Tag: stall rest

Tips and Strategies for Surviving Stall Rest

March 23, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.
Tips and Strategies for Managing Stall Rest

When your horse is injured, stall rest may be the best – or only choice – to help them recover. Of course, there’s no way to explain to a horse why they are being contained and dealing with a horse that is suddenly confined to a stall can be harrowing. Here are some tips and […]

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Dealing with Stall Rest (the Human Kind)

February 28, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.
Stall Rest

Knock on wood, my horses haven’t had to be on stall rest. In fact, I don’t know what I’d do if Freedom injured himself in a way that required containment. I haven’t kept him in a stall since the very first day I brought him home, almost 14 years ago. That night he weaved so […]

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