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Anna O'Brien, DVM

Ask the Expert: Stallion-Like Behavior

Q: My horse always seems to act like a stallion. He’s mouthy, acts aggressive and dominates the other horses, and…

10 years ago


Horse Health Fact or Fiction

When it comes to your horse’s health, old wives’ tales and other long-standing beliefs may mislead horse owners with the…

10 years ago

Sweet Dreams: How Horses Sleep

All horse owners know the familiar and somehow aesthetically pleasing outline of a dozing horse: one hind leg bent in…

10 years ago

If Santa Used Horses…

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. Those brown, fuzzy, antler-wielding reindeer Santa hitches to his sleigh every…

10 years ago

All I Want for Christmas

  The holiday season is usually a small respite for many equine vets—the winter months tend to be a lull…

10 years ago

Feeding the Hard Keeper

Ah, the hard keeper. In an era where overweight horses seem to be the mainstay of equine health problems—giving diseases…

10 years ago

Horse Health in Winter

  Most horse owners dread the unavoidable annual march toward winter, when sub-zero temperatures and frozen precipitation provide a myriad…

10 years ago

Horse Health in Winter: The Older Horse

  Senior horses are the most challenging to care for during the winter months. Generally, poor dentition is the reason…

10 years ago

Horse Health in Winter: Blanketing

  Perhaps the quintessential question of winter horsekeeping is, to blanket or not to blanket? If you decide to clip…

10 years ago

Horse Health in Winter: Grooming and Hoofcare

For your horse’s skin health, whether or not you choose to ride during the winter should not impact your regular…

10 years ago