Whether you ride for pleasure, sport or work, chances are your horse will experience a leg wound sooner rather than later. Knowing how to care for and treat that wound with is key to keeping your horse healthy and performing its best. Perhaps the most important consideration before bandaging a wound is making sure that […]
Category: Care and Management
Equip Your Equine Emergency Kit for Summer Travel
Just like it is a wise idea to keep a first aid kit in your barn and vehicle, it is a good plan to keep a medical kit for horses with you while you are traveling. With summer and the busy season for shows, rodeos, and competitions upon us, now is a great time to […]
Feeding and Riding Tips for Summer Heat
What comes to mind when you think of an animal that tolerates extreme heat well? Probably something like a lizard, snake, or scorpion. One reason these animals can live in very hot environments is because they have a large surface area to volume ratio, meaning that they have a large amount of body surface compared […]
Disinfecting Your Barn
There are two main ways to prevent disease resulting from infection by a pathogen in horses: vaccination and disinfection. Here we focus on disinfection, arguably the most important component of disease prevention as vaccines have not been developed for all disease-causing pathogens. Ideally, stables should be disinfected on an annual basis. One of the most […]
