Posts Tagged ‘horse care’
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Electrolyte Lowdown
August 4, 2021
Jolyn Young
Electrolytes. They’ve been a mainstay buzzword for years in the performance horse world. Professional competitors smile at us from the pages of glossy magazines and attest to how much such-and-such brand has drastically improved their performance. Online ads tell us we need to give them to our equine partners in order for them to stay […]

How To Hydrate
July 15, 2021
Jolyn Young
Temperatures are soaring, high temperature records are breaking, and the forecast is calling for many more weeks of hot weather before summer’s end. Active people like horse owners aren’t content to stay indoors until the weather cools down, so how can we safely enjoy outdoor activities? Hydration is one important piece of that puzzle. Drink […]

KrossCheck Leverage Device For Equine Soundness
July 4, 2019
Jenn Zeller
This Spring, I learned about a new hoof testing device called the KrossCheck Leverage System. My good barrel horse came up crippled after our first run of the year. I was devastated. Radiographs taken in Texas, where I was at, showed fractured side bones, and low ringbone. That vet wanted to inject the coffin joint, […]

Hollywoods Bandit Continued
December 17, 2017
Tiffany Schwenke
The spring of 2016, Hollywoods Bandit was finally two years old. Now he was old enough to start putting an few rides on. After about 3 rides we had another hitch thrown in… Bandit impaled himself with an upright brace of a gate. He reared over a metal gate and the horizontal bar bent down […]

Horse Care Calendar Part 3
May 11, 2017
Heather Smith Thomas
Your horse care calendar for the fall and winter months should look something like this: SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER – If you ride in the fall or plan to go hunting horseback, you will have your horse re-shod again. “As a farrier, I sit down with clients to figure out their year’s shoeing schedule,” says Nelson. […]

Horse Care Calendar Part 2
April 28, 2017
Heather Smith Thomas
Continuing with our horse care calendar, spring and summer are when many people are enjoying their horses the most. MAY – JUNE – “Horse owners know that horses need annual vaccinations, and might assume they can do it early and chalk it off their list of things to do, but that is not the best […]

Horse Care Calendar Part 1
April 24, 2017
Heather Smith Thomas
Caring for horses is a year-round task, and some of the things we need to do are seasonal. General guidelines can be charted by using a horse care calendar, yet you always need flexibility in a yearly management schedule. The management of a show horse (traveling away from home) will be different from the needs […]

Equi Vibe encourages faster healing for horses’ feet and legs, increases hoof growth
April 5, 2017
Wendy Greenough
In a previous interview with Terri Kissack, we talked about her gift of helping horses at Kissack Equine. In this follow up installment with Terri, we will discuss the newest addition to her program, the Equi Vibe. What is the Equi Vibe? I purchased an Equi Vibe Machine in June of 2016 to add to […]

Roaring Disease in Horses
April 4, 2017
Jolyn Young
Whether barrel racing, showing, working on the ranch or roping, all horses need an adequate supply of air when exercising in order to be healthy and excel in their sport. Roaring Disease affects a small but significant number of horses and can greatly decrease an equine athlete’s air intake and damage their health. Here are […]

Ranch Horse Tack Hacks
March 30, 2017
Jolyn Young
If you Google “tack hacks,” you’ll discover that most of the ingenious solutions apply to English riders. What the heck? We western riders also have cool ideas to solve everyday tack problems in a pinch! The West wasn’t settled by flat-saddle riders wearing velvet helmets; cowboys and girls are a resourceful bunch known to make […]
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