Occasional ridges on the hoof wall are a normal fact of life for horses. When the seasons change the grass, a horse changes grains or supplements, or something disrupts overall health, the hoof may react by growing a ring. Ideally, you’ll see a ring midway down the hoof wall, with Read more…
Raspberry Leaf (Rubus idaeus) is an herb primarily used to help maintain normal hormone levels for mares. The active ingredients in raspberry appear to support smooth muscle tone in both the reproductive and GI tracts to help moody mares remain comfortable. How much raspberry leaf do you feed horse? Dosage Read more…
Nerve blocks, the correct term being diagnostic anaesthesia, are used daily by equine practitioners to accurately determine the site of pain in lame horses. Occasionally, the site of pain may be immediately obvious with localised signs of heat, pain on palpation and swelling of the affected area. Why do we Read more…
The Canadian Sport Horse is considered an “evolving breed” under the Agriculture Canada’s Animal Pedigree Act, which gives breeders the freedom to plan successful and competitive breeding programs based on genetics and demand. The CSHA is a member of the World Breeding Federation of Sport Horses. What type of horse Read more…
Horse Pain Relief & Arthritis Polyglycan. $85.99. Equioxx Oral Paste. $6.39 – $134.69. Methocarbamol Tablets 500 mg. $58.89. Equi-Bute EQ Paste. $43.19. What is the best thing to give a horse with arthritis? Daily exercise will help keep your horse active and comfortable. Being stall bound often increases stiffness. Daily Read more…
Reins are often laced, braided, have stops, or are made of rubber or some other tacky material to provide extra grip. Bit: The bit goes into the horse’s mouth, resting on the sensitive interdental space between the horse’s teeth known as the “bars.” What goes in a horses mouth when Read more…
Reserpine is used as a long-acting tranquilizer in horses. It is used to sedate excitable or difficult horses that are on enforced rest. It sometimes is used illicitly to sedate show horses, sale horses, or in other circumstances where a “quieter” horse might be desired. How long can a horse Read more…
In the stomach, feed is mixed with pepsin (an enzyme to digest proteins) and hydrochloric acid to help break down solid particles. The rate of passage of feed through the stomach is highly variable, depending on how the horse is fed. Passage time may be as short as 15 minutes Read more…
A horse’s chewing motion is normally not up-and-down, but outside-to-inside on a slant determined by the slant of the matching surfaces of the upper and lower cheek teeth. Repeated chews work the mass into a spiraling, cigar-shaped wad. Do horses chew? Chewing on objects is typically self-medication for the horse. Read more…
(idiomatic) Directly from the source; firsthand. If you don’t believe me, go talk to him and hear it straight from the horse’s mouth. It’s true. What does it mean when someone says from the horses mouth? If you hear something from the horse’s mouth, you hear it from someone who Read more…