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Horse General
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Don't Let July 4th Fireworks Destroy Your Horse's Emotional Welfare
The sight and sounds of fireworks can send a horse into flight mode, making it impossible to calm it down easily and a panicking horse can endanger his own life and the lives of people around him.
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Making Great Strides: 4-H Horse Project Members Spend the Day with Julie Goodnight
The young riders and their horses got help with challenges common to many equestrians, but two in particular stood out: An anxious horse and a horse refusing to go.
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American Association of Equine Practitioners Publishes Nocardioform Placentitis Guidelines
The insidious nature of nocardioform placentitis that can cause abortion, stillbirth, or delivery of a weak premature or term foal makes early diagnosis and onset of treatment challenging in clinical practice.
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Horizon Structures Series Presents: Let The Head Rule The Heart ~ Horse Barn Selection By Logic
In terms of a horse property, areas for service feeds such as water, electricity and possibly sewer, vehicular and pedestrian access, fencing needs and the horse barn itself all factor into the plan.
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Foundation for the Horse Offers New Innovation and Discovery Grant Opportunity
Particular interests for funding include musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, respiratory, and endocrine disease, lameness, laminitis, colic, and development of diagnostic technology.
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The Cost of Re-sedation (“Topping Up”) in Equine Power Dentistry
When deliberate under dosing occurs, the horse resumes vigilance, lifts its head, moves about, and needs to be re-sedated or "topped up" interrupting and prolonging the procedure, which adds to drug costs.
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Horse&Rider OnDemand Launches New Yearling Training Video Series with Multiple World Champion Anthony Leier
Anyone working with a foal, weanling, yearling, or previously untouched horse can benefit from Leier's new training video series on Horse&Rider OnDemand.
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Creating a Sustainable Stable While Still Saving Money is the new Educational Blog Post on Certified Horsemanship Association Website
Blog post details ways a stable owner can save money while providing sustainability for the environment with ideas to improve office space, water usage and your overall equine facility.
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Unclear is Unkind: Approach Training from the Horse's Perspective
Horses are always learning, and the more people understand how they learn and how this shapes their behavior, the more effective training is and the more responsive the horse is.
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What’s in a Whinny?
Horses don't have as large a vocal repertoire as many animals, but as a prey species, they are masters at communicating with body language.