Blue Cedar Farm, LLC

07/13/2024

07/08/2024

07/07/2024

05/30/2024

Chores take a little longer this time of year when you have to play with these trouble makers 😃

04/24/2024

The moon was really pretty this morning.

02/05/2024

Mattie is having a good day 😀

10/09/2023

Equine massage therapy continues to gain popularity, and with good reason.

09/20/2022

The supply of equine veterinarians is diminishing rapidly. How can horse owners help?

07/28/2022

Enjoying having babies around for the summer 😊

05/06/2022

New barn arrived yesterday!

04/16/2022

She's here! A huge Thank you to Tommy and Sarah Doyle for getting her here.

Congratulations to our client, Susan Conner, on this filly out of her mare, Dual RPG! 🥳🦄🐎
We don't get to foal out Reining horses very often, so this one is special!

04/14/2022

More stalls coming soon 😀

01/22/2022

Cold Weather Alert!! I’ve always advised my clients to provide their horses with warm drinking water (~ 60 degrees F) during cold snaps, as it was believed that it increased the amount of water horses would drink and so decreased the odds of developing an impaction colic. However, performing this management strategy correctly and efficiently is more complicated than just offering warm water:

• Horses do indeed drink 40% more water when the water is heated BUT ONLY IF cold water is not simultaneously available
• If cold water is available, horses will drink almost exclusively from the cold water and will drink less volume

Conclusion #1: Your horse will drink more water during a cold snap if their water is heated, but ONLY if it is the only source of water available.

• Horses that are stalled and fed hay and grain will do most of their drinking within a few minutes after eating the grain and within an hour or so after they are given hay, regardless of water temperature
• All horses, whether stalled or not, do most of their drinking within 3 hours after feeding

Conclusion #2: If you are using buckets that need to be refilled, it’s important to refill them at or just after feeding twice a day.

• There is also no difference in water consumption between heated water buckets filled twice daily and water continuously available in a heated tank.

The Bottom Line: To increase water consumption and decrease the likelihood of an impaction colic, provide warm water in the winter and prevent access to cold water, and provide the warm water at or just after feeding. The average 1,200 lb horse will drink 7 - 10 gallons of water a day, so a 5 gallon bucket of water twice a day is adequate in most cases unless the horse is exercising and sweating heavily.

10/06/2021

Everyone needs a good supervisor to make sure things are done right.
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09/16/2021

Estudios recientes realizados por el “Institute of Heart-Math” proporcionan una pista para explicar la" curación "bidireccional que ocurre cuando estamos cerca de los caballos. Según los investigadores, el corazón tiene un campo electromagnético más grande que el cerebro: un magnetómetro puede medir el campo de energía del corazón que irradia desde 2.4 metros hasta 3 metros alrededor del cuerpo humano. Si bien esto es ciertamente significativo, quizás sea más impresionante que el campo electromagnético proyectado por el corazón de un caballo sea cinco veces más grande que el de un ser humano (imagina una esfera en forma de campo electromagnético alrededor del caballo) y este pueda influir directamente en nuestro propio ritmo cardíaco.

También es probable que los caballos tengan lo que la ciencia ha identificado como un ritmo cardíaco "coherente" (patrón de frecuencia cardíaca) que explica por qué podemos "sentirnos mejor" cuando estamos cerca de ellos. Los estudios han encontrado que un patrón cardíaco coherente o HRV (siglas en inglés) es una medida sólida de bienestar y consistente con estados emocionales de calma y alegría, es decir, exhibimos tales patrones cuando sentimos emociones positivas.

Un patrón cardíaco coherente es indicativo de un sistema que puede recuperarse y adaptarse a situaciones estresantes de manera muy eficiente. Muchas veces, solo necesitamos estar en presencia de caballos para sentir una sensación de bienestar y paz. De hecho, la investigación muestra que las personas experimentan muchos beneficios fisiológicos al interactuar con los caballos, incluida la disminución de la presión arterial y la frecuencia cardíaca, mayores niveles de beta-endorfinas (neurotransmisores que actúan como supresores del dolor), disminución de los niveles de estrés, disminución de los sentimientos de ira, hostilidad, tensión y ansiedad, mejor funcionamiento social; y mayores sentimientos de empoderamiento, confianza, paciencia y autoeficacia ".

Autor pintura: Svatava Hueberová