{"id":6760,"date":"2019-08-30T12:03:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equestrianbootsandbridles.com\/can-horses-swim-yes-they-love-it\/"},"modified":"2021-01-10T19:16:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T23:16:50","slug":"can-horses-swim-yes-they-love-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equestrianbootsandbridles.com\/can-horses-swim-yes-they-love-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Horses Swim? Yes, They Love it!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
There are many ways to get your horse in shape. Whether you’re doing it for competitions, pleasure riding or just because it will promote a healthy and more engaging lifestyle for your horse, you can take a range of approaches. One of these approaches, of course, is swimming. Now you may be asking – can horses swim? And the answer is YES!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keeping your horse exercised is important for horses, especially those who have been recently sick or if they are rescued. It’s pretty much the same principle as with humans: we are happier we stay healthy and active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This article quickly reviews why it’s important for you as a horse owner to be proactive about training. It also covers rehabilitation, and how it can help to maximize your horse’s potential while minimizing their risk of injury. Then we’ll get to the juicy stuff: swimming for horses!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you were wondering – yes, horses can swim! I promise you, they can. They’re actually pretty good swimmers given their build. In the wild, horses would swim to get across rivers and to escape pastures when they were flooded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n