First-Aid

Low bows are serious tendon injuries that must be taken care of immediately. Learn how to care for tendon injuries and what the prognosis will be.

Your horse’s feet are vulnerable to whatever may be on the ground, and a puncture wound can be deadly.

How well will your horse’s wound heal? Learn how you can make a difference with this expert guide.

Cold therapy (or “icing”) for your horse’s legs can treat new injuries, manage old ones, and help to prevent future ones from developing.

Learn the basics of common equine skin problems like rain rot, scratches, and sweet itch so you can move quickly to protect your horse’s health.

Precise application of standing leg wraps ensures the protection of your horse’s soft tissues for healing an injury or sweating inflammation

Learn how to lessen the risk of experiencing trail riding emergencies and steps to take should your horse become injured despite your best efforts.

A watchful eye and timely maintenance can help you prevent wounds. It’s worth the effort!

Learn about the underlying causes that may be the source of your horse's tail rubbing.

An owner asks about wound severity, the usefulness of ointments, and causes of white-hair scarring.

Here’s how to evaluate the relative severity of a wound while you wait for your vet to arrive.

Use this chart to add useful tools and gadgets to your equine first aid kit. Excerpted from Horse & Rider's Hands-On Horse Care, by Karen E. N. Hayes, DVM, MS.

Think you’ve seen it all? Just wait until you hear about the unusual things I’ve encountered in my equine veterinary practice—and what you can learn from them.

Review this list with your veterinarian for more information on how to provide on-trail first-aid and to see whether he or she has any further suggestions.

Recurrent Airway Obstruction, commonly known as heaves, is the most prevalent lung disease seen in horses. Horse heaves is chronic and can threaten your horse's long-term health and performance. Learn the symptoms and treatment options for horses with heaves.

It's said they can heal injuries, repel flies and make your horse's coat glossy. But are homemade remedies reliable--or are they recipes for disaster? We'll look at some homemade horse care remedies and see how effective they are.

Recipes for common horse care first-aid solutions.

How to treat the swelling on the point of your horse's hock, known as capped hocks, before your vet arrives.

Your horse has a wound that just won't heal. What proud flesh is and how to prevent it. From Horse & Rider magazine.

Veterinarian Barb Crabbe lists what to do when your horse is wounded on the trail. From Horse & Rider magazine.