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The Theraplate for horses is a vibrating plate designed for a horse to stand on that stimulates muscle contractions and increases circulation. The Theraplate is proven to counter the effects of chronic inflammation, speed healing, reduce pain, and aid in the prevention of injury. 

We have a Theraplate, on site, we use after nearly every work out or training period we have with our own horses as part of the training regimen.

Ask about including this procedure on your horse on its next visit to our farm.

Here at Hawk Farms and Sidney Hawk Equine, we believe you should never expect to train your equine when outlining conditions might be causing negative effects or just plain stealing their attention away from your training. Teeth issues, gum health or proper bit fitting should be one of the 3 precondition tests on your horse before expecting your horse to respond to training.

We have a dentist we can recommend, and if we get a collection of individuals to commission her services. We can include it as part of a spa day here at Sidney Hawk Equine for your horses.

The second condition we adhere to as a must have before starting a training program is having your equines hooves inspected, trimmed and when necessary, shoes.

Get to know your farrier. As an equine owner, you should have your horses trimmed or at least inspected every 6 weeks to 2 months, depending on breed and feet condition.

We can, with enough interest, have a farrier come to our facility to do multiple horses all at once, as a spa day, while you take advantage of our other provisions on site.

We all know how uncomfortable it can be if our back or hips or sciatica nerve is bothering us. Horses are the same. If they have something out of alignment, and it happens a lot, they can't think of anything but that, when you are trying to train or work with them. 

Our 3rd must do... Having an alignment done on your horse can be the single best thing you do to fix a horse that has otherwise, unexplained issues.

This is a critical and yet most disagreed on subject the industry has to deal with. What to feed your equine. 

With each topic of discussion, you'll get dozens of different opinions. Some right. some wrong.

We can give our opinion... but honestly, you should visit the topic with several informed people and come up with a plan for your specific animal.

Here at Sidney Hawk Equine, one of the supplements we give come from DAC, Direct Action Company out of Sugarcreek, Ohio. Sidney has been using it religiously for probably 5 years, since introduced to it. A paragraph directly from their web site...

"Since 1983 Direct Action Co., Inc. (a.k.a. dac® Vitamins and Minerals) has offered superior, innovative equine and livestock supplements. dac® is a founding member of the National Animal Supplement Council (NASC) and was one of the first companies to earn the coveted NASC Quality Seal." 

You can identify pretty quick any horse being given their products vs. those not getting it. Their tail, mane and body hair all look much healthier, and we've had very little to no gut issues with our horses.

Another such dietary supplement we've used with great results is from EquiPride® .

"Designed for all classes of horses, EquiPride® loose meal is a non-molasses complete vitamin & organic trace mineral supplement. Using fermented ingredients as the delivery of our total nutrition, EquiPride provides fiber, fat, protein and energy that is more complementary to a herbivore's natural diet."

Another topic arguable among many horse owners. Many schools of thought... but it is our opinion, many are literally starving their horses with the old single book in the morning and then another at night. Leaving their gut to literally empty and collapse internally.

Regardless of your opinion on how much and how often... you can't argue the fact, horses are grazing animals...They can put their noses down to the ground eating pasture grass in the morning and eat, pretty well nonstop all day. You want to have a happy healthy horse, give them lots of pasture and let them be a horse. 

If that's not an option, consider supplementing their diet with "junk" hay. Something low in calories but filling. Keeping a horses gut full, from stomach to bowel will result in pretty much never colicking. A full gut wont twist and knot up. 

Only horses being worked hard or racing, need high alfalfa content hay. 

Here at Sidney Hawk Equine, we are huge fans of the Bemer therapy system. We have personally witnessed the results in our own horses, with and without a Bemer treatment. The following is a quote from their web site.

"Bemer therapy is a non-invasive, natural therapy that can benefit horses in many ways. By stimulating the microcirculation in the horse's body, Bemer therapy can improve blood flow and oxygenation to the tissues, which can lead to faster healing, reduced inflammation, and improved overall health and wellbeing."

I fully expect you will see a Bemer Therapy blanket system here at Sidney Hawk Equine in the future.

Can't say much about this but be a responsible horse owner and get the proper recommended vaccinations for your animals. They even have shots now Lymes disease and of course, strangles. 

Wormers are best, from our research, swapped out every other time with a different manufacturers brand to keep parasites from getting immune that might live through a dosage.

Avoid walnut anything... keep your horse comfortable by picking stalls regularly to avoid breeding flies, mold, and odor. Plus, your horse will be much more comfortable laying down to sleep.

Maintain fresh clean water for your horses. wipe out water buckets frequently and avoid frozen water buckets in the winter months. Horses need clean fresh water and lots of it to stay warm in the winter.