How To Groom A Horse Proper grooming of a horse minimizes potential problems and maintains a tidy appearance. While working at a horse barn in Orlando, Florida, I quickly learned the advantages of a complete grooming session. Horses are high maintenance animals that require much time and devotion. Three major areas must be tended to on a daily basis. The first is foot care. Cleaning out the hooves can prevent diseases, monitors the state of …showed first 75 words of 1250 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1250 total…horseshoes, avoid lameness, prevent skin diseases, and treat cuts. Benjamin Franklin gave a significant instance of a horse that was neglected. "For the want of a nail, the shoe was loose; for the want of a shoe, the horse was loose; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail." (http://www.quotationspage.com/search.php3).