HEALTHY COATS:
...and why it's very important to make certain it's not just your horses' internal health and fitness that are functioning well going into the cold weather, his coat needs to be in prime condition too.
For thousands of years before humans 'persuaded' horses to work alongside them, long before horses got stored indoors (for our benefit not theirs), or had blankets and rugs on, horses managed to survive extreme weathers with just their natural hair insulation to keep them warm or cool.
For thousands of years before humans 'persuaded' horses to work alongside them, long before horses got stored indoors (for our benefit not theirs), or had blankets and rugs on, horses managed to survive extreme weathers with just their natural hair insulation to keep them warm or cool.
This is an observation I made watching Henry during the very hot few days we had in August, his coat was standing you can see in the photos John has taken. It is exactly as it's does when he is cold and needs to trap the warm air from his body for insulation.
This time he was protecting his body from the heat and cooling himself down.
I noticed it because Henry's Trakehner brand was visible, and you can hardly ever see it, Tom's yes, but never Henry's. So I wondered why, and that's when I noticed his hair all standing to attention, releasing the warm air and keeping his body at a comfortable temperature. Fascinating.
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