Horsekeeping

When you hear arthritis, you think the worst: long-term lameness and discomfort. A floppy-eared, slow-moving babysitter comes to mind as you consider your horse’s early retirement. In truth, many horses can experience bouts of joint inflammation, or arthritis, without it being career-ending.

Is your horse sending you signs that something’s wrong? Learn to spot and manage insulin insensitivity.

Do you know how rational balancers are different from traditional commercial horse feeds? Learn if a ration balancer might be beneficial for your horse.

Important health information about the potential role of probiotics and prebiotics in your horse’s digestive system.

Summertime poses special challenges to the health of your horse’s hooves. Here’s how to address your horse’s summer hoof needs.

Summertime’s heat, humidity, and insects can wreak havoc on equine hides. Here’s how to prevent or treat your horse’s summer skin problems.

Lame Horse? Here’s how to troubleshoot the problem and prepare for the vet if you have a lame horse on your hands.

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

Preventive joint care can help preserve the function of your horse’s legs regardless of the type of riding you do.

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.

Tack fit is critical to your horse’s health and wellbeing. Learn key checkpoints for his saddle, bridle, bit, cinch, and other core gear.

Grooming, stabling, and feeding are horse-care essentials. Take our Trivia Challenge to test your knowledge on the topic of horsekeeping.

Regulate your mare’s cycle to ease hormonal issues related to estrus or to schedule her breeding.

Find horse blindness solutions and learn to care for him in a way that keeps him safe from injury and happy to be alive.

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

Today’s deworming strategies target horses’ specific parasite loads while minimizing the development of dewormer resistance.

Here’s what you need to know about feed-through products that break the life cycle of those pesky flies.