Helga Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir d\u00fdral\u00e6knir f\u00e6r h\u00fan reglulega til s\u00edn hross sem hafa slasast i hesth\u00fasager\u00f0um. Oftast leikur grunur \u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00feau hafi veri\u00f0 slegin.<\/p>\n
\u201e\u00deetta gerist s\u00e9rstaklega \u00e1 \u00feessum \u00e1rst\u00edma. N\u00fa er vori\u00f0 a\u00f0 koma, hryssurnar \u00ed hestal\u00e1tum, birtan a\u00f0 aukast, ve\u00f0ri\u00f0 a\u00f0 hl\u00fdna og komi\u00f0 er meira l\u00edf \u00ed hrossin. F\u00f3lk freistast \u00fev\u00ed til a\u00f0 hafa hrossin lengur \u00fati \u00ed ger\u00f0i. Vori\u00f0 er \u00fev\u00ed erfi\u00f0asti t\u00edminn hva\u00f0 \u00feetta var\u00f0ar,\u201c sag\u00f0i Helga<\/p>\n
\u201eHelstu \u00e1verkarnir eru s\u00e1r eftir skaflaskeifur. \u00deau geta veri\u00f0 mj\u00f6g erfi\u00f0 vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 kemur oft l\u00edti\u00f0 punkts\u00e1r sem fer \u00ed gegnum h\u00fa\u00f0ina og opnar oft miki\u00f0 \u00ed undirh\u00fa\u00f0ina. L\u00edti\u00f0 e\u00f0a ekkert bl\u00e6\u00f0ir \u00far svona s\u00e1rum og \u00edslenski hesturinn er har\u00f0ur af s\u00e9r og kveinkar s\u00e9r l\u00edti\u00f0. \u00dearna geta bakter\u00edur fj\u00f6lga\u00f0 s\u00e9r vel \u00ed hita og n\u00e6ringu og \u00feessi s\u00e1r geta mj\u00f6g flj\u00f3tt or\u00f0i\u00f0 s\u00fdkt. Oft tekur eigandinn \u00fev\u00ed ekkert endilega eftir svona s\u00e1ri fyrr en hesturinn er or\u00f0inn haltur e\u00f0a b\u00f3lginn og \u00fe\u00e1 \u00fearf a\u00f0 opna s\u00e1ri\u00f0 og \u00fer\u00edfa og setja hann \u00e1 s\u00fdklalyf.\u201c<\/p>\n
Helga segir a\u00f0 \u00ed slagsm\u00e1lum ver\u00f0i hross oft fyrir h\u00f6ggi. \u00de\u00e1 er \u00feeim til d\u00e6mis h\u00e6tt vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 griffilbeinsbrotna e\u00f0a b\u00f3lgna \u00e1 b\u00f3gunum. \u00de\u00e1 eru bits\u00e1r algeng, oft \u00e1 baki e\u00f0a h\u00e1lsi. Hestar sem ver\u00f0a fyrir einelti \u00fati \u00ed ger\u00f0i geta veri\u00f0 illa bitnir. \u00deegar hestar b\u00edta klemma \u00feeir mj\u00f6g fast og \u00fea\u00f0 kemur bl\u00e6\u00f0ing undir h\u00fa\u00f0. \u00deetta eru \u00fev\u00ed s\u00e1rsaukafull s\u00e1r og getur teki\u00f0 langan t\u00edma a\u00f0 jafna sig, ekki s\u00edst ef \u00fea\u00f0 er \u00e1 hnakkst\u00e6\u00f0inu.<\/p>\n
\u201e\u00dea\u00f0 er allur gangur \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed hversu vel eigandinn tekur eftir svona \u00e1verkum. Sl\u00edk s\u00e1r eru oft \u00ed n\u00e1ranum l\u00edka og valda \u00fe\u00e1 h\u00e1rlausum blettum. F\u00f3lk veltir stundum fyrir s\u00e9r hvort \u00feetta s\u00e9 eftir l\u00fas e\u00f0a a\u00f0 hesturinn s\u00e9 me\u00f0 h\u00fa\u00f0s\u00fdkingu. Oftast eru \u00feetta \u00fe\u00f3 \u00feessi klass\u00edsku bits\u00e1r.\u201c<\/p>\n
En hvernig er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 koma \u00ed veg fyrir \u00feetta? \u201eVi\u00f0 ver\u00f0um a\u00f0 gera okkur grein fyrir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hesturinn er h\u00f3ps\u00e1l og \u00feegar hann er \u00fati \u00ed h\u00f3pi me\u00f0 \u00f6\u00f0rum hestum hafa \u00feeir mj\u00f6g sk\u00fdra goggunarr\u00f6\u00f0,\u201c segir Helga. \u201e\u00dea\u00f0 er eins inni \u00ed hesth\u00fasi og ef \u00fe\u00fa sestur hesta saman \u00fat \u00ed ger\u00f0i. Ef \u00feetta er \u00f3kunnugur h\u00f3pur \u00fe\u00e1 byrjar strax val um \u00fea\u00f0 hver r\u00e6\u00f0ur, hver er undir og er einhver hryssa \u00ed l\u00e1tum. Ef hestar sem ekki \u00feekkjast og ef alltaf eru n\u00fdir og n\u00fdir hestar \u00ed h\u00f3pnum sem ekki \u00feekkjast ver\u00f0ur alltaf \u00f3r\u00f3i. Goggunarr\u00f6\u00f0in n\u00e6r ekki a\u00f0 festa sig \u00ed sessi. \u00deetta gerist til d\u00e6mis \u00e1 tamningast\u00f6\u00f0um \u00fear sem oft er skipt um hesta. \u00cd sl\u00edkum tilfellum er ef til vill best a\u00f0 setja hrossin \u00fat \u00ed hollum. Anna\u00f0 gildir \u00ed hesth\u00fasum \u00fear sem hrossin \u00feekkjast vel.<\/p>\n
Hryssur \u00ed l\u00e1tum eru beinl\u00ednis slysah\u00e6tta og \u00fea\u00f0 \u00e1 vi\u00f0 hvort sem h\u00f3purinn \u00feekkist e\u00f0a ekki. \u00de\u00e6r geta veri\u00f0 erfi\u00f0ar vi\u00f0 \u00f6nnur hross og \u00f6nnur hross s\u00e6kja \u00ed \u00fe\u00e6r. A\u00f0 m\u00ednu mati \u00e1 hryssa \u00ed l\u00e1tum ekki endilega heima \u00fati \u00ed ger\u00f0i me\u00f0 hestah\u00f3pnum, nema veri\u00f0 s\u00e9 a\u00f0 fylgjast me\u00f0 me\u00f0 hrossunum. Einnig getur veri\u00f0 varasamt a\u00f0 setja saman hryssur sem eru \u00ed l\u00e1tum \u00fev\u00ed \u00fe\u00e6r geta veri\u00f0 mj\u00f6g erfi\u00f0ar hver vi\u00f0 a\u00f0ra.\u201c<\/p>\n
Helga \u00edtrekar a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 \u00feurfi a\u00f0 fylgjast me\u00f0 hrossum sem eru \u00fati \u00ed ger\u00f0i. Ger\u00f0in s\u00e9u l\u00edka \u00feannig a\u00f0 hrossin hafa enga fl\u00f3ttalei\u00f0. \u00deannig er \u00fea\u00f0 \u00f3l\u00edkt \u00fev\u00ed sem gerist \u00fati \u00ed n\u00e1tt\u00farunni \u00fear sem \u00feau geta fl\u00fai\u00f0 undan \u00feeim sem r\u00e6\u00f0st \u00e1 \u00feau. Ger\u00f0in eru oft l\u00edtil og fl\u00f3ttalei\u00f0irnar engar og \u00fea\u00f0 er \u00fev\u00ed h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0ast \u00e1 hest sem \u00e1 s\u00e9r engrar undankomu au\u00f0i\u00f0. Au\u00f0vita\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 gera greinarmun \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed \u00feegar hrossin eru a\u00f0 leika s\u00e9r og klj\u00e1st, sem \u00feau hafa gott af, og \u00feegar \u00feau eru a\u00f0 farin a\u00f0 sl\u00e1st af alv\u00f6ru og h\u00e6tta skapast \u00e1 \u00e1verkum. \u00de\u00e1 ver\u00f0ur a\u00f0 skerast \u00ed leikinn.<\/p>\n
Oft er or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00feungt loft \u00ed hesth\u00fasunum \u00feegar komi\u00f0 er fram \u00e1 vor. Helga m\u00e6lir \u00fe\u00f3 frekar me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lofta vel \u00fat \u00far hesth\u00fasinu en a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta hrossin h\u00edma lengi \u00fati \u00ed ger\u00f0i, \u00fev\u00ed au\u00f0vita\u00f0 vilja flestir s\u00ed\u00f0ur a\u00f0 hestarnir \u00feeirra ver\u00f0i fyrir \u00e1verkum sem \u00feau eru kannski lengi a\u00f0 gl\u00edma vi\u00f0 \u00e1 besta \u00fatrei\u00f0art\u00edmanum.<\/p>\n
Algengustu \u00e1verkar \u00e1 hestum ef allt er tali\u00f0 eru a\u00f0 mati Helgu eftir h\u00f6gg \u00ed ger\u00f0i. Einnig geta veri\u00f0 a\u00f0skotahlutir \u00ed ger\u00f0inu, \u00f3n\u00fdtar f\u00f6tur, hvassar br\u00fanir, \u00feakrennur e\u00f0a anna\u00f0 og hross geta rifi\u00f0 sig \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed. S\u00e1r \u00e1 flipa eru t\u00f6luvert algeng og s\u00e1r \u00e1 ne\u00f0ri hluta f\u00f3tar. \u00dev\u00ed er nau\u00f0synlegt a\u00f0 athuga ger\u00f0i reglulega til a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 hvort eitthva\u00f0 s\u00e9 \u00fear a\u00f0 finna sem hugsanlega getur meitt hross. Hross eru gr\u00ed\u00f0arlegir hrakfallab\u00e1lkar.<\/p>\n
\u00c1 sumrin \u00feegar hross eru komin \u00ed gir\u00f0ingar eru skur\u00f0sk\u00e1r algengari, oft eftir gir\u00f0ingar. Sl\u00edk s\u00e1r geta veri\u00f0 dj\u00fap og lei\u00f0inleg og oft \u00fearf a\u00f0 sauma \u00feau saman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Helga Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir d\u00fdral\u00e6knir f\u00e6r h\u00fan reglulega til s\u00edn hross sem hafa slasast i hesth\u00fasager\u00f0um. Oftast leikur grunur \u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00feau hafi veri\u00f0 slegin. \u201e\u00deetta gerist s\u00e9rstaklega \u00e1 \u00feessum \u00e1rst\u00edma. N\u00fa er vori\u00f0 a\u00f0 koma, hryssurnar \u00ed hestal\u00e1tum, birtan a\u00f0 aukast, ve\u00f0ri\u00f0 a\u00f0 hl\u00fdna og komi\u00f0 er meira l\u00edf \u00ed hrossin. F\u00f3lk freistast \u00fev\u00ed til a\u00f0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,12,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hestamennska.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hestamennska.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hestamennska.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hestamennska.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hestamennska.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hestamennska.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":831,"href":"https:\/\/hestamennska.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hestamennska.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hestamennska.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hestamennska.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hestamennska.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}