Minerals And Electrolytes
Minerals and electrolytes in horses are elements (atoms) that are NOT carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. They include the macro-minerals of calci…
Category: Horse Care Topics
Supplements
I don’t believe in any supplement for horses unless there is a deficiency. With the exception of starvation, mineral and vitamin deficiencies are r…
Oral Cavity – Flabby Cheeks
Flabby Cheeks is the description of excessive tissue that lays in front of the first lower cheek teeth of horses. It is one of the three major reason…
Physiology
Knowing how nutrition works in the horse down to the cellular and molecular level is important. You may not think so or you may not feel capable of un…
Elbow Lock
A normal foal delivery has both front hooves coming out of the birth canal with about 3 to 4 inches difference in the distance from the mare to the fo…
Leading Foals
When a foal is lead anywhere, it is important to balance control of the foal with having the foal learn leadership. This is such an important part of …
Birth (Parturition)
I loved delivering foals. It is a miracle and also a pleasant challenge for me when they went wrong. Maybe not pleasant for the mare or the owner …
Normal Foal Behavior
Foals are very different than adult horses. It is very important that they be dealt with on their level which is an infant and not an adult.
Water
Most people don’t “think” about feeding water - they just do it. Water, along with air, is more important than food as removing either will br…
Red Sack Foal Delivery
The red sack foal delivery is really the premature separation of the foal's placenta from the lining of the uterus. This diminishes the flow of blood …
Nursing Foals
In every mammal, the baby nurses from the mother. In horses, it is an orchestrated event with fine points that amaze me still. How can an hours-old b…
Weight Control
I see weight control as two issues in horses. Either the horse remains underweight no matter how much they are fed or the horse remains overweight n…
Growing Horses
Foals at some point transition from nursing mother's milk to eating solid food. This is normal but sometimes some problems can occur.
Incisors – A Question From An Owner
A YouTube visitor asks me several questions about incisors and theories of equine dentistry.
General Dentistry – Parrot Mouth
Parrot mouth only affects the relationship of the incisors to each other where the upper incisors are more forward than the lower incisors and complet…
General Dentistry – Sow Mouth
Sow mouth only affects the relationship of the incisors to each other where the lower incisors are more forward than the upper incisors and completely…
General Dentistry – Speculum Injury
The use of the speculum is common in equine dentistry. There are reports of damage to the horse caused by them and this is one of those cases.
Sources Of Disease
Finding the source of infection and stopping it there often is more efficient than treating the horse after he becomes sick. This includes quarantine…
Tail Rubbing
Tail rubbing is common in stabled and non-stabled horses and the cause is simple as well as the solution. The frayed hairs at the tail head is evidenc…
Two Days To A New Horse (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. THIS IS A MUST SEE VIDEO "6 months before this video, this owner said h…
Worms!
How did your parents deworms you? Fecal egg counts, dewormers and natural control are discussed here. The cause of infection and controlling worms is …
The 2014 AAEP Convention
2014 AAEP meeting Salt Lake City, NV. Horses again discussed as objects without feelings. EOTRH bantered - no conclusions. Another disappointment for …
Calm In A Barn Of Six (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "Apollo, the nervous TB gelding that you thought was bitten as a colt s…
WARNING – This horse may kill you!
Remember Law 1, "A horse can kill you." Never be afraid as this is reflected in the horse. Follow a few guidelines and know that this can be achieved …
Integrity
Integrity is the quality of being honest. It is what we have at the end of the day. What is inside the mouth of the horse is unseen by the owner but t…
Who Knocked Out My Front Tooth?
A lost incisor from decay (EOTRH). I also quote a client with her description of how the horses respond to our Horsemanship Dentistry approach. We are…
Pull The Tooth!
Pulling teeth is the dentistry equivalent of the expression "Do something!" But is "doing something" always in the best interest of the horse? Abscess…
Kicked In The Teeth
After 35 years, I still get "kicked in the teeth" by people and professionals who believe in myths. They perpetuate these false beliefs in equine dent…
The End Of A Year – Tetanus In A Horse
This is a story about tetanus in a foal, a bacterial disease that paralyzes horses (and humans) killing them when they can no longer breathe. We vacci…
The George Washington Bridge
1 - the illegal closing of the GW bridge trapped us for hours as we crossed about midnight. 2 - the threshold of pain as it relates with dentistry. Se…
Is Horsemanship Relevant Anymore?
(Original April 3rd, 2011. Updated April 22, 2023) This year, 2011, celebrates the 250th anniversary of Veterinary Medicine. The first veterinary school was established in…
