Horse Health
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy for your horse
January 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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 stimulation, nerve regeneration, circulation, tissue oxygen, and even cellular metabolism. All these affects help reduce inflammation and promote healing. How does it work? No one really has a definitive answer but there are some good theories and... [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
Horse Dentistry: Removing a horse’s wolf teeth
February 10, 2010 · 1 Comment
Many horses have very small, vestigial teeth known as wolf teeth. They are very rudimentary teeth not even resembling any of the other molars about the size of a human’s baby tooth that are found just in front of the first big cheek tooth. Many veterinarians and equine dentists when they find these teeth remove them based on customary practice. However it may not be absolutely necessary to have these teeth removed. Looking at the wolf teeth and seeing how small they are, and when in their proper position, they should not interfere with the bit, it is hard to see how they can cause problems... [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
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
Horse Health Blogs
OK I have found 3 thats right, only 3 good quality horse health blogs! (well besides this one). I am sure there are more than these three out there but since I have not received any insights from my readers as to what else they might be reading I will go with what I know – In no particular order here are the three - The Jurga Report Equid Blog The... Read more of this article
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Budweiser Clydesdale ads did not make the cut for the SuperBowl
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Nutrition
Horse Nutrition Protein: My irritation becomes your knowledge benefit
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Purina Horse Food Recall on the East Coast
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