{"id":42124,"date":"2024-06-03T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/?p=42124"},"modified":"2024-06-04T09:55:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T08:55:16","slug":"horse-hydration-top-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/horse-hydration-top-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Hydration Top Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keeping your horse hydrated in hot weather is vital both for wellbeing as well as performance. Our latest blog has easy, top tips for horse owners to ensure their horse’s stay safe during the warm summer weather.<\/p>\n

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1. Water Availability<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

It is obvious but make sure that water is always available and accessible to your horse! The position of your horse\u2019s water bucket is as important as its fullness – horses naturally feed at ground level, so a low water bucket is preferable to a high one. In the stable, placing it next to the hay feeder is good. In the field, make sure access is clear and easy for your horse but do remember moisture content in grass contributes to hydration too.<\/p>\n

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2. Consider a Wet Feed<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

In the wild, horses graze on a feed that contains up to 80% water, so dry feed is not natural to its behaviour. Supplementing with a designed soaked feed is the best way to compensate for any limitations in water intake. Water intake, integral to feed, is physiologically preferable to a separate drink which should really be a top-up.<\/p>\n

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3. Exercise Regime Management<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

During hot weather, it is advisable to (as best as possible) manage your horse\u2019s exercise regime accordingly. This could make the form of riding early in the morning to avoid the highest temperatures or easing back on fitness work to avoid too much exertion in the warm weather. Try avoiding hard work in the direct sunlight, keep to shaded areas as best as possible to better regulate body temperature. After exercise, it is crucial to cool off your horse properly with cold water to assist with bringing their body temperature down.<\/p>\n

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4. Use Electrolytes <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

During intense heat and after exercise, extra electrolytes are needed in order to prevent dehydration. Situations where this would be applicable is:<\/p>\n

\u2714 After heavy sweating
\n\u2714 Prolonged exercise
\n\u2714 Competition performance or transportation in hot weather
\n\u2714 Exposure to high heat<\/p>\n

Using an electrolyte replacement will help increase water intake (reducing the risk of dehydration), improve performance recovery and continue to assist with normal bodily functions within the horse. These are especially important during in hot conditions and for equine performance and health.<\/p>\n

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5. NutriLyte Electrolyte Replacement<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

NutriLyte<\/a><\/strong> is an electrolyte replacement supplement that contains sodium chloride and potassium in the same ratio as is lost in sweat. Because NutriLyte<\/strong><\/a> contains easily absorbed carbohydrates it replaces energy much faster and can therefore be used during, and immediately after exercise. NutriLyte<\/strong> <\/a>can help with rapid restoration of energy, Increased performance in hot conditions and reduced debilitation during transportation.<\/strong> For more detailed product information, please click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keeping your horse hydrated in hot weather is vital both for wellbeing as well as performance. Our latest blog has easy, top tips for horse owners to ensure their horse’s stay safe during the warm summer weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":42125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42174,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42124\/revisions\/42174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nutriscience.ie\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}