The Importance of Horse First Aid

For a project this year...I have been working on learning more in depth about horse first aid. There is a lot more to it than one might expect...
While horses are big, strong, defensive, thousand-pound animals...they can also get themselves into a lot of "scrapes." Being such large animals has its high points, but because horses are flight animals they have the natural instincts of prey animals, which naturally leads to fleeing. Now, when horses flee they don't exactly, always give themselves time to think about what they're doing...in turn leading to unexpected "scrapes"-running into something, stepping somewhere they shouldn't, the possibilities are endless...! So, as horses don't usually plan on getting themselves hurt....we, as humans, their owners, and partners(the head of the "herd") have to be prepared for whatever situations our beloved horses will get themselves into. Thus, to know first aid is vital as a horse owner...trainer...or even just plain lover!
First, and foremost, in emergency care for horses it is important to know how know if a horse is normal.
1 Ask yourself how your horse looks....get into the habit of describing the way your horse looks on a normal day...
- Is my horse alert?
- Does he look limp or glazed-over?
- How is his appetite?
- Are his eyes open, normal, and forward?
- Does my horse react to circumstances as usual?

TO BE CONTINUED...!