Horse Health
Horse Health: What do you want to know?
June 1, 2010 · 3 Comments
I plan on posting more often, but I want to give you an opportunity to dictate what I write about. So in the comments section below give me your ideas, your concerns, your desires on what you want to know about your horse as it pertains to its health. It can be traditional or alternative, medical or surgical, nutrition, movement, lameness, dentistry, specific diseases or a general question. One rule is that I can not give advice on your specific case as in what you should do about your horse it has such and such problem. I can discuss in general a specific problem, giving you the best options... [Read the full story]
News
Budweiser Clydesdale ads did not make the cut for the SuperBowl
January 27, 2010 · 1 Comment
Image via Wikipedia Are you kidding me? The Clydesdales are not going to be in the SuperBowl this year? Those powerful iconic, I think of Budweiser every time I see one, Clydesdales are not going to be a commercial in this years Super Bowl! I understand that Budweiser needs to be very selective about its choosing of commercials especially when it costs about $2.5 million for 30 secs, but come on its the Clydesdales! They have had the best commercials – the horse football teams (who can forget the one with the sheep streaker), the little foal wishing to grow up and be one of the majestic... [Read the full story]
Nutrition
Horse Nutrition Protein: My irritation becomes your knowledge benefit
January 26, 2010 · 1 Comment
OK this is very irritating – one of my clients used my name to try and get the barn owner convinced that they need change the way they are feeding her horse. Now I would not have minded if the horse owner was telling the barn owner something that I believe to be true, but it is not something that I think is right for her horse. We discussed that her horse was still a little thin but was improved from the last time I saw the horse. We also discussed that the horse could use some fat supplement to help with weight gain without making the horse excitable especially since the horse is a Thoroughbred... [Read the full story]
Dentistry
10 Reasons Horse Owners Avoid the Equine Dentist
May 12, 2010 · 3 Comments
Image by pmarkham via Flickr Thanks to Dr. Geoff Tucker for posting a good piece on equine dentistry and trying to relieve some fears about it – EQUINE DENTISTRY – 10 REASONS WHY HORSE OWNERS AVOID IT I think my favorite is that some owners don’t know there are teeth back there. You would think how ignorant but it is true I have had clients look in the back of their horse’s mouth when I had the speculum on and be very surprised how far back their teeth go. Another one I like and have experience with is that some owners don’t like the dentist themselves. I have... [Read the full story]
Hoof Health
Laminitis (Founder) Article
May 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Laminitis is very painful so much so that a horse with it will barely be able to walk, and sometimes they will not be able to walk at all! For clarification, founder is a laminitis turned chronic. Laminitis is acute inflammation of the lamina which is the structures that holds the hoof to the coffin bone. One of the most famous recent cases is that of Barbaro, in which he had laminitis in his left hind foot due to breaking his ankle on the right hind leg. The pressure of having to stay standing on the left hind all the time caused the laminitis. Today I found an extremely good very detailed article... [Read the full story]
Saddle Fit
Saddle Fitters
March 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment
OK it is that time of year just before show season begins and just before you start gearing up to really put in some heavy training. It’s saddle fitting season. You NEED to have your saddle checked out, refitted, repaired and reflocked. This should be done a minimum of once a year and for you more intense riders every 6 months. So now the question is who would you have do this service for you? Not all saddle fitters are created equal. You need to ask for credentials! Most saddle fitting courses are only 2 weeks long, which is sadly lacking in the amount of knowledge to truly do a good job... [Read the full story]
Horse Health
Horse Health: What do you want to know?
I plan on posting more often, but I want to give you an opportunity to dictate what I write about. So in the comments section below give me your ideas, your concerns, your desires on what you want to know about your horse as it pertains to its health. It can be traditional or alternative, medical or surgical, nutrition, movement, lameness, dentistry,... Read more of this article
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy for your horse
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy is a viable alternative to drugs for the treatment of pain and inflammation in horses due to a variety of causes such as arthritis, surgery, and wounds. Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy or PEMF affects pain perception in many different ways. It affects calcium ion movement, endorphin levels, acupuncture point... Read more of this article
Performance Horse Movement – a Team Approach
A horse is built to move. In the wild a horse is a grazer and the herd moves several miles a day in search of food. We as humans use this to our advantage – in the beginning a horse was used as a mode of transportation, because how they are built to move. Today our recreational use of horses still is in transporting humans through some sort of... Read more of this article
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