Managing the Changing Needs of Older Horses
…have included aged horses at the Kentucky Horse Park, reminds people to use their hands, not just their eyes, when evaluating a horse’s weight. “When considering the normal horse’s ideal…
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Prevention and Treatment of Respiratory Infections in Horses
…as young horses, aged horses, and debilitated horses, should not be mixed with horses that do a lot of traveling. They may be harboring infectious organisms even if they are…
Remember Age and Temperament When Horses Live Together
…a group elsewhere. Your two main considerations will be how many horses can safely fit in the available space and which horses should go where. The number of horses in…
Election Aftermath: Will Donald Trump Make America Great Again for Horses?
…go to have a look around–and be seen while they do it. Most of the horses Donald Trump has seen lately have been police horses. During election protests, demonstrators attacked…
Neglected, abused or abandoned horses: How to help
…and record the date and time you see the horses, and note any changes in their condition. • Give the authorities time to work. If a neglected horse’s life is…
Anhidrosis in Horses
…helped them identify the problem in their horses. “They know their horses like mothers know their babies,” Hall said. “If their horses’ ears twitch the wrong way, they notice it…
From Sour To Sweet: Solving Barn and Buddy Sour Problem Horses
…to leave the other horses and be left by the other horses. All these skills can be learned, but horses aren’t born with them-all of them must be taught. Horses…
Horses in Cold Weather
…dead or dormant grasses and weeds. Roughage, and that includes hay, actually helps warm the horses because it releases heat as it is digested. Have you noticed that your horses…
EquiSearch’s Ask the Vet: Horses in Cold Weather
…their horses are cold when they are cold. The horses in Vermont were all warm and happy with single blankets. If you do blanket, remember that a horse’s fur fluffs…
Cribbing: Why Some Horses Need Pacifiers
…it’s started. “The only horses I could cure were the horses that had just started,” Dr. Houpt says. That was by letting the horses out of their stalls and putting…