And the tips just keep on coming...

Backing a horse trailer

Place your hads on the bottom of the steering wheel. Whichever way your go when you turn the wheel is the way the trailer will move.

Take two fiberglass rods. Insert on rod on your trailer hitch, and one on your trailer. Back up till the two rods meet, then hitch up your rig.

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Stall Mats

Need inexpensive stall mats? Most stone quarries are quite glad to get rid of their old rubber conveyor belts. These can be used to line stall floors, or to make a path to the manure pile.

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Freshen Up

Do your boots need to be freshened? Stuff old socks with used fabric softener sheets and place the socks inside your boots.

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Bits and Pieces

Clean your bits with toothpaste. Rinse them off first with warm water, then apply a thin layer of toothpaste and scrub clean. Rinse well afterwards, but it does allow horses that might be reluctant to take the bit, to like the bit better.

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Hard to Catch?

Pen up your hard to catch horse that is wounded and apply antibacterial solution with a squirt gun. Using a box cutter, make the hole in the gun larger so it covers more of an area.

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Birthing a foal

If a foal is having a problem catching on to mom's teat for the first time, put a small amount of peanut butter on the mom's teat. This will help the foal find the mother's milk

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Grass and Manure Stains

Use straight Witch-Hazel in a spray bottle to remove grass and manure stains on light colored horses. Spray the area then buff with a soft rag

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Wounds not healing?

If you are worried about Proud Flesh, or your horse has a wound that is slow in healing. Visit a lumberyard and ask for slack or pickle lime. Pat it on the wound, and leave the wound open for air-

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Where did that knife go?

If you have misplaced your knife to cut hay bales, take an extra piece of twine. Push the twine under the uncut string and double it. With a seesaw motion work the cut twine on the uncut string, and the friction will snap the hay bale open.