| Buying a horse is a huge responsibility and requires | | | | overstate. Not only does an active horse need |
| a commitment of both time and finances. After | | | | water to stay standing, but it helps all of the |
| you have bought the horse, the commitment isn't | | | | body's organs stay functioning. If you aren't lucky |
| over. There is still quite a bit to be done. If you | | | | enough to have an automatic watering system, |
| want a horse that performs at a high level, you | | | | then you better make sure that you or |
| must continue to open the wallet for his sake. | | | | somebody very responsible is around to fill up the |
| Horse health professionals have developed a few | | | | clean water trough a few times per day. Your |
| theories on nutrition for horses. One of the things | | | | horse's health will thank you and his performance |
| that they always seem to emphasize is that a | | | | will improve dramatically. |
| healthy diet is important for all horses, but more | | | | Some horse owners are lucky enough to be able |
| so for those horses that are put through lots of | | | | to provide their own stable for their horses. For |
| exercise. If you constantly ride your horse, he is | | | | those of us who aren't quite as lucky, paying for |
| going to expect to be fed well. Along with that | | | | a stable can be quite expensive. Choosing a stable |
| responsibility comes the expectation that you will | | | | is not the time to get cheap, either. In most |
| put together everything he needs. Your horse's | | | | cases, you will get exactly what you pay for. The |
| nutrition is nothing to go cheap on. In order to | | | | nicer, more expensive stables will be able to |
| truly have a healthy horse, buy the best food | | | | provide the clean water and the care that your |
| available. | | | | horse must have in order to grow healthy and |
| In addition to buying the best food that your | | | | perform at the top of its potential. |
| bucks can afford, your horse should always be | | | | Though your horse does not have to have a diet |
| supplied with good water. At every point in the | | | | of five star foods in order to survive, going cheap |
| day, there should be lots of it in a clean trough or | | | | on its food and care will only cause problems. |
| water bucket. If you have a field trough, then | | | | Water, hay, some oats, and a little bit of salt are |
| you can probably get by with cleaning it once per | | | | probably all it needs in order to survive. If you are |
| week. If you happen to provide water in a | | | | going to own a high functioning animal, though, |
| bucket, then it should be scrubbed each and | | | | you must demand more than just survival. Horses |
| every day. Water is one of the things that is | | | | were made to thrive and they are capable of |
| essential for healthy brain growth and | | | | performing exceedingly well if you are willing to |
| development. Don't shortchange your horse. | | | | spend a few bucks on their dietary needs. |
| In all honesty, the importance of water is hard to | | | | |