horse care
The Horse’s Mouth from an Equine Dental Technician
There are some things you can put off doing—I really should reorganize the tack room—and then there are things that…
Keeping Your Horse Barefoot
Some horses can go barefoot even while being ridden regularly, while others depend on shoes to stay sound under a…
Basing Horses’ Ideal Living Situations On Equine Behavior
All horse owners dream of beautiful barns, arenas, and paddocks, but equine behavior and welfare leaders are urging them to…
Horse Respiratory Issues: Management of Asthma and Other Disorders
Ask anyone with asthma what it’s like to have an attack and words like “suffocating,” “drowning,” and “an elephant on…
Treating Puncture Wounds in Horses
As many owners will testify, horses can find the strangest ways to get hurt. Sometimes those injuries involve a foreign…
Do You Need a Second Opinion for Your Horse’s Diagnosis?
Maybe one of the following scenarios sounds familiar: Your horse had a mild but persistent lameness, but you wondered about…
Nutrition and Care for a Horse in a Stall
After moving from Kentucky to coastal Southern California, my horse Artie had a rude shock to the system: He went…
Photosensitization in Horses
If you live in an area where sunlight is plentiful and horses spend hours outside, you’ve most likely seen white…
Anhidrosis in Horses
Anhidrosis is a fairly common problem for horses in hot and humid regions, but there is hope for keeping them…
Horse Grooming Tips
It’s a universal truth of horse ownership that the dirtier you get, the cleaner your horse becomes. There are no…