Ergonomic Tack
Sharon Biggs Waller
March 1, 2008
How do you choose the tack that is comfortable for your horse and helps him remain healthy?
How to care for the basic health needs of horses
How do you choose the tack that is comfortable for your horse and helps him remain healthy?
Horse hooves aren’t created equal, which can make it hard to understand the healthy foot’s form and function.
Wellness care can result in a healthier life for the horse at a more manageable cost for the owner.
Instead of burning the flesh, freeze branding uses intense cold to kill pigment-producing cells.
My 3-year-old pony mare developed a purulent (discharging pus) head infection last summer and was subsequently diagnosed with a stenotic (narrowing) left guttural pouch, which required two laser surgeries to correct.
How do the worm infestations of horses and domestic pets, such as dogs and cats, correspond with each other, if at all?
Dover Saddlery will open a new store in Alpharetta, Ga., in late summer 2008.
The new 10,000 square foot facility, located three miles north of the Alpharetta Horse Park, will service the area’s growing equestrian market. From basic riding
To prepare for warmer weather, you should start getting your horse ready by checking his feet.
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) has funded a research project to study threshold levels and withdrawal times of four approved anabolic steroids. But the timing of the study, which should be completed by August, could make it
Horse owners gathered Feb. 20 at the SmartPak Retail Store in Natick, Mass., to hear a lecture on keeping weight on a hard keeper, presented by Lydia Gray, DVM, MA, medical director/staff veterinarian for SmartPak.
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The International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH) has a new podcast (a downloadable audio file) available on the group’s Web site as part of its Right Weight Road Show. The fat scoring podcast offers owners the opportunity to listen to
Thoroughbred racehorses with obstructed respiratory tracts due to inflammation of the arytenoid cartilage or failed tiebacks treated via unilateral partial arytenoidectomy–a surgical technique that resolves the obstruction–are likely to return
Danish researchers have been investigating a novel technique for evaluating joint disease. This involves the serial evaluation of cartilage-derived retinoic acid protein (CD-RAP) levels in individual horses as a measure of cartilage synthesis
More than 1,800 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “When do you vaccinate your horse(s)?”
The Equestrian Land Conservation Resource (ELCR) has joined the group One Percent For The Planet as part of its effort to raise awareness, provide useful information, and attract funding to help conserve land and preserve trail access for
Lacey is beautiful, full of personality, and very athletic–for a mule, that is. Her owners plan on showing their cherished mule when she is ready, but they face an obstacle that all owners of female mules or mares go through–heat cycles.
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