Pain, Behavioral, or Both?
Erica Larson
December 31, 2022
Often, a horse’s behavior problems are rooted in either pain or incomplete training. Here’s what to consider.
Often, a horse’s behavior problems are rooted in either pain or incomplete training. Here’s what to consider.
Keep dust to a minimum in arenas, barns, and paddocks for both aesthetic and health reasons.
On or off? Hot or cold? Lightweight or heavyweight? We’ll answer these questions and more.
No one wants to arrive at their destination and realize their horse has gotten sick or injured along the way. Follow these expert tips to ensure your horse’s safety and wellness while traveling.
The Tack and Equipment Group will review new and old kinds of tack and gather the latest scientific information about equestrian equipment.
Standardized helmet tests measure the equipment’s reaction to hitting a steel anvil, but equestrians usually fall on softer, less rigid surfaces.
An owner wants to know how to best prepare her senior horse for a move from Florida to Virginia. Dr. Chrissie Schneider offers advice.
This portable and cost-effective barrier comes in handy when managing pastures, traveling with horses, and more.
For some riders, bitless bridles seem to spare the horse’s mouth from hard metal bits. However, study results show bitless bridles can also cause pain and structural damage.
Poll pain can cause performance, behavior, and welfare issues for horses. Learn how vets diagnose and treat it.
A survey found riders’ helmets are often too old, well exceeding their manufacturer-stated expiration dates.
Here’s how to get your farm back to normal so your horses have a safe and comfortable place to, once again, call home.
Find out how to keep you, your prone-to-worry horse, and those around him safe.
Researchers investigated the degree to which boots and wraps impair convection cooling—potentially damaging tendon cells—during exercise.
Slow feeders and haynets offer many benefits for horses, such as metered forage intake, but can also create safety issues. Here are solutions to common challenges.
Fire remains a threat to equine operations worldwide. Learn how to protect yours from barn and wildfires.
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