Holiday Gifts, Under $50, for the Family Horse

Holiday seasons often mean cold temperatures which often contribute to loneliness and lack of activity in the family horse. For many horse lovers, purchasing holiday stockings and holiday gifts for the family horse is no less common than the purchase for a family member. When considering unique holiday gifts for your horse, at costs less than $50, shopping for these unique horse gifts, online, has never been easier:

Toys:
Horses enjoy engaging, self stimulated playtime and often use toys to engage and stimulate the senses while in the stall. To encourage play during stalling periods purchasing toys which engage your horse in a variety of activities, will ensure less boredom for your family horse. For an engaging horse holiday gift, consider purchasing the Likit Tongue Twister Toy for Horses. Offering a challenge to any stalled horse, the Likit Tongue Twister Toy was designed by horse behaviorists to stimulate the horses taste, smell and visual senses. Once activated by the licking of the horse, the toy springs into action, releasing specially designed Likit horse treats. Enticing to the horse, the toy often provides hours of entertainment and sensory stimulation especially to horses often boarding for many hours. Purchased online, at www.petsmart.com. Price starting at $21.99. To further engage your horse, without the use of dietary treats, consider purchasing Pas-A-Fier, offering not only a self engaging activity, but also stimulating the smell sensory mechanism through the release of apple scents. In this non-battery operated toy, the horse will nuzzle the corner mounted toy resulting in the release of apple scents in the stall. Available online through www.petsmart.com. Price: $24.99.

Grooming:
Horses love to be stimulated. Often seeking the stimulation of human contact, the perfect holiday horse gift may include grooming supplies. To remove dirt and excess, losse hair, purchasing a well designed horse shedding blade will provide your family with a tool to offer stimulated horse grooming while providing your horse an opportunity to experience a clean and refreshed coat while dually acting as a sweat scraper. When shopping for a holiday horse grooming gift, consider purchasing the Shedding Blade, online, at www.petsmart.com. Price: $2.79. As an added grooming gift for your horse, consider supplementing the horse grooming selection with a Hoof Pick Brush. Also available at www.petsmart.com. Price: $1.29.

Fly & Pests:
Spoiling your horse is easy to do with the purchase of products which repel pesty flies and various other insects. Horses exhibit much happier temperament when rid of the frustration insects can create. When considering stocking stuffers, for your family horse, consider purchasing Farnam Equi-Spot Fly Control. Available as a gel, the individual application tubes are applied to the horses coat every two weeks providing a repellant against pesty flies, mosquitos and gnats. Available online at www.petsmart.com. Price: $7.49. As an additional option, consider purchasing the Defender Fly Mask, designed to keep flies and various other insects from the face of the horse. Easy to clean and protects against UV exposure, this product can be purchases, online, at www.horse.com. Price: $4.99.

Apparel:
As a general rule, horses enjoy clothing or apparel as it often means comfort, warmth and human interaction. As an added enjoyment for a horse holiday gift, consider a horse sheet or blanket. Available in a variety of colors and prints, the blankets and sheets come equipped with belts and straps to ensure ease of use. For optimal waterproof protection, this holiday season, consider purchasing the 600D Waterproof & Breathable Turnout Sheet. Available online through www.horse.com. Price: $48.99. As an additional option, in horse holiday apparel, consider purchasing the Cool Citrus Colored Rope Halter. Offering a variety of colors and pre-printed designs, the horse halter glows in the dark providing additional safety to your horse this holiday season. Available online through www.horse.com. Price: $7.99.

When holiday shopping this year, remember to include your family horse in all of your shopping considerations. From simple stocking stuffers, to holiday apparel and bedding, your horse will feel special during this holiday season.