Equine Parasite Management
If you have been paying attention the last year or so you have been hearing and reading that here in the US we have developed some resistant parasites in our horse population. How did we develop these resistant parasites? Well to be honest our deworming protocols. In our zeal to have a clean worm free [...]
EHV-1 Hysteria
Calm down horse people, all this EHV-1 hysteria is getting to me. As of today there are less than 40 horses that have contracted Equine Herpes Virus 1 from being exposed at a national cutting show in Odgen, Utah. Despite what certain news outlets are reporting it has not spread yet. Think about it there [...]
Horse Nutrition Protein: My irritation becomes your knowledge benefit
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 [...]
Advances in Equine Dentistry – really?
Some equine dentists would have you believe that they are really advanced in equine dentistry. There are equine dentists doing full mouth balancing, filling cavities, and even root canals. It seems legitimate, the dentist really seems to know what he is talking about, seems to be selling it quite effectively and is confident that the [...]
What Hoof Angle?
Image via Wikipedia I was at a barn the other day and they had a new farrier come in and tell them that all the horses need to be at a specific hoof angle. I was asked “is this correct?” My short answer – NO There is no specific hoof angle that every horse needs [...]
6 Basic Saddle Fit Points
Image via Wikipedia There are 6 basic key elements to fitting a saddle properly to your horse. There are actually a lot more than this but the 6 basic ones will get you in the right direction. 1. Tree Angle 2. Tree Width 3. Panel Contact 4. Gullet Width 5. Balance 6. Symmetry Tree Angle [...]
