There are about 825 species of tick in the world, and it feels as though all of them want to suck my horse’s blood. In areas like ours, where the winters aren’t cold enough to kill off these blood-sucking critters, constant vigilance is needed to manage tick populations and prevent tick-borne disease. As a result, …
I’ve been preparing turmeric for horses on and off for years. I’ve used turmeric for horses to treat digestive issues, sarcoids, sore muscles, and itchy skin. The results have varied, but for the most part, I’ve observed turmeric to have a positive effect on my horse’s health. My one mare’s diarrhea cleared up within a couple …
I recently decided to start clicker training my young mare and found myself hunting around in the refrigerator, looking for anything that might resemble a horse treat. While my Percheron cross, Pandamonium, adores bananas, they make a mess of your treat dispenser, hands, reins, and pretty much everything else! Carrots ended up being my horse …
My horse covered me in green slime this morning. After watching him trying to consume his breakfast faster than the speed of light, I ended up standing under my horse’s elevated head, trying to get a hosepipe into his mouth so I could flush out the offending blockage of food. It was one of those …