Health · 3 min read
Supplements and what I do for my horses at risk of laminitis
Noticing the early signs of laminitis After finding hoof rings on one of my horses last week, I sat down and ran…
Horse Care
Everyday horse keeping: paddocks, rugging, drought, summer care and natural living.
Health · 5 min read
Colic and Peritonitis: The Worming Mistake That Nearly Cost Me My Horse
Colic and peritonitis are both emergencies that call for immediate veterinary treatment, and both can be triggered by the same hidden cause:…
Health · 6 min read
Encysted Worms: Should I Be Worried?
After my recent posts on worming and fecal egg counts, one question kept coming up: “If fecal egg counts don’t detect encysted…
Health · 7 min read
How to take Fecal Egg Counts
How to Know What’s Actually Going on Inside Your Horse — The Fecal Egg Count Explained In my last post I talked…
Health · 3 min read
Strategic Worming for Horses: A Natural, Sustainable Approach
Are You Worming Your Horse Out of Habit — Or Out of Need? Here’s a question: when did you last worm your…
Articles · 4 min read
When Fencing Fails – and the Lesson I’ll Never Forget
When “Safe Enough Fencing” Isn’t Safe A few weeks ago, I lost my beautiful Arabian mare, Aria.Her death wasn’t from old age,…
Health · 6 min read
Horse-Safe Herbs & Shrubs
Healing Horse-Safe Herbs & Shrubs for Your Border Garden Growing a garden just for your horses beside the paddock or yard not…
Articles · 5 min read
Hybrid Horse Keeping – Equicentral and Tracks combined
There are many ways to achieve what you want and just as many opinions on what is best when it comes to…
Health · 8 min read
Amazing Healing of Horse’s Huge Flank Wound
Warning: this post contains some graphic images of wounds and blood. Keeping horses will always involve coping with injuries. This is one…
Horse Care · 2 min read
Insight To Equus by Tomas Teskey
A Holistic Veterinary perspective on health and healing. The equine world would be a better place if this 250-page color-filled hardbound book…
Articles · 5 min read
Aiming for self-trimming horse hooves
By Cynthia Cooper A self-trimming horse is a barefoot horse that wears their hooves naturally, without the intervention of tools to maintain…
Bitless · 3 min read
Would Your Horse’s Noseband Pass the Pressure Test?
If you use a flash or drop noseband, you may be surprised at the results of a recent preliminary equine study. Jayne…
