FUN FACTS & ACTIVITIES

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**OR ABOUT HORSENALITY?**

LEARN ABOUT HORSENALITY

https://www.parelli.com/horsenality/

WHAT TREATS ARE OKAY

TO GIVE TO HORSES?

When feeding treats, remember the acronym A.I.M. – Always In Moderation. Keep your treats as close as possible to the natural diet and enjoy being a hero to your horse!

Feed only a small amount. Feeding your horse 15 large carrots at a time may create more of a meal than a treat. For an average size horse, one or two carrots is sufficient. Feeding too much of any treat can have negative effects on balanced diets like lowering protein content, raising starch levels, and diluting vitamins and minerals. In addition, too much of certain treats can lead to severe digestive upset and even colic or laminitis.

Foods That Horses Can Safely Eat:

Flour (White and Whole Wheat)
Molasses
Cinnamon (in SMALL amounts)
Peanut Butter
Eggs
Applesauce
Oatmeal (rolled oats, steel cut oats, Irish oats, quick oats)
Honey
Sugar, brown sugar & powdered sugar
Peppermint and most hard candies (NOT chocolate)
Food coloring
Raisins
Grated apples and carrots
Bran
Bananas
Dried fruit
Pumpkin
Cereal (Fruit Loops, Rice Krispies, Cheerios)
Cookie Icing, Frosting & Sprinkles
Salt
Corn oil and corn syrup
Pretzels
Graham Crackers
Ginger snaps and gingerbread
Ice cream cones (sugar and cake cones)
Pancakes and waffles
Butterscotch
Marshmallow
Peanuts
Almonds
Cashews
Sunflower seeds
Sesame seeds
Chia seeds

Foods That Horses SHOULD NOT Eat:
Note: this list is NOT 100% of every food that a horse should not eat! Please do your research before feeding a horse anything that isn’t on this list.
Cattle feed
Alsike clover
Dusty, moldy or very old hay
Cruciferous vegetables like kale, Brussel sprouts, cabbage, broccoli or other things in the cabbage family (can cause severe gas if fed in large amounts)
Meat of any kind
Chocolate
Lawn clippings and clippings from your garden (these can contain poisonous plants, can cause choking, and can drastically change their pH)
Fresh bread, donuts, etc. – these items can become a doughy mass in the digestive tract and cause a blockage.
Sweet Feed (COB & unfortified sweet grains) can quickly unbalance the diet when enough is fed as a “treat”.