Horse Health
Plan Ahead for Colic Surgery Decisions for Your Horse
Colic surgery. It’s invasive, astronomically expensive, and there’s no guarantee it will be successful. If your horse does make it…
Scratch That: All About Common Horse Skin Conditions
Believe it or not, skin is the body’s largest organ, so it makes sense that untreated skin funk can make…
The Retiree’s Workout Regimen: How to Exercise Your Senior Horse
The day may come when it’s time to retire your senior horse from riding, perhaps due to arthritis or an…
Project Rehab: Feral Ponies
It was obvious that the two little feral ponies wanted absolutely nothing to do with humans. They huddled together at…
A Lesson in Humility
The following story from our Vet Adventures columnist showcases lessons learned by a pre-vet student while doing ride-alongs with a…
Equine Veterinarians Leaving Vet Med
Veterinary medicine has many unique characteristics that make it both a rewarding and challenging profession. However, in the past 15…
Equine Animal Communicators Listening to Horses
When the performance of one of her horses began to slip, rider and trainer Sue Lyman called in an equine…
Building Your Horse Care Dream Team
Building your horse care dream team is a huge step. You’ve welcomed a new horse into your family, or decided…
Vet Adventures: A Mystery Disease
I pulled up to a large barn and there was Hans, a large draft-cross gelding, milling sadly around a hay…
Spring Conditioning: Get Your Horse Fit
There are many reasons for a horse to have some time off, such as resting up after a strenuous competition…