All Blog Posts Tagged 'horse management' (6)

Feeding and Management of Horses During the Transition from Warm to Cool Weather

As the days shorten, good planning in conjunction with quality feeds and facilities can make the transition from warm autumn days into wintry nights a little less difficult for all involved.

One of the most productive ways of keeping horses warm and supply nutrients is to provide free choice, good quality hay. The heat of fermentation when the hay is digested by microbes in the horse’s hindgut is the main source of warmth for the horse. The heat is produced during the biochemical…

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Added by Equi-Force Equine Products on September 7, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

Equine Dentistry Traveling 105 Nights A Year REVISITED

A year or two ago I wrote this blog numbering the nights I spent in a hotel serving horse owners. It is not the end of August, 2010 yet and I have already exceeded this number. I am guessing that I will visit a Marriott hotel about 150 times this year.

September 11, 2001 - New London, CT - A beautiful…

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Added by Geoff Tucker, DVM on August 23, 2010 at 6:31pm — No Comments

trouble picking my mares foot up

i have just bought a fell mare who has never been shod and is reluctant to pick her feet up.After 2 weeks with me I have managed to lift both back feet and the near fore, but no way will she pick the near fore up.I have tried reward with the other feet which worked and now she will pick these up without reward, but still the near fore remains planted.If I lean my weight against her she leans even harder against me and lifts her off fore as if to tell me there is a problem with the near but not… Continue

Added by marilyn danson on August 22, 2010 at 9:49am — 2 Comments

Cortisone and laminitis

Just a warning about the use of cortisone shots in horses that are prone to laminitis. IMO don't use it. Our 17 year old broodmare had a severe bout with laminitis 10 years ago and is probably insulin resistant. She has had hoof problems for years though not another severe bout with laminitis since the original. We had her hocks injected with cortisone to treat inflammation that was… Continue

Added by Hawk Hill on August 5, 2010 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

LEAPING TO NEW HEIGHTS with William Micklem

Should you jump young horses? How young can they be to jump? Here is my home bred High Kingdom jumping a 1.30m oxer as a 3 yo. It is a glorious sight:…

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Added by William Micklem on June 11, 2010 at 4:30am — 3 Comments

End of week 1 in Germany

This week has been hard work! I am glad it is the weekend and we get a bit of a break, although we still had to ride once yesterday and do barn duty this morning, which is okay because the rest of the weekend is fun!

Yesterday (Saturday) after our riding and lungeing lesson we went back to Stall Ramsbrock, i rode the same young horse as last time, and then we went to the second property of Heinrich Ramsbrock which was where all of the foals and broodmares were kept and it… Continue

Added by kc on June 15, 2008 at 12:48pm — 2 Comments