My 10-year old Paso Fino gelding consistently, and sometimes frantically, urinates on his hay. I have tried to place his hay where he can’t urinate on it, but he will try his hardest to get to it. Could this be some sort of “marking” behavior?
A few of our therapy horses are very mouthy. When they are in session and have a child on their back they try to nip at their leaders. We have a hard time correcting it because of the child. How do I help incoming horses not develop these habits?
Up until recently I have never had any behavioral issues with my 15-year-old Thoroughbred gelding. Awhile back he flipped out in the cross-ties with a new farrier. Since then he has been very upset to be shod in cross-ties. How can I calm him down?
I have a horse that I believe is displaying a form of self-mutilating behavior, and I’m wondering if you have
Do you recommend a particular method for efficiently helping owners load their horses under these veterinary c
Ever since moving to a new barn, my horse has developed an extreme attchment to the other horses and has a completely different personality. He has become pushy and difficult to work with. Should I move him back home?
A lot is asked of young show stallions, particularly when it comes to juggling performance and breeding. I wondered what your experience has been on this subject. Do you feel breeding can actually benefit the performance behavior?
(Editor’s Note: Dr. McDonnell answered a reader’s questions on her horse biting another in the throat in the March 2007 issue. The reader and McDonnell follow up on this interesting
Several months ago my gelding started having “tantrums” and displaying stallionlike tendencies and characteris
How long do the effects of steroids last after they are given to the horse?
I know horses like to “herd” with one another, but how close do horses have to be to feel comfortable?
Q: I would like to know at what age a colt could breed a mare. I have a 10-month-old colt that has been in with mares until recently, and I was told he could have bred my mares.
A: There are many
After several years of pasture breeding, we are having our first experience with a stillbirth.
Q: I have a 5-year-old headstrong mare with whom I have a good, solid bond. She works well on the ground and is a dream under saddle for me. She does not like strangers coming into the barn, and she counts my boarder’s farrier and
Q: We have a disagreement in our barn: How do you best handle immediate discipline for a horse that strikes out with both front feet or cow-kicks and knows better (not a young horse)? Those people in our barn who have Western
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