David O’Connor Awarded Pfizer Equine Industry Vision Award

David O’Connors continued reign of success – heres the article – David O’Connor Awarded Pfizer Equine Industry Vision Award
How does one man accomplish so much in one lifetime? He definitely has the keys to success – a Desire plus Persistence plus Faith minus Fear all multipled by Action. Look at his list of accomplishments in [...]

Streptococcus myositis – A Strangles vaccine reaction, part 3

Here we are back at the story of our little horse that was vigorous and strong only 3 weeks ago and now looks like it has lost 300 lbs, has a severe anemia in which the owner has given one blood transfusion, and has a fever that is on again and off again and has [...]

Streptococcus myositis – A Strangles vaccine reaction, part 2

Heres a continuation of yesterday’s story – A strangles vaccine reaction
So what happened next? The horse spiked a fever, the very next day; oh and not just a little 103, no it went big, spiking to 105-106 degrees! OK so now I am thinking this horse has an infection most likely shipping fever. The immune [...]

Streptococcus myositis – A Strangles vaccine reaction

I have been saying for years that the majority of horses do not need a Strangles booster. In fact, I have been telling people that many times the reactions are just as bad as the disease itself. Well I have seen my first case of vaccine induced Streptococcus myositis. I wish I could tell you [...]

A little information about EasyBoots

I had mentioned that it is important to have a pair of EasyBoots for your emergency kit. It is imperative that you have these fit to your horse before you ever have the need to use them. Well Karen at EasyCare & Endurance Musings made mention of this point on her blog. So I surfed [...]

“Street Sense” holistic Kentucky Derby Winner

You may have known that “Street Sense” won the Kentucky Derby. You may also know that he placed second in the Preakness and still you may know that he is not racing in the Belmont. But did you know this horse has been treated and fed in a holistic manner?
Carl Nafzger is Street Sense’s trainer [...]

Hay Shortage, Alfalfa and my soapbox

OK we all know that there is a possibility of a hay shortage this year, so there are articles coming out about what to do about it. Here is one Horse owners find ways to stretch limited hay supplies By Kylene Orebaugh that I read today and actually I am disgusted with the expert from [...]

The World’s Oldest Pony dead at 56!!

Sugar Puff, a Shetland Pony, was put down on May 25th after “complicated health problems” made him collapse.

He was 56 years old owned by Sally Botting of West Sussex, UK. This definitely a testament on how good health care can really extend the life of your horse or in this case a pony.
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