The Importance of Oats : Instructions for Feeding Your Horse

Series Summary

Man has long had a special relationship with one particular animal on this planet: the horse. Horses have carried us into battle, fierce and unafraid. They have pulled our plows and buggies, and carried our loads. They’ve helped us travel long distances. They’ve been essential in herding and driving our cattle. And the police still use them for crowd control situations in dense urban environments. Without a doubt, horses have proven to be well-adapted for human life, expressing qualities of loyalty and bravery, responding to commands, and usually having a calm, docile demeanor.

Since they are inherently wild animals, all horses need some sort of obedience training before they can work side by side with humans. Especially when horseback riding, the relationship between horse and rider must be cultivated over time and with the proper techniques and equipment. In these free instructional video clips, our expert equestrian will show you everything you need to know about feeding your horse. Learn about the different types of hay, how molasses fits into a horse's diet, and how oats act as the cornerstone of the equine diet.

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Sarah Stetner and I'm a expert horse rider on behalf of Expert Village. This video I'm going to teach you how to feed the horses and also how to prepare there oats. This is what I use for Rowdy oats a little coffee can. Why oats are important to horses? It gives them all of there vitamins as in like we take vitamin C will they have like muscle vitamins and muscle joint supplements and stuff like that. Also known as conjoint, mfm, and you see me put most of this empowers like the vitamins and you see me put some of this stuff in there oats. So you would see that and you would see how I'm going to feed them as well."