Horse products have come full circle from their beginnings, as more and more horse owners want effective, non-toxic products for their horses and the world around them. For centuries, horse owners used the world around them to groom their horses: everything from onions to clean horse hooves to rubbing their horse’s coat with clean straw to bring out the coat’s natural oils. Fly prevention wasn’t sprays but the encouragement of swallows to roost in your barn to eat flies. No swallows around? To bring them to the barn, owners used lemon and cloves to encourage them in.
As with all products in the modern world, many horse owners moved to using chemicals, which can be very effective but also could be harmful to the environment. As we have become more aware of our carbon footprint on the Earth, we also wanted to change our grooming and horse cleaning habits from harsh chemicals to cleaners that preserve natural resources and support a sustainable approach to horse care.
What makes a horse product all-natural?
All-natural horse products use a multi-pronged approach to protecting the environment. They use biodegradable ingredients, such as botanical extracts, and organic materials, such as bamboo and essential oils. All-natural products do not stop at just the product; they are often packaged in recyclable materials, thus reducing the number of items in landfills that cannot be broken down.
9 All-Natural Sprays, Supplements, Treats, and More
There are quite a few all-natural products on the market, but we’ve compiled a list of what we feel are the nine best sprays, supplements, treats, and more.
- Fly Bye! Plus Fly Sprays
- Healthy HairCare Citronella Horse Fly Spray
- Redmond Rock Crushed - Garlic
- Redmond Rock Crushed - Garlic
- Kelcies Pumpkin Spice Horse Treats
- Kahm Equine CBD Hemp Pellets
- Tail Tamer Belly Balm
- Sore No More Herbal Liniment and Bath Brace
- Healthy HairCare Sunflower Suncoat
Fly Bye! Plus Fly Spray utilizes revolutionary soy-based technology to create an all-natural fly spray. The unique soy formula, with added geranium oil a natural bug spray, protects horses against flies, mosquitos, gnats, and ticks. When a fly comes near the spray, it feels a molecular change in its exoskeleton. For survival, the fly moves away from the horse or the sprayed area.
Healthy HairCare Citronella Horse Spray is an all-natural fly repellent that effectively controls and protects your horse against pesky nuisances. Its unique blend of Citronella Oil, Lemongrass, Peppermint, and Eucalyptus essential oils is proven effective in deterring insects while conditioning your horse's coat and protecting them from sun damage. The formula also contains lanolin and other conditioners to help manage, add volume, and detangle your horse's hair. This multi-purpose spray even eliminates and prevents the growth of fungus on wounds, boosts the healing of wounds, relieves spasms and gas, stimulates and improves circulation, facilitates the healing of eczema and dermatitis, and reduces pain associated with swelling or tenderness.
Your horse will stay comfortable during the fly season with Redmond Rock Crushed with Garlic. It naturally repels flies and ticks on horses and delivers over 60 trace minerals and electrolytes to support better horse health and hydration. Bioidentical oil has the same flavor and organosulfur compounds as natural garlic but is consistently more bioactive and stable. Follow appropriate Crushed with Garlic dosage instructions based on your horse's size, and use only during fly season. (The product should be used for a maximum of 6 consecutive months).
Hilton Herballs contain no added sugars, molasses, artificial flavors, or colorants and are an all-natural and healthy way to reward horses and ponies. Made with wheat flour alfalfa, linseed, garlic, mint, oregano, and rosemary, these treats are also safe for horses with Cushing's, EMS, and Laminitis.
Kelcies Pumpkin Spice Horse Treats are low in sugar, starch, and carbohydrates. Each batch is crafted using locally sourced and natural ingredients, such as wheat flour, rice bran, beet pulp, soya (soy) bean meal and oil, pumpkin, coconut meal, linseed meal, dried cane molasses, kelp, turmeric spice, banana, salt, and anise spice. These treats are manufactured using a unique extrusion process to create a specific density and shape for optimal digestion and nutrition absorption.
Kahm Equine CBD Hemp Pellets are flavored to give horses an enjoyable taste and can be used as a daily supplement for your animal's endocannabinoid system. These all-natural pellets have at least 1% CBD and are great for pain management, stress management, and promoting a calming effect. The hemp used to manufacture these pellets is always grown in the U.S. using organic farming practices.
Tail Tamer Belly Balm provides a soothing, natural barrier against summer irritants. It contains aloe vera, citronella, beeswax, eucalyptus oil, and other natural ingredients. The thick consistency will not sweat off quickly, and the aloe vera helps heal bites and wounds in tender underbelly regions. It can also be used to deter pesky gnats and no-see-ums from ears and other hard-to-reach areas.
Sore No-More Liniment Spray is a top choice to reduce pain and inflammation of your horse's legs or body before or after exercise. Using all-natural ingredients such as arnica and witch hazel, which reduce muscle soreness and bruising, it can be used on sensitive skin, leaving any horse feeling great with a relaxing lavender aroma.
Healthy HairCare Sunflower Suncoat contains sunflower extract, which protects against dangerous UV-A and UV-B sun rays. Sunflower oil contains vitamin E, which acts as a natural sunscreen. This product also repairs bleached and sun-damaged hair.
As a horse owner, you do your best to keep your horse healthy and ensure they live in the best environment possible. Choosing horse products and treats that work shouldn’t mean you have to sacrifice your love of the natural world. Armed with the best all-natural products, you can help leave the world better than when you found it - for you and your horse.
