Plants That Can Hurt Your Horse

Name      Foxglove                                           Oak/ Acorns                     Bracken                    Horsetail   Buttercup   Privet
Location  Hedges, fields and woodlands   Woodlands and fields   Hedged and fields  By water    Fields        Hedges
Name     Hemlock                                                       Nightshade                          Laburnum
Location Verges, hedges, woodlands and fields  Wastelands and hedges  Mainly in gardens

If your horse is having problems with flies you can spray some fly repellent on your horse or you can apply petroleum jelly. It  makes a barrier so that flies do not land and bite.

To test for dehydration by quickly pinching a fold of skin on the neck. It should return back to normal as soon as you let go. If it takes time to smooth out, the horse may by dehydrated.