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Horse Health

Old Hay: Is it Better for Laminitic Horses?

According to Kathryn Watts who heads up Rocky Mountain Research & Consulting Inc., there is no advantage to feeding “old”…

16 years ago


Bandaging a Hoof

If your horse wears shoes, you've probably had one go missing at some point. Horse shoes often get stuck in the…

16 years ago

How Do Horses See The World?

How do horses see the world around them? Learning about how horses view their surroundings helps us better understand equine…

16 years ago

Avoiding Equine Dental Problems

Regular dental exams by a trained professional should be part of your horse’s health maintenance program. Young horses need dental…

16 years ago

Trailer Emergency Kit

Click the image above to download a printable version of this checklist. Dr. James Hamilton, DVM, coauthored Equine Emergencies on…

16 years ago

Video: How to Take Your Horse’s Vital Signs

Checking your horse's vital signs is an important way to monitor your horse's health. Here, Dr. Janice Posnikoff shows us how.   Read more…

17 years ago

Green Fly Control

Concern about the health of our environment is rising, and many horse owners are part of the growing contingency of…

17 years ago

Horse Deworming Tutorial Video

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17 years ago

Prognosis for Cow Hocks

Q.  I recently purchased a young horse that is cow-hocked. The conformation fault isn’t severe, but he’s not perfect. He’ll…

17 years ago

What???s Lurking in Your Hay?

Sometimes you get more than you expected inside a bale of hay. Anything that happens to be in the wrong…

17 years ago