From getting too hot. In one of my posts last night I said that George will founder in the heat so I hose him down several times a day when the weather is especially hot.
Yeah, heat a problem here too. Not so much pasturing but during workouts. I do what I can to reduce risks of foundering but I have problems with their hooves drying out too. One came from Bandera and I had the same problems as the one that came from Oklahoma so I guess it's a deep south problem. I will start them back on corn oil next month. Some people told me it only shines the coat and won't help the hoofs but it did. Other factors invovled but it did seem to hype the mare up a little though. I figure if I can keep them cool and keep their feet from cracking, oiling the bowels and a shiny coat a nice bonus:')