5 reasons to use a pasture shelter for horses

There are many reasons to use a horse pasture shelter. Extreme weather can be unpleasant, and a horse pasture shelter offers shade, protection and comfort. Canvas shelters and wooden sheds can also be suitable for sick or old horses. However, in this case, the choice of shelter is very important. Pasture shelters must be safe, easy to maintain and spacious enough.

To properly care for your horses, you need to provide them with some kind of shelter. A horse pasture shelter is a good solution. The shelter can be placed directly in the pasture or in the paddock. This will allow the horses to use the shelter whenever they need it. A horse shelter can be quite beneficial for the overall health of your horse. Here are seven health benefits of pasture shelters.

PROVIDE YOUR HORSES WITH SHELTER FROM BAD WEATHER

A horse pasture shelter provides your horses with shelter from cold winter winds, snow and rain. In the summer, your horses can find shade from the sun. Since horses tolerate heat and cold much better than humans, a horse shelter will provide adequate shelter, even if it is not completely enclosed.

OUTDOOR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Barns and horse stables can be stuffy and dusty, but an open horse pasture shed or a shed with a built-in stall provide an excellent airy environment. This ventilation is necessary not only to relieve stuffiness, but also for important health reasons. Insufficient ventilation leads to bacterial buildup, mold growth, and dust accumulation. All of this can be very harmful to your horse's health.

PROTECT YOUR HORSE FROM NOXIOUS INSECTS

In the summer, flies and other insects can bother horses when they are out grazing. However, these insects prefer to be outside in the hot sun rather than in a stable or barn. By building a horse pasture shelter that your horses can enter and exit as they please, you create a space for them to hide in whenever the insects are too much for them.

GIVE YOUR HORSES ENOUGH EXERCISE

As you may have already read, horses are made for active lives. Wild horses in the pastures kept themselves fit and healthy through constant exercise. Today's horses, who are cooped up in a stable all day, can develop numerous health problems related to a lack of physical exercise. These include obesity and digestive problems.

On the other hand, a horse pasture shelter can mimic the environment of a wild pasture by allowing your horses to choose the shelter as their shelter whenever they need it. They can enter or exit the shelter whenever they want, run around the shelter or rest in it as they please. The result is better overall condition of your horses.

IMPROVE YOUR HORSE'S MENTAL HEALTH

Just like humans, horses can develop mental health problems such as anxiety and destructive behavior if they are too confined and improperly exercised. The highly social nature of horses makes them even more susceptible to poor mental health if they are kept alone. Stabled horses are more likely to develop repetitive destructive behaviors.

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MOVE YOUR HORSE PASTURE SHELTER ANYTIME, ANYWHERE AND AS NEEDED

Finally, a horse pasture shed is much more mobile than you think and can be easily moved to another location over time to better suit your horses' needs.

For example, in winter, you can place a horse pasture shelter in a place where there is less wind. This will help your horses stay warm. However, during the summer months, you may notice that your horses are avoiding their shelter and instead choosing to stay outside in the bright sun, where they are constantly bothered by flies. Why? Well, maybe placing it out of the wind isn't such a great idea in the summer months when the wind is useful for cooling and proper ventilation.

Time to move the horse pasture shed to another pasture . No problem. Both a tarpaulin shelter and a wooden shelter can be moved to the new pasture.