Food-aggressive horses might escalate their attempts to ask for treats, like bumping humans with their heads, to more aggressive food-guarding behavior, one equine behaviorist says.
The BLM is seeking public comments on motorized vehicles and aircraft use in managing wild horses and burros on agency-managed lands in Montana and the Dakotas.
Making a horse property or business financially sustainable can be challenging. If you could use cost-cutting help, here are a few tips from two barn owners.
A swollen sheath might be a minor issue, but it also could have more serious implications, one veterinarian says.
The BLM said excessive grazing has degraded sage-grouse habitat and, due to a lack of forage and water within the HMA, an increasing number of horses have been moving outside the HMA, creating traffic hazards, conflicts with local property owners, and other public safety issues.
Although it can be damaging if fed improperly, starch can be an important part of horse diets. Here’s what you should know.
The 2019 National Equine Forum, scheduled to take place March 7 in London, U.K., will be live-streamed online.
Helping your horse with his post-exercise cooling process can impact how well he recovers. But cold weather cooling requires also guarding against a chilled horse.
In addition, the BLM said public comments are needed on the proposed update to the Fifteenmile HMA plan, which will guide management of the HMA and the wild horses within it for the next several years.
The U.S. Forest Service and Navajo County, Arizona, Sheriff’s Office are investigating after finding seven dead wild horses in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest last month.
The foal’s dam developed atypical myopathy in the sixth month of gestation. The foal, born at full term, was eventually euthanized due to atypical myopathy complications.
Ashley Furst, the American Horse Council’s former communications director, has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud after she embezzled more than $500,000 from the nonproft organization.
Last fall, Hayley Dieckmann and the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team treated horses and other animals displaced by the Camp Fire. Here’s a look at what she experienced.
The conference, scheduled for March 4-5 at Gulfstream Park, will focus on medication, pharmacology, and medication regulation in horse racing.
Recent study results suggest horses have specific facial expressions that reveal positive emotions akin to “happiness,” in a sense.
My 5-year-old gelding is very playful. Can I turn his playfulness into an advantage when I train him?
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