In the winter months it may be hard to tell when to blanket your horse. People are often colder much sooner than animals. Here are a few tips for checking to see if your horse is cold. First, don’t forget that while you may reach for a coat in the coal your horse already has that natural first layer of warmth. Horses instinctively know when the weather changes and their coats react. How so? Their hair sticks up and becomes fuller to provide warmth. Finding out if your horse is cold can be done with a quick check to the ears or the rest of the body. If the ears or tips of the ears are super cold then he is probably cold. Just to be sure, feel the rest of his body and look for signs of shivering or discomfort. Add a blanket and see if the ear tips warm up and the shivering stops. For more tips, call your vet Butler County.
