You have a horse. You take him to shows (doesn’t really matter much what kind). Congratulations, you horse is now a “performance” horse. Look out. You are undoubtedly subjected to—or going to...
I’ve written a few articles about colic—myths, when to go to surgery, and such—and, with all that's been said, by me, and by many other folks, I think that there’s...
If you have your horses where they can hang out with their buddies in big grass pastures, good for you. Good for them, too. Horses are social creatures. They are very curious...
For every yin, there is a yang. I wrote an article on fat horses—here’s one on skinny horses. Skinny horses are the flip side of the coin from fat horses....
When I was a senior in veterinary school, I spent three months working in central Kentucky, in what-was-at-the-time the largest Thoroughbred veterinary practice in the world. It was just a...
Sometimes, you may need to deworm your horse. Happily, if you do—and you should find out if you do with a fecal egg count rather than just blindly deworming on...
OK. You’re convinced that your mare has behavioral problems because of her heat cycle. (Not sure? Read Part 1 of this series to brush up on that.) You want to do...
Somehow, some way, it seems like the common variety garden hose has become something of an indispensable weapon in the war against horse wounds. A good, firm jet of...
I am a veterinarian who limits his practice to taking care of horses. I have made my living caring for horses for over 30 years, including some of the best...
I don’t know if you pay any attention to sports like swimming, or track and field, but if you haven’t, the fact is that people keep getting faster. Records made...
There’s something that you need to be aware of in the horse world. It’s called “false precision.” Precision (true precision) requires that a specific action produces pre-defined and specific results....
There’s a curious phenomenon going on in the world. Some people assert that the horse’s hooves must be trimmed in a certain way, and the horse left without shoes. The phenomenon has firm...
Since their release in 2014, I’ve been following two drugs, Tildren® and Osphos®, both of which were approved for the treatment of navicular disease in horses. I am not really...
You had to know that if there’s a type one wound, there’s also a type two wound. Type two wounds are the wounds that make people nuts, probably because healing...
Recently, the horse racing track at Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, CA, was closed after 22 horses died in racing and training-related injuries. A rather constant question that I’ve gotten...
They say that there are two kinds of people in life—lumpers and splitters.* Lumpers like to put everything into one box. So, to a lumper, any time that a horse...
No matter what sort of treatment you choose when your horse injures a tendon or a ligament, the most important treatment will be time. TRIVIA TIME! Who said, “Time Heals All...
Horses are not picky eaters. I mean, they’re not carnivores, so they will generally turn up their noses at a good steak (although I did run into a horse that...
I hesitate to say this, but your horse may be fat. Please don’t take this personally. I’m not saying that you are fat. And I’m not trying to insult your horse. I’m...
