The underlying message reinforced in the AWC lessons is the vital importance of conscious, responsible ownership as the key to the truly humane treatment of horses.
According to a Habitat for Horses news source, French police have conducted searches across the nationâs south as part of an investigation into trafficking of horse meat unfit for human consumption that was entering the food chain.
The percentage of deaths is much higher in horses - 90% - than it is in people - 33% - and there is a vaccine for horses, but not for people.
Horse owners and stable staffers may be reluctant to schedule farrier appointments in inclement weather, but equine hoof health depends on regular checkups, trimmings, and general care.
Anyone working with a foal, weanling, yearling, or previously untouched horse can benefit from Leier's new training video series on Horse&Rider OnDemand.
Horse's hooves may grow somewhat slower in colder temperatures, but they may also chip and crack under such conditions making farrier care doubly important.
Congress prohibits the sale of wild horses to anyone who will sell them for slaughter, but the fate of 'sale authority' horses is already difficult to track, and the new rule will make it even harder.
All body systems of the horse, including cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, reproductive, neuromuscular, and skeletal systems depend on exercise to remain sound.
Learn about the seriousness of Diarrhea in horses, its common causes, and why the treatment of Diarrhea depends on the cause and the general health of the horse.
 Read about over-reaching as a timing problem and how it relates to the horse's conformation, degree of fitness, fatigue, age, or improper riding, and learn ways to correct this gait pattern that can lead to injury to the lower limbs of the horse.