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Senior Horse Feed; Senior Equine Feeds and Fiber

Putting the Brakes on Bolting

Anna Sochocky August 1, 2024

Does your horse devour his meals? Slowing your speedy eater at mealtime can help prevent issues such as choke and wasted feed.

What is Your Horse Trying to Tell You?

Karen Hopper Usher July 25, 2024

Horses’ body language and habits can tell you a lot about their pain levels, moods, and motivations.

Handling the Head-Shy Horse

Katie Navarra July 4, 2024

Determine why a horse is head shy, and then use learning theory principles to reverse the behavior.

Study Confirms Kicks From Shod Horses Can Damage Bone

Help, My Horse Got Kicked!

Katie Navarra July 3, 2024

Learn why horses get kicked, how to treat kick injuries, and tips on preventing them in this article from the Summer 2024 issue of The Horse.

Low-Stress Horse Husbandry

Natalie DeFee Mendik, MA July 2, 2024

From reinforcing behaviors to reading facial expressions, adopting welfare-friendly handling practices can improve equine well-being and human safety.

Introducing a New Horse to the Herd

Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA July 1, 2024

Follow these steps to safely and successfully add a new horse to an existing herd. Learn more in The Horse‘s 2024 Preventive Care issue.

Feeding ‘Hot’ Horses

Karen Davison, PhD June 24, 2024

Addressing your high-energy horse’s behavior using diet might involve some trial and error. Learn what you should consider before adjusting his feeding program.

Dealing With Equine Colic: Here Are 33 Do’s and Don’ts

Marcia King June 23, 2024

Do you know what to do–and just as importantly, what not to do–if your horse displays vague, mild, or serious signs of what might be colic? Your answer could save your horse’s life. Sponsored by Kentucky Performance Products.

Is Your Horse Hurting?

Nancy S. Loving, DVM May 31, 2024

Learning to read a horse’s facial expressions and postures at rest and under saddle can help you become more sensitive to detecting pain in horses.

Traumatic Horse Training: Can You Spot Abuse?

Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA May 30, 2024

When do horse training methods cross the line from accepted to abusive? Despite advances in horse welfare and behavior research, abusive training still occurs.

Identifying Foal Rejection

Ahmed Tibary, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT May 18, 2024

Foal rejection can jeopardize the foal’s health—and even life—due to failure of passive transfer of immunity or severe injury.

Why Does My Horse Dunk His Hay?

Clair Thunes, PhD May 18, 2024

Find out why your horse might benefit from a “dunk bucket.”

Motion Sickness, Trailer Loading Troubles, and Your Horse

Robin Foster, PhD, Cert. Applied Animal Behaviorist (CAAB), Cert. Horse Behavior Consultant (CHBC) May 4, 2024

Could motion sickness make a horse reluctant to load and cause him to scramble in the trailer? Find out what the research says.

Mischief or Malady? Pain Behaviors in Ridden Horses

Karen Hopper Usher May 2, 2024

Pain behaviors in the ridden horse can range from subtle rhythm irregularities to bucking.

Improving Welfare for Stalled Horses with Selected Nature Sounds and Music

Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA April 24, 2024

Researchers think certain sounds might reduce frustration behaviors in stalled horses.

Equine Stereotypies: Vice or Coping Mechanism?

Cribbing and Colic in Horses: What’s the Link?

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc April 6, 2024

After years of speculating that colic occurs more frequently in horses that crib, researchers have finally provided consistent data confirming this association.