I get a call from time to time to go to somebody’s place and help them with a horse injury or just to look at a horse that “just ain’t right...

Laminitis, also called Founder, can be a horse killer. Founder/Laminitis has come to commonly mean structural hoof problems involving a sep...

For those of you that have already found the new “contact me” feature and have sent me e-mail comments and questions – Thank you for your i...

The American Competitive Trail Horse Association (ACTHA) is a fairly new organization with the stated mission of “Providing an enjoyable ven...

Just asked this question the other day.......“When should I put a blanket on my horse?” As with questions in general and horse questions in ...

What’s the deal on Horse Hoof Supplements? Talk to Horse Owners, Horseshoers and Veterinarians and you’ll get conflicting opinions on whethe...

One of the pieces of equipment that a Horse Owner should have on hand for Horse Hoof Care is a Protective Boot for the Hoof. The protectiv...

Does any of your horses shake their heads, rub their ears on posts or fences, or otherwise make you think they have an irritant in their ear...

From time to time when trailering horses from one place to another you’ll have reason to tie up your horse in order to do things. You proba...

Be around horses long enough and you’ll see some horse tied to a tie rail too long (with too much slack), where the horse steps over the lea...

I have placed this post under a Horse Health Care title as opposed to a Horse Nutrition issue since the reason I give my horses Bran Mashes ...

It the owner's responsibility to make his/her horses safer for a shoer (farrier). The last thing a horseshoer wants is to get up undern...

A regular vaccinations schedule should be a part of any health care plan for all horses. In fact, many commercial and private stables or bo...

In our fast placed world we are often running from one task to the next without really stopping to think on the long term. No where is this...

I said in a previous post that sometimes I do not always clean out my horses’ hooves before riding them. I still check the hoof to ensure t...

The normal Horse has four hooves (that’s supposed to be humor). A Horse’s hooves, sometimes we call them feet, are at the same time both du...

Colic can be broadly described as intestinal problem causing a large amount of pain to a horse. There are many different types of Colic but...

One of the hardest programs to manage when I ran a large private horse stables was to get all the boarders and their horses on a routine wor...

When horses eat off the bare ground they easily consume particles of sand or dirt. A way to mitigate consuming sand would be to keep feed o...

Horse owners should be checking the condition of your horse’s manure to give insight into what problems the horses may be having. Manure sho...