Hoof growth is a function of genetics, activity level, footing type and more. Many horses today suffer from a lack of hoof growth. What can you do? Dr. Deb Eldredge offers this advice.
Learn why measuring your horse's fitness using a heart monitor is important and how to use the information as a benchmark as fitness increases by keeping good records.
Learn how your horse's body adapts to the challenges of conditioning with incremental increases in intensity and duration, and how the horse's fitness and coordination improve in the process.
"FOSH is a national leader in promoting, supporting and protecting gaited horses, and its purpose is to provide information to the public about the humane care, treatment and training of gaited horses.â
âIt sets a terrible precedent not only for wild horses but also for the responsible management of our public lands by elevating commercial livestock interests over the public interest and federal law.â.
The overhang provides shelter for the horses from rain showers, bad weather and the baking rays of the sun.
âSubtle changes in your horse's behavior require your attention such as a horse at the back of its stall with a half-eaten breakfast when it is normally standing at the door waiting to go out after licking the feed tub clean.â
Home is sometimes not just where the heart is, it can be where the horse is too.
Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), also referred to as Equine Cushing’s disease, is one of the most common endocrine disorders in horses.
An edge in educating horse owners and stable managers on respiratory health is that so many people can relate to asthma from personal experience.