Horse Spa

Today as I was finishing up with my mare, Fiora, I was talking with the groom and she asked me if I knew any spas in the area. I laughed and said " Well, Fiora might tell you that there is one right here!"

I do more things to make my horse comfortable than I do for myself and she certainly gets more supplements and a more nutritious diet. I am her personal trainer who comes to her 5 times a week and works her in a customized program designed to build her muscles so that she can perform at her best. After her workout she stands under a heat lamp with a fleece blanket on to warm her muscles and I rub her legs with liniment and wrap them so they are not sore. She gets treats before, during, and after her workout. I brush her hair, clean her feet, give her baths, and blanket her so she doesn't get too cold. There is a fan over her stall so that she isn't too hot in the summer. She is fed hay five times a day and grain that was chosen for her special needs three times a day. I buy special supplements from a company called SmartPak that packages them in daily doses to ensure that she doesn't suffer from joint or stomach problems and that she has plenty of energy. She goes outside in her own private paddock every day next to other horses she can visit with and her stall is cleaned three times a day. No wonder people tell me "I want to be your horse!"

The horse stables that house many of the show horses in this world should probably be called Horse Spas because most humans who received the same treatments that these horses do would be at a spa!