If you have a large lawn you might well be tempted to graze your equine in the garden but beware danger lurks all around -
Hedges - many shrubs commonly used for garden hedges are deadly poisionous to horses eg. yew, Laurel, Privet.
Fences - garden fencing isn't usually suitable for horses and your horse might injure himself on the fence and / or break out and injure himself on the road.
Garden plants - the list of ordinary garden plants and shrubs that are poisionous to horses is huge. Did you know that irises are poisionsous to horses? What about magnolia or clematis? All poisionous to horses and commonly found in gardens. Are you sure there are no poisionous plants in your garden? You'll find a fully comphrensive list of toxic plants here.
Garden ornamants - your horse could injure himself on a garden ornamant.
Ponds - is the water in a garden pond safe for an equine to drink, probably not especially if it's been treated with various chemicals for fish.
Nieghbours - if you're grazing your horse on your garden lawn an un-horsey nieghbour might think they are doing you a favour by throwing garden prunings or grass clippings over the fence for your horse to eat. This could result in colic or worse.
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