The transition from Winter to Spring

The sun is shining, the sky is blue… It is Spring! The days are getting longer and the meadows are starting to become green. Spring is lovely, but ailments are lurking. Things such as itches, colic, mud fever, and laminitis are important to prevent by supporting your horse during the changing from Winter to Spring. In this blog we’ll tell you everyting about the changing of seasons and what it means for your horses.

Supporting your mare during estrus or pregnancy

Every horse has its own needs, that differ due to different factors such as age, breed, living conditions, and exercise. But also the sex of a horse has its influence. For example, mares have to deal with the oestrus cycle, but mares could also be pregnant with a foal or could nurse.

During all these stages of life of a mare, they also need different nutritional needs. A mare can get quite a few nutritional needs themselves. However, some needs aren’t met due to their living conditions. Supplements for mares could be a solution. In this blog, we tell everything about the different stages of life of mares and what nutritional needs have to be met.

Training horses with a positive focus with Jesse Drent.

Jesse Drent is an influencer, and horse trainer and is known for his natural approach to how he trains horses. Together with his four horses Andorra, Macho, Antares, and Gaio he forms a unique team in which trust, freedom, positivity, and cooperation is a key part to be a unique team. Jesse and his horses give freedom dressage demonstrations, and other shows, but also perform impressive dressage exercises without harness.
In his training, Jesse focused most on dressage with freedom of movement. The way Jesse cooperates with his horses is an inspiration for horse lovers in every branch of sport. In this blog Jesse tells everything about how a positive approach is the best approach to working with horses, and achieving growth. Jesse also tells about the role of nutrition and how supplements help his old mare Andorra.

The horse’s teeth: dental problems and tips

Healthy teeth are very important. It is influential over the overall digestion and the teeth also have an effect on behavior and on the horse’s performance. Dental problems could cause pain and a lot of people with tootache know that it isn’t beneficial on their mood. Do you want to know how you support the teeth of your horse? Please continue to read!

When your horse doesn’t like the supplement: feeding tips and tricks

We get regularly questions from horse owners that own difficult eaters at the stables. What if my horse doesn’t like the herb or supplement and won’t eat it? Even though most of our supplements are eaten well, every horse is different and also dislikes other kinds of food. All supplements from HorseFlex are 100% natural and don’t contain any food, color, and taste additives. This means that these don’t have a influence on the flavor, and we can’t thus guarantee that your horse likes a specific herb or supplement. However, we can give you some tips that you can try to let your horse eat some types of supplements or herbs that they don’t like. Please continue to read!