Annual Weather Survey for Horse Owners in the US

This survey below is gathering data on how the weather each year has affected horse owners in the US. It is currently gathering responses for 2025 and 2026. The survey is 49 questions and should take you less than five minutes. The results will appear as soon as you submit your answers. However, for privacy reasons. I am preventing the results from showing for 2026 until the survey has at least four responses. The 2025 survey has already reached that number. Bookmark the results page if you are one of those early three for 2026 and come back to see the results.

Please do not answer these questions if your horse was not in the US.

I am not trying to make any money off this. I am not collecting personal information, such as email addresses. The goal is knowledge.

I will shut down the survey if I notice bad actors attacking it, and I will delete all answers from anyone trying to use the survey to market something.

Please appreciate the amount of work that went into this and treat it accordingly.

Thanks.

1. Which year are you reporting on?

2. How many horses do you own?

3. In which state does your horse(s) live? You can choose more than one option by holding down the control button to select a second state, if applicable.

4. Does your horse(s) work or not? Horse works
Horse does not work
Some horses work, and some do not

5. Where does your horse live? My own farm or stable
Someone else's private farm
A boarding stable
A racetrack
Other
Mix for horses

6. Into what age bracket do you fall? 20 and under
21 to 40
41 to 60
61 or older

Which season of 2025 was the hardest? Answer for the state where your horse(s) spent the most time. Winter (January-March)
Spring (April-June)
Summer (July-September)
Fall (October-December)
No season was hard

11. Did any of your horses suffer health consequences from the weather? Yes
No

13. Did any of your horses get put down or die as a result of health consequences from the weather? Yes
No

15. Did you have trouble getting hay due to the weather? Yes
No

16. If you live in a state that is hot, did you use a fan or fans to cool your horse(s) in 2025? Yes
No

20. Did you use an air cooler(s) to cool your horse(s) in 2025? Yes
No

23. Did you use air conditioning to cool your horse(s) in 2025? Yes
No

25. If you used a cooling method, did your horse spend more time in front of the cooling unit or outside in the heat? Being cooled
Outside in the heat
Mix of both

26. Did you give your horse(s) showers to cool off in 2025? Yes
No

28. If your horse was boarded, did the farm or stable where you boarded allow you to provide all the methods you wanted to care for your horse? Yes
No
Did not board

29. Did the weather change how you trim/shoe or care for your horse's or horses' feet? Yes
No

31. Did winter weather make you concerned about getting a vet to your farm/stable if you had an emergency? Yes or no. Yes
No

32. Did you have an emergency and had trouble getting a vet to your farm/stable? Yes
No

33. Did your horse have any health issues during winter that you took care of yourself even though you would have called a vet, if not for the weather? Yes
No

38. Did you have trouble keeping employees at your farm/stable due to the weather? Yes
No
No employees

39. Did the weather make you consider getting out of horses? Yes
No

40. Did the weather make you get out of horses? Yes
No

41. Did the weather make you think of moving your horses to another state? Yes
No

44. Did being outside in bad weather to care for horses affect your personal health, physically or mentally? Yes
No

45. Do you think your horse was sad or depressed because of bad weather? Yes
No

46. Do you fear 2026 due to the weather of 2025? Yes
No

47. Do you question the sustainability of caring for your horse if the weather of 2025 continues into 2026? Yes
No

48. Did you have helpful tips for fighting the weather that you want to share with other owners? Leave blank if you have none.

49. Were there other questions you would have asked? Leave blank if you have none.

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