kind samaritan on the other side of the door prepared to open it instantly at your call. You may not be able to reach the latch if an unexpected emergency should pop up.

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