Dr. Peter Heidmann is Head of Internal Medicine at Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington, Florida. As a primary care veterinarian, he sees referrals and consults on cases in Florida and around the world. This is a Day in Life of Dr. Heidmann, as told to Sabrina Brashares. 6:30 a.m.–7:30 a.m.: Family Time/Morning Ritual I…
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Some decisions in life are never easy. For those of us lucky to have had horses or at least ridden most of our lives, there’s usually some kind of crossroads you encounter where horses meet real life. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try to rearrange your life, horses have to fall out of it. At…
Oftentimes in our riding careers, we lose touch with our beginnings and forget that little girl who fell in love with horses. Even if you began riding later in life, there is something so pure and innocent about our relationship with horses, we often become child-like in our enjoyment and appreciation of them. But life becomes…
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Anyone who has ever participated in a sport, especially competitively, knows that there’s always pressure that goes along with it. In order to be successful and win, you have to be disciplined, focused and able to deal with the various pressures from coaches, teams and the competition itself. The horse world is no different. We…
In honor of International Women’s Day, I decided to open up a topic that I’ve always been very passionate about: how do gender roles impact women (and men) in the equestrian world? Traditional careers in a corporate setting are regulated and hotly debated regarding this; equal pay incentives and non-discrimination clauses. But what about the horse…
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