Fitness and Conditioning Blog Posts

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

In spring a young (or middle-aged) veterinarian’s mind turns to thoughts of …laminitis.  Green is a rare color for landscape in California, and we cherish those months in which our golden state isn’t – well, brown.  Rolling hills, lush pastures, fat cows, frolicking horses: what’s not to like?