Over the last few months, my horse has changed from a steady, reliable, and willing friend to a miserable grouch. He’s an 11-year-old Thoroughbred gelding that I have owned and used just for pleasure since he was seven years old, and I knew
We have show pony breeding stallions, and as of last year are doing almost all shipped semen. This year we are seriously thinking about expanding our business to offer semen collection and shipping services for outside stallions, which will
My mare has a particular problem with doorways, like stall doorways, small barn doorways, and even to some extent with the round pen gate. Big, wide doors are no problem, but with anything about four feet wide or smaller she will
The first urination in foals typically occurs within the first six hours for females and the first twelve hours for males. Like defecation, the first urination in foals very often occurs soon after the first nursing.
Do horses naturally hate pigs?
Do horses have the capability to think through a problem–something like unlatching a gate?
How young is too young to breed a colt?
Readers Respond
August’s Behavior column (article #914) sparked heated debate about euthanasia for horses with incurable panic attacks. This month we feature two readers’ responses and the author’s comments.
It was a
We recently had a foal who is now one month old. His mother has always been easy to handle in the cross ties or harness (she is a 20-year-old retired Standardbred), but is not a horse which can be caught easily in the pasture, and she isn’t
Can you explain how “sacking out” works and if you think it would work for my mare?
Mares which unpredictably savage a foal in this manner typically savage again if given the opportunity
How does a veterinary behaviorist know for sure something is or is not a psychological problem?
In our referral equine behavior practice, we frequently rehabilitate horses perceived to be uncooperative with one or more veterinary procedures such as injections, nasogastric tubing, genital examination, etc. We have found that straightforward
Dr. McDonell shares her thoughts on horses that rush out of trailers.
Why is it considered inhumane to have just one horse?
What does teeth grinding mean? I think there is a horse in our barn that does it sometimes.
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