Posts Tagged ‘horse care’

Equine Cancer Treatment

December 19, 2015
Jenn Zeller

A new skin cancer treatment for horses has human implications. And I don’t know about the rest of you, but for those of you who love gray horses (raise your hand), I’m pretty excited about it not only from the standpoint of having my horses live longer, healthier lives, but the fact that it could […]

Hay Nets; A Great Way to Waste Less Hay

December 10, 2015
Lynn Kohr

From pastures to trailers to stalls, would you rather bed your horses in their hay or feed it? Until Hay Nets… as I unloaded my horses from my trailer, I found piles of hay under their feet, in-between their legs and all soaked in their urine and manure…unusable except for bedding and a mess to […]

Conformation First, Then Pedigree and Color

November 30, 2015
Jan Swan Wood

The following is one of those “just my opinion” pieces, so don’t get your tail in a crack over it if it hits a little close to the target. With that said, here goes. I follow many sites on the internet, both on Facebook and other sources. Most of those sites have something to do […]

AQHA Deadlines Approaching

November 7, 2015
Jessie Salter

Attention American Quarter Horse Breeders!  There are some important deadlines quickly approaching this month. AQHA Stallion Breeding Reports and AQHA Incentive Fund Stallion Nominations are all due November 30th.  Read below as there are some changes for Stallions that bred mares in 2015. The following is courtesy of AQHA: Stallion Breeding Reports According to the […]

Weaning Colts Part 4; Jill Lane Quarter Horses

October 5, 2015
Lynn Kohr

In my first post on weaning colts I interviewed Dr. Kohr of the Animal Medical Center in Gillette, WY. Following that I visited with Clara Wilson about her weaning techniques, and my most recent post was an interview with AQHA breeder Cheri Wardell. Now let’s hear what top breeder, Jill Lane of  Jill Lane Quarter Horses has to say about weaning […]

Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrahage. Aka Bleeders.

August 11, 2015
Lynn Kohr

Bleeders…What does that mean? Bleeders are horses, during high cardiovascular workouts, such as: horse racing, barrel racing, and pole bending, that can have blood appearing out one or both nostrils.  Or even just that the horse is coughing and very uncomfortable post performance. More professionally, a bleeder is known as Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage. Horses […]

Let’s Beat The Heat When Hauling Horses

August 3, 2015
Lynn Kohr

Take off the Plexiglas, open up the vents, leave the windows down…let the air flow through! Hauling horses in the summer has its challenges, especially in the middle of a hot summer day! Any horse covering keeps their body heat in, even mesh flysheets. For those hot, daytime hauls in the summer, fold up the […]

Hauling Horses, Part 1

October 27, 2014
Jenn Zeller

I’ve hauled several hundred thousand miles, just me, my dogs and my horses (and my dad, when I was a teenager). I started pulling my horses behind me, nearly as soon as I got my driver’s license.  As such, I’ve become quite adept at handling things that can go wrong when traveling, and how to […]