Considerations for a Horse’s Healthy Retirement
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
September 9, 2025
Experts describe how to help horses experience a comfortable and healthy retirement.
Experts describe how to help horses experience a comfortable and healthy retirement.
One’s designed to be the horse’s whole diet, while the other is meant to complement his forage ration. Which is best for your horse?
Many senior horses remain active into their later years. Adjusting nutrition—opting for quality protein, fiber, fat, and antioxidants—supports health and performance.
Maintain an exercise regimen, address your horse’s weight, and explore medication options to help keep your senior horse sound. Three Penn Vet experts explain why.
Follow these expert tips to correct common feeding mistakes and improve your horse’s gut health and overall well-being.
Learn the early signs of equine arthritis and why prompt veterinary care can help protect your horse’s joints and mobility. Sponsored by American Regent Animal Health.
Researchers say long-term use of this NSAID in horses does not have clinically significant negative effects on bloodwork.
Vegetable- and marine-based sources can provide your horse with essential omega-3 fatty acids. Consider these factors when choosing an omega-3 supplement for your horse.
Learn how osteoarthritis can affect a horse’s comfort lying down and getting up in this Ask TheHorse Live excerpt.
A veterinarian answers a reader’s question on why some horses have runny manure certain times of the year.
Keeping horses with arthritis moving can support joint mobility and long-term comfort. One expert shares some exercises to try.
Dr. Howland Mansfield answers a listener question about the connection between equine metabolic problems, such as PPID, and hind-limb lameness.
Research and advancements are improving our understanding of how water exercise benefits both healthy and rehabbing horses.
Learn how horses go from metabolic to laminitic and ways to manage them.
Learn about the common causes of equine hind-limb lameness and how veterinarians diagnose and treat them.
Read top tips and tricks for medicating your horse with everything from antibiotics and anti-inflammatory tablets to anti-ulcer pastes and deworming medications.
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