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Health: Natural / Holistic
Making Chestnuts & Ergots Invisible on Horses
Horses and ponies often grow horny protuberances on their legs known as
chestnuts and ergots . Chestnuts are usually found on the inside forearms and
sometimes on the inside hinds of horses, while ergots are the hard knots at the point of
the fetlocks .
In most horses, these horny growths... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Trail Rider
Lateral Flexibility In Horses
Question: I
have a wonderful, cooperative, 6-year-old Quarter Horse mare that was foaled on
our farm. I use natural-horsemanship training techniques. The only problem I
have is with lateral flexion. She just can't bend her neck around in either
direction, and she isn't getting any more... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Horse Journal
Taking Natural Too Far
It's
a beautiful image--a wild horse standing on a hill top, head up, luxuriant mane
blowing in the wind. Unfortunately, this romanticized, cinematic portrayal of
the beauty, vigor, health and soundness of horses in their natural environment
isn't necessarily always the case. They can and... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
Breeding Horses For Color
Genetic researchers are
discovering Nature's secrets for producing horses with tobiano , overo and
appaloosa horse breed patterns. Horse breeders are putting the recipes to work.
Horsemen and women have long
been fascinated by the various coat patterns displayed by the equine species,... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
Equine Herbal Treatments
Feeding herbs to
horses is rapidly becoming more popular. Some of these herbs are actually part
of the natural diet of a grazing horse and do not have much medicinal effect.
But other herbs have the potential for more drug-like effects in horses. We are not necessarily
recommending these... | read »
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from the pages of Trail Rider
Trail Riding Without Horse Hooves
Last year, my
friends, Mary Elizabeth and Dave, visited from Phoenix to ride the trails near my home. My
Paso Fino mare, Natalie, is full of spirit and fast on the trail. But my
friends' Paso Finos, Destino and Remolino, put Natalie to shame. They can gait
so fast, Natalie has to lope and... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
Horse Eyesight and Vision Health Care
Ever wonder how your horse's vision differs from yours? The answer is that your horse sees better in some ways, and worse in others. Because
your horse's eyes are positioned farther apart than ours are, he has a much wider field
of vision. Unlike school teachers, a horse doesn't have eyes in... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
Dangers of Bute in Horses
Bute, short for phenylbutazone, is probably the most widely used drug in
horses. Bute is an inexpensive, highly effective treatment for
inflammation and
pain that can be injected intravenously or given
orally to horses as a powder or paste.
However, like any drug, bute has its... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Trail Rider
Poor Saddle Fit May Contribute to Lameness
Poor saddle fit can contribute to your horse's lameness. My 6-year-old trail riding horse, Alegro, seemed slow, and I couldn't coerce him to go any faster on trail rides. Later he could barely move a muscle. Improper saddle fit can cause slight and gradual problems, and eventually lameness in your... | read »
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Health: Natural / Holistic
from the pages of Rodeo
Broodmares and foals
I often come up with a topic for this column based on something I've observed
in my practice. Since I'm recently semi-retired and just doing routine,
scheduled work these days, I've spent most of my time this spring at broodmare
farms doing reproduction work on the mares. In the course of... | read »
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