The warm days of spring signal a return to the saddle for many horse owners.  Tack that was used sporadically through the winter is oiled, coats begin to gleam, and muscles begin to ache.  Spring brings long days, great riding weather, and a host of equine hazards.  Sugars lurk in the spring grass, viruses hide in the bloodstreams of swarms of mosquitoes, and our hemisphere tilts

We don’t like to talk about it.  It makes us twitchy and uncomfortable.  Our minds skim across it, delaying even thinking about it as long as possible.
Death.
Few of us are comfortable with the topic of death.  Even fewer of us know what to say to others in a time of loss, particularly to children.

While we’re here at Equimed, let’s talk equine meds: medications, pharmaceuticals – drugs, baby! 

“Dashing through the snow…” Come on, sing it with me!  “In a two-horse open sleigh…” Huh?  Two?

My husband’s favorite story from my years in equine medicine is also one of the most disturbing.  I was a few years into practice, but still optimistic enough to attempt a Sunday brunch with my family while on-call.