Pony Health Care Starts With You

When it comes to holistic pony health care, as an old adage goes: “nothing cannot be healed.” Whether, it is shortage of energy, a puny stomach, or a poor posture, there’s no condition that cannot be made better. But naturally, it needs a lot of active collusion on the part of the pony owner. An equestrian ought to know better than merely give up without exhausting all possible treatments, both traditional and alternative.

Often horses with a deteriorating condition are left that way by an ignorant owner. As an example, a colt with a very bad back owing to a hump on his lumbar regions, if unlucky enough to have an owner blind to how to treat him, would only deterioriate. Sooner or later—and much to the relief of the pony, the owner would sell or refer him to a better equestrian or an expert.

There are many ways to diminish our colt’s condition: Bowen type bodywork, network chiropractic exercises, acupressure, and even daily passive stretches. Done with efficiency on a constant basis, in about three weeks the body structure of the poor colt would have improved. Not right away obvious, in truth the hump on his back will still be gruesomely observable, but there’d be results already. The he would be more relaxed and more physically proportionate than when he was going through the advanced stages of his condition where he’d have looked hunched with a beer gut. Given enough treatment, riding him will become possible again.

This isn’t to promote a certain type of bodywork or another “do it yourself” or “how to” piece on curing a certain infirmity. The point here is that there is still hope that your horse can get better whatever its present condition or ailment could be. Not all horses are made well rounded and perfect, with a nicely built physique, strong limbs, and kitted out with tricks that may win a dressage competition. But their quality of life—and what they can do—can always be made better. And the pony owners have a huge role to play to bring this about.

More than learning and training for horse riding, owners should also learn and be an active participator in their equine partner’s health care. Learn the way to do your mare’s bodywork, even just the basics. Trim your own mare’s nails. If you can do a dental check, then that is far better. You could have other things worth doing and thus lack ample time to devote to learning every routine that is part of holistic care, but learning even just a few of them can make a big difference. Those other things you can’t do, ask somebody else to—someone schooled to accomplish the job. What’s important is that your pony gets the medicare it merits.

Horses are Heather Toms’ passion and she enjoys sharing her extensive knowledge through her 100’s of articles with other horse lovers… like all things about horse rugs.