Image Caption: Dominanceby Jennifer Maharry

Venice, CA — A tribute to some of America’s last wild horses will be the focus of The G2 Gallery’s upcoming exhibit, Nature LA: Jennifer MaHarry, on view Tuesday, May 15, 2012.  Jennifer’s breathtaking photography documents free-roaming wild horses living in the desert and mountain regions of Western Utah.  A reception will be held Saturday, May 19 from 6:30–9:00 PM.

Two years ago, Jennifer presented an exhibit at G2 that featured rescued mustangs at a sanctuary in Ojai, Calif.  For her current project, Jennifer was able to get in and amongst herds of wild horses in their natural state.  She also received permission from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to witness the roundups—or “gathers” as they are termed by the BLM—which serve to inventory—and in most cases remove—wild horses on federal land. The images featured in Nature LA: Jennifer MaHarry document this incredible effort.

In 1971, the Nixon administration passed the Wild Horses and Burros Act, deeming mustangs “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West.”  Protections for the horses were mandated, as well as stipulations regarding “excess animals” including roundups, removal from an area, adoptions, and euthanasia.

Today, the existence of wild horses on federal public lands presents a difficult challenge for the BLM, as they struggle to maintain healthy land and healthy herds while an ever-growing cattle industry is allowed grazing rights, and mining industries are allowed to divert water away from the horses’ designated Herd Management Areas.  Jennifer’s intention for these images is to give voice to the wild horses as their populations continue to decrease annually.

Since The G2 Gallery signed Jennifer to its roster of nature and wildlife photographers she has become one of the top-selling artists in the history of the gallery.  An opening reception with the artist in attendance will be held on Saturday, May 19, from 6:30–9:00 pm.  The exhibit Wild on Earth: Piper Mackay will also be highlighted at the opening and all proceeds from the $5 admission and from all art sales will benefit the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

Location:

The G2 Gallery (www.theg2gallery.com)
1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291-3742
Tel. 310.452.2842, E-mail info@theg2gallery.com

Contact:

Diane Shader Smith
310.386.6803
dianeshadersmith@gmail.com
Gia LaRussa
310.428.7752
gia@theg2gallery.com

About Jennifer MaHarry

Jennifer MaHarry is a photographer and graphic designer based in Culver City, California.  In 2000, Jennifer founded Eden Creative where, as creative director, she designs motion picture print advertising campaigns for major releases by the Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros, and Sony among others.  A graduate of the School of Visual Arts at Syracuse University, Jennifer exhibited at the Kingston Museum of Contemporary Arts and the Venice Art Walk before her highly successful solo show at The G2 Gallery in 2010.  Since that time, Jennifer’s artwork has helped raise thousands of dollars for environmental causes through The G2 Gallery.

About The G2 Gallery

Established in March 2008, The G2 Gallery in Venice, California, is a green art space with a dedicated focus on nature and wildlife photography. In keeping with G2’s commitment to supporting arts and the environment, the gallery presents exhibitions with eco-conscious themes, donates the proceeds from all art sales to environmental charities and hosts events that bring awareness of critical issues to our community.

As horse professionals, you know that the business of horses can be an incredibly challenging one. Regardless of if you’re a sporting equestrian, an animal care provider, or for the personal satisfaction and love that’s created from bonding with such a majestic animal, there are several smart phone applications—for the iPhone, Android, and even the—that are horse-friendly, fun, educational, and even life-saving!

Here are the best mobile applications for horse lovers:

1. Equine AcuPoints ($14.99 – for iPhone)

The Equine AcuPoints app is an equine acupressure practitioner’s most reliable ally in the animal care field. Many veterinary doctors as well as equine health care providers rely on Acupressure—a form of alternative Chinese medical method that features placing pressure onto various vital points along the body to treat and cure various illnesses. Acupressure has been effective in treating many human health issues, and it has also believed to be beneficial for animals, including horses. During a procedure, a medical practitioner will place pressure on Acupoints in order to manipulate the energy that flow through the body’s meridians. The idea is that when meridians are unblocked and energy is able to flow smoothly, various symptoms and health issues will be resolved. This app was created by the Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute and provides a full-range of images detailing all of the major meridian points (or Acupoints) on a horse’s body for treating specific equine conditions, as well as their functions.

2. Horse Rider SOS ($8.12 – for Android)

The Horse Rider SOS is an emergency alert system created especially for the rescue of horse riders in trouble. The app uses GPS technology in order to locate isolated riders during an emergency situation. Horse-riding can be a risky endeavor, and if your horse is unpredictable, or stumbles, falls, spooks, or bolts, the rider can be unseated and injured in a remote area. The Horse Rider SOS app simply monitors rider activity using a GPS signal so if you should fall or be injured, the app will send an automatic alert to the first emergency contact on your friends’ list.

3. Colic in Horses: An Owner’s Guide (Free – for iPhone)

Horse owners fear colic in their beloved animals. The single, highest cause of equine death every year, untreated colic can cause painful and unforeseen death. Equine education is vital for horse owners as a quick diagnose and treatment are crucial to recovery. Created by Dr. Keith Taraba, owner of Northeast Texas Equine Services, this app will educate horse owners and care providers on the signs and symptoms associated with equine colic.

4. Horsemanship ($3.16 – for Android)

Successful horse trainers do more than practice and teach riding skills to animals—they must truly bond with the animal in order to understand the horse and interact with the horse from a place of trust and respect. The horsemanship app teaches new horse trainers how to work with horses efficiently, as well as safety procedures, and the basic principles and methods for interacting effectively with your horse.

5. Horse 360 ($1.99 – for iPhone)

The Horse 360 app teaches users about equine anatomy in a fun, learning-style environment. Using memory-style learning, this app visually connects different parts of the horse with their anatomical terms and then follows up with a quiz. As users learn and progress, they can increase levels to test their knowledge (the app offers five levels of difficultly). This app is a great learning tool for veterinary students, as well as horse owners to help them understand medical terms used during vet appointments.

Bio: Jane Johnson is a writer for GoingCellular, a popular site that provides cell phone related news and commentary. Whether you are looking for reviews on mobile service providers, the best deals on an Android tablet from T-Mobile or want to more about the latest handsets and devices, GoingCellular has you covered.

Equine Soundness East

When: Friday, April 20 – Sunday, April 22, 2012
Where: Equine Soundness East
Hopkins, SC (outside Columbia, SC)
For Whom: Anyone Interested in Holistic Hoof Care

This is a reminder that in two short weeks we will have a continuing education event here in South Carolina. Please consider joining us for this weekend packed with information. It’s going to be fun, it’s going to be educational and memorable.

We will be talking about the difference between a first trim and consecutive trims, when can you rehabilitate a hoof and at what time is the hoof to pathological to return to full functionality. With other words, when do you trim just to keep the horse comfortable.

We show you postural changes after trimming and will be discussing what to do when nothing changes. We have a whole presentation about trimming foal hooves, an anatomy lecture to clarify some important points of the hoof anatomy, and we will be talking about medio-lateral balance, when you can make changes and when you can’t.

We will show you an exciting way to determine how to detox horses on an individual basis, and talk about the latest findings in nutrition science. How to feed your horse and where to put your emphasis, so your horse can become healthier and his body can start to repair itself.

For the hoof care practitioner we will have a lecture about business considerations, because even though we love our job, we still have to make a living and be sensible about the future. And finally we will present you with a view about the connection between the horse’s teeth and his hooves.

This is rounding out the presentations. Beside the theory, we will have at Horrell Hill Equine Wellness Center three trim sessions. If you are not trimming yourself, it still will be very educational to see experienced trimmers at work. We will explain to those of you who do not want to trim, exactly what is done. We will let you trim a few challenging feet and help you making modifications to achieve optimum results with certain problems, especially those of underrun heels, contracted heels, wry feet, navicular syndrome and founder.

Here is what participants said in the past:

This was extremely informative and key to whole horse care philosophy. The bone specimens of the young horses were most helpful and underscore the imperative for understanding anatomy and physiology. This [mouth-hoof connection] section deserved its overtime. To me [the healing through nutrition lecture] was one of the most important lectures because it touches on all aspects of what the domesticated horse faces at the hands of humans. It is an opportunity to exploit the affinity between horses and humans, which may give people a more compassionate outlook for the way horses are treated.

So many details of horse keeping and use are focused on the convenience and pleasure of the human, often at the expense of the horse. In fact, society has organized things in such a way that it is difficult to even try to rectify some of these details back to the horse’s favor.

Trim considerations – Excellent presentation. This was another provocative lecture that certainly got my mind working. I will be bringing these considerations to my trimming.

Contracted Hooves – Eye opening! This lecture/discussion answered so many questions for me.

Practical Trimming – For me the most helpful information in practical trimming, second only to tips of recognizing pathologies. Being able to practice on cadaver feet with so much help one-on-one really etched into my mind what my trimming should look like.

There is still time to sign up. Come and join us! Equine Soundness East http://www.equinesoundness.com/CEApril2012.htm

Guess post by: Claudia Garner  of Equine Soundness

Claudia Garner
hhdressage @ sc.rr.com
803-647-1200
http://www.equinesoundness.com
http://www.hoofcareunltd.com

The film has already won many awards, made a vast amount of money and has earned its director further critical acclaim, with a theatre adaptation fast on the way. But this franchise has a real, honest heart. Watching the movie, and knowing Steven Spielberg’s love of filming issues that affect or resonate with him personally you can tell he wanted to shed some light on a slightly less human – but nonetheless, just as poignant – casualty of war and terror; the horse.

Fighting horses or draught animals

As the film shows, horses played a central and significant role in the First World War, giving both sides a mobility and carrying capacity that could not be provided to them by human strength alone. They could work in the mud and rain of the trenches where wheeled vehicles could not, and could be a lot more hardy than any machine. Both sides, when the war began, underwent a great scramble to find and re – appropriate any horse they could find. Millions of horses soon found themselves transported to the front – by 1917 the American Army, for instance, had procured and sent overseas over 1 million horses – either as fighting animals or as methods of transportation, carrying heavy weapons to, and wounded men back, from the frontal areas. They were also used to boost morale in the armies, terrified by the sounds and sights of war. Many men found companionship and friendship in the War Horses serving on the front. It has been estimated that, in total, over 6 million horses served in the war, and in some armies the ratio of horses to men was 1 horse to ever three men. These ‘War Horses’ suffered prodigious losses. The British Army, which counted their losses of ‘War Horses’ lost 484,000 in the years 1914 – 1918. The American Army suffered such terrible losses that, after the war, only 200 returned home.

Killed by disease or enemy action

War was a terrible time for horses. Attrition rates amongst horses were so high that few states who fought in the war left it with any more than a few thousand of the horses they originally sent. In some theaters – particularly those in the hot, disease ridden African states – losses were over 290% of the intake rate, meaning that by the end of the war some states – such as America and Germany – had literally run out of horses, and were relying upon donkeys or mules, or horses ‘captured’ on offensives. Perhaps the greatest killer of horses in the war was disease. Infections such as Equine Influenza and ringworm killing off scores of horses. It has been estimated that 75% of all horse losses were caused by disease in the conflict. The Germany army actually undertook several offensives in the latter part of the war with the principle aim of capturing new stocks of horses. Their loss of horses in the later years of the conflict was one of the main reasons the Central Powers lost the war.

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Perhaps the greatest shame of all in the treatment suffered by horses in this period was in the post war environment, when the few horses that had survived war found themselves either abandoned, wandering lost in what had been no – man’s land, or sold and re – sold, desperately needed both to plough the ruined fields and as meat for the starving European populations, many of whom found themselves in starvation conditions because of lack of horses needed to work the farmland. Australia, which ended the war with a surprisingly large number of living horses – some 10,000 – found itself unable to get the horses back to its native shores. Most of them were sold off, mainly to India. Only one War Horse – Sandy – ever returned to Australia, which as it was desperately needed them to work its huge farms.

Heroes

The role of the horse in the war was huge. It can be fairly said that horses made a massive, genuine contribution to the allied war effort and to overall victory in the war. Much deserved thanks to their sacrifice was made in the form of various plaques, memorials and organizations – such as the Blue Cross – dedicated to re housing and helping abandoned or unhealthy horses. The St. Jude on the Hill memorial in England to this day bears the solemn inscription: “Most obediently and often most painfully they died – faithful unto death.” One hopes that the renewed interest in the terrible sacrifices horses made for human warfare all those years ago created by films such as War Horse will allow their role in that most important of events to be remembered forever.

–
Rebecca King used to ride every day, from eventing to regular hacking. As a horsebox insurance underwriter she no longer has much time but is returning to livery work this summer.

When
Monday, December 19, 2011

Time
7:00pm until 8:00pm

Description

Rethinking the Horse Business 2012
How the Economy, the Horse Industry and the Internet Are Affecting Horse Business Owners

Rethinking the Horse Business provides vital information for horse professionals about the state of the economy and the equestrian marketplace.

It is the only event in the world geared solely towards helping horse professionals i.e. horse trainers, stable operators, riding instructors, breeders, and professional riders navigate the current economy and identify the best paths for success.

Topic: Rethinking The Horse Business 2012 – The Economy, The Horse Industry and The Internet
Date: December 19th 2011
Time: 5:00 Pacific 7:00 Central 8:00 Eastern
Place: On your computer or phone
Speaker: Elisabeth McMillan and guests

Find out key economic indicators of how the horse industry is fairing. The seminar features information from equestrian associations and companies around the globe. Opinions from industry leaders and influencers. Plus, survey results from hundreds of horse business owners including professional riders, instructors, horse trainers, breeders, and stable operators.

Hear reports on successful marketing strategies and discover new horse business models. Attendees will learn which areas of the equestrian community are growing and gain valuable insight into new marketing strategies, trends, and equine business opportunities.

Gain critical insight into where the horse business is headed and identify the most viable horse business and marketing strategies for the coming year.

Rethinking the Horse Business 2012 is free to all horse professionals but you must register to attend. We are also conducting our annual horse business survey. The results of this survey provide you with valuable insights into the overall health of horse businesses like yours. Please take a moment to complete the survey after you register for Rethinking the Horse Business. Sign up today!

Register Here:
Rethinking the Horse Business 2012 How the Economy, the Horse Industry and the Internet Are Affecting Horse Business Owners – http://www.equestrianprofessional.com/public/1130.cfm

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I am co-hosting a free equine nutritional seminar on Saturday, November 12, featuring Stance Equine founder and nutritional biochemist, Dr. Tim Kempton. Dr. Kempton was responsible for introducing copra (coconut meal) to the Australia’s livestock world some 20 years ago. Copra’s nutritional benefits proved so remarkable, it was adopted by horse owners there and in Europe who were looking for naturally clean, low NSC equine feed. It is now available in the US, first introduced a few years ago on the West Coast and, most recently, on the East Coast.

This seminar was initially planned for folks in our local vicinity who are using (with huge success) CoolStance and want more information about it. However, the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response necessitated that we move our gathering to a larger facility, so now we have space for even more attendees.

Beginning at 10:00, Dr. Kempton will present a morning educational session exploring topics on general equine nutritional requirements and nutritional partitioning, digestive conditions, including acidosis, dysbiosis and ulcers, and other metabolic-triggered issues such as laminitis, obesity, gait problems, behavior and tying up. Feed balancing is also on the agenda.

Lunch and a question-and-answer session will follow for those who can stay after Dr. Kempton’s morning program. Registration is required so we have a head count for lunch, so please contact me off-list or RSVP to Robin Brown at email maynevent @ msn.com or 843-832-9613. We can send you directions and details at that time.

Several local barefoot trimmers will be attending since they are seeing such positive responses to copra feeding from many of their clients’ horses, so thought this seminar might be of special interest to members of this group, in particular.

You’ll find more information about Stance Equine, Dr. Kempton and the topics that will be addressed in the workshop on Saturday at http://www.stanceequine.com/

If you’re interested in equine nutrition discussions, especially with a somewhat non-traditional, environmental “flavor”, please join our group conversation at http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/EquinesEatingWell/

Hope to see you there and at the seminar on Saturday!

Message from: Cada McCoy

Email: mtmccoy @ bellsouth. net (remove spaces)

This was emailed to me today by Beth Decaprio of The Grace Foundation in California:

Hi, I am writing to you today on behalf of The Grace Foundation of Northern California. We are trying to spread the word about a horrific animal cruelty case that we have been working with. This man has been accused of killing over 25 horses living on his property, Whispering Pines, and neglecting and starving over 50 more. Our rescue took in the over 50 survivors when the bank foreclosed on his property, but now that hes has filed for bankruptcy, if he wins the cases the remaining horses will be returned to him as no animal cruelty charges have been filed against him yet. Our goal is to raise awareness of this case, hopefully to a national level, in the hope of preventing future cases like this one. Below is the entire story of this case. Please read the story and consider helping us protect and care for these helpless horses by posting the story on your blog along with a link to our video and our website so your readers will be able to find out how they can help with this case. Thank you for your time.

Report exposes abusive conditions at BLM wild horse holding facility in Utah

Cloud Foundation asks Congress to reform Wild Horse and Burro Program

WASHINGTON (April 8, 2011)—The Cloud Foundation received a written report and video documentation from Lisa Friday after her tour last month of BLM’s Butterfield Short Term Wild Horse and Burro Holding Facility (aka Salt Lake City Wild Horse & Burro Center), outside Salt Lake City. Friday was shocked to find wild horses living in unhealthy conditions that would that raise concerns and charges of abuse if they were observed in private facilities.

“When government is facing a shutdown, tax dollars cannot be used for animal cruelty,” states Anne Novak spokesperson for The Cloud Foundation. “We ask Congress to defund the roundups and use that money to help Americans in their time of need.”

The video contains disturbing images of once-wild horses penned in areas where they were unable to navigate out of a knee-deep mixture of mud, manure, and urine. Friday, a wild horse adopter and long-time horsewoman from Richmond, VA; reports of seeing 30 horses laying down in mud and excrement for the entire three hours in which she was at the facility. ”They never got up,” she states.

“I saw more than 10 horses in one pen alone trying to escape the quagmire but their legs were suctioned deep into the mud,” explains Friday.

“Seeing wild horses in this kind of squalor is heart-breaking,” says Ginger Kathrens, Director of The Cloud Foundation who has spent 17 years documenting the wild lives of horses in her Cloud productions for PBS.  “I don’t understand how BLM can justify the removal of these animals from the safety of their wild homes, only to dump them into these hellish conditions. I seriously doubt that the American taxpayers want their money used for this kind of cruelty.”

In her report, Friday describes conversations with BLM facility employees who acknowledge that wild horses are not given the required three opportunities to be adopted, but are regularly sent to long term holding for life after only one advertised event—which may be nothing more than one exposure on the internet.

Friday noticed a young mare that was extremely emaciated. The BLM told her the female was a three-year old from a roundup in the Moriah Herd Area of Nevada. The mare was captured 8 months ago; raising another red flag about the care the animals receive in the BLM facility. Friday asked where the sick pens were and was told, “Any pen, which contained a sick animal was a sick pen”. She was told there were pregnant mares in the pens. She asked why she hadn’t seen any foals. The employee replied that there was one foal born. When Friday asked where it was, the employee changed the subject.

“Besides their horrible living conditions, it was disturbing to see how cruelly BLM interacted the horses,” explains Friday. “I was horrified to see horses being moved from pen to pen with the help of a ‘Bobcat’ (small bulldozer).”

“Perhaps this is natural horsemanship, BLM style?” asks Kathrens, a wild horse adopter herself. “Anyone who interacts with our wild horses should be required to go through classes to learn the contemporary techniques taught by so many wonderful clinicians. There is really no excuse for this kind of aggression toward already terrorized animals.”

The Cloud Foundation is sharing Lisa Friday’s report with Congress, asking for an investigation of all holding facilities—especially those on private property that are currently off limits to the public. The Foundation demands that BLM follow the law and allow all young wild horses five years and under three legitimate opportunities to find adoptive homes, before being housed for life at taxpayer expense.

The Cloud Foundation and 200 other organizations continue to call for Congress to withhold money for more roundups until BLM undergoes an overhaul of its broken Wild Horse and Burro Program.

The BLM is currently asking Congress for an additional $12 million to conduct their scheduled summer roundups. More than 40,000 wild horses and burros are housed in holding facilities throughout the US at huge taxpayer expense.  The Cloud Foundation estimates that less than 15,000 wild horses remain in the wild. Caroline Betts, PhD, predicts wild horse extinction in 11 years if BLM is allowed to continue removing massive numbers of horses from their legally designated ranges in the West.

“The only way to save the water, land and last wild horses in the American West is to remove the government’s incessantly corrupt Bureau of Land Management…” says Academy Award winner Michael Blake, author of Dances with Wolves.

# # #

Media Contacts:

Anne Novak
anne@thecloudfoundation.org
Tel: 415-531-8454

Lauryn Wachs
lauryn@thecloudfoundation.org
Tel: 617-894-6939

Links of interest:

Lisa Friday’s full report to The Cloud Foundation: http://bit.ly/gHIjLX

Butterfield, UT short term wild horse holding video: http://bit.ly/hWO2fG%20

“High Crimes and Misdemeanors” – American Herds Report: http://bit.ly/gQlaxa

Foundation video calling to Defund the Roundups: http://bit.ly/hL0eOj

Unified Moratorium letter and 200 signatories http://bit.ly/6ck87L

“Wild Horses: Management or Stampede to Extinction?” – Reno Gazette Journal: http://bit.ly/fBCBz9

“Antelope Roundup a Disaster Wild Horses” – Foundation Press Release: http://bit.ly/h0kvEn

54 Members of Congress protest BLM management http://bit.ly/gFJDs1

Independent Report to Defund Roundups: http://bit.ly/gCyiu0

How to contact your Congressmen: http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

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Boarding Stable Owners – Soap Opera Lives

They are developing the show’s first season;  here ‘s a preview the trailer…

“Not So Stable” is a Reality TV show blended with a Soap Opera theme.  It has a cast of about 10 to 15 characters, where each episode highlights interaction and their personal issues – some funny, some dramatic, some intrigue and suspense. The show balances the problems of a struggling horse farm with the joy, educational value, love, care and medical treatment of horses, as well as the difficulties the family encounters trying to keep their boarders happy. Horse shows are huge affairs; tempers flare and issues arise when parents become servants and coaches as their young competitors become Divas.

The primary story is that Jim and Vicky while raising a family lived a good life as successful homebuilders.  Jim’s love for horses led them to invest into a horse-boarding stable business.  Since the economic meltdown and the collapse of the building industry they have been forced to live and work on the farm with their two daughters, Amanda and Rebecca. Jim and Vicky are now broke and working harder than they have in their entire lives and are struggling to keep their home.  Some boarders are trying to help, but others only care about themselves. Some boarders are prima donnas, gossipers, snobs and back stabbers that ad tension to the daily struggles.

Company: Track 26 Entertainment

NotSoStableTV – http://www.youtube.com/user/NotSoStableTV

Please post your thoughts about this show in the comments. Will you watch it? Why or why not?

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New Round Bale Hay Net from Texas Haynet

The Texas Haynet company, maker of the first round bale hay net, recently came into existence because of a small equine rehab facility specializing in hoof rehabilitation. Little Thunder Stables, in central Texas, had to find a way to control the sugar intake of the horses under their care for founder rehabilitation and turned to the research of “slow feeding”.

Restricting access to cut grass hay by way of a grid or net resulted in slower eating and better nutrition for all horses, but is especially important to sugar sensitive equines. It is said that “necessity is the mother of invention”! Since there was no way to economically feed the animals at Little Thunder Stables other than using round bales, the Texas Haynet company was formed after 2 years of testing many different forms of netting material and designs.

Texas Haynet Round Bale Hay Net

No Waste – Slows Eating – Reduces Stress – Calms Aggressive Behavior
- Excellent for Insulin Resistant Horses
- Better for the Digestive System as it Mimics Natural Grazing

If you are not satisfied with the net, it may be returned for a full refund (less shipping) anytime in the first 90 days with proof of purchase.

Texas Haynet is a small company owned by Leslie Davis of Kingsland, Texas. Leslie has been involved with equine rehabilitation since 1997. Leslie and her husband, Joe Schedler worked for a large Texas horse rescue for several years before focusing on just hoof rehabilitation. Little Thunder Stables is committed to making sure the Texas Haynet company continues to produce quality hay nets for round bales.

Feeding cut grass hay is a challenge for all domestic horse owners and is the staple food for all equines. Researchers still do not fully understand “why” a horse masticates hay more completely when they take smaller bites rather than large bites, but it has been proven that if you feed most cut hay through a hole that is 2″ or less, the horse has better digestion. With improved digestion, nutrients are fully extracted and sugars, starches, heavy metals, toxins all are handled better by the horse’s liver more efficiently.

Economically round baled cut grass hay is the best choice when feeding multiple horses, so Texas Haynet’s design for a round hay net to fit over a large round bale of hay is truly a product born out of necessity. It certainly serves the purpose for which it was designed, but one of the best benefits of using a slow feeder hay net over a round bale has been the fact that the hay bale will now last much longer, thus saving time and money!

Square Bale Hay Net in the Works!

Another need in the market of slow feeding is an easy-to-apply net to fit over square bales of hay and Texas Haynet is currently testing their newest design for this and hopes to have it in full production before the end of the year.

You can contact Leslie at Texas Haynet http://www.txhaynet.com or at 325-388-2727