COVID CLINIC CONVERSATION
Calendars wiped clean. Face masks a fashion statement. Social distancing measured in feet not inches. I am waiting for historians and media pundits to...
26 August, 2020
Your Passport to Horses, Health, and History
An independent revolution in the equine publishing industry takes hold
An Independent revolution in the equine publishing industry takes hold...
19 August, 2020
Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours!
Three-quarters through 2020, or the COVID year, and our horses are in better mental shape than humans, I think! ...
19 August, 2020
Full Steam Ahead!
If dipping or soaking your horse’s hay conjures visions of wasted water, contaminated liquid, and too much time seeping away...
23 May, 2020
Soaking It Up!
In the past, soaking forage was a popular method to both decrease dust, allergens, mites, spores, and other respiratory irritants...
22 May, 2020
Time for a Quick Dip?
Dusty hay harbors allergy triggers. Low levels of these fine particles irritate a horse with sensitive respiratory airways....
21 May, 2020
Breathing Easy: Wetting, Soaking, or Steaming Your Horse’s Hay
Hay is the main course not the appetizer for many horses, but how can something as simple as grass that has been cut, dried, and stored for domesticat...
20 May, 2020
Senior Horse Care Basics Part Four: An Ounce of Prevention
Today, its common knowledge that immune systems in people over the age of sixty-five are more compromised. Advertisements for flu vaccinations, pneumo...
09 May, 2020
Senior Horse Basics Part Three: Long in the Tooth
As horses age, their ability to thoroughly chew and digest hay and grain may be affected. A tooth extraction, disease, or a dental abnormality like sh...
08 May, 2020
Senior Horse Care Basics Part Two: Kick Up Those Hooves
Osteoarthritis, the most common form of joint degeneration in horses, can stop an equine in its tracks. Indeed, sixty percent of lameness issues origi...
07 May, 2020