Horse Care Category
With the winter just around the corner we are pulling out the winter coats and also our horses blankets. And every winter comes the debate whether to blanket or not to blanket your horse. This year though has also come…
This is a Video of surgery that was performed on a mare with a hole in her head. This mare and her foal were rescued by SPCA. The video is so informative for anyone who is considering going into the…
Two emaciated horses were removed from a stall filled with 3-4 feet of manure. It is suspected that they lived in this stall for at least 15 years without proper nutrition medical care or farrier care. They were brought to…
I’ve seen so many horses who were so lame they couldn’t put any pressure on their foot, they were essentially 3 legged and their owners were panicked. Thankfully a lot of times they’ve turned out to be a hoof abscesses.…
I absolutely love this DIY Coat Conditioner and so does my horse! A lot of coat conditioners that are on the market contain ingredients that actually end up drying the coat and irritating the skin. There are some of course…
Mark DePaolo, DVM explains how stress can cause effects that can progress into Cushing’s Syndrome. We’ve known so many older horses who have been affected by this and thankfully it is treatable. A lot of horses are under so much…
[fbvideo link=”http://www.facebook.com/excelperformanceproducts/videos/693154190829398/” width=”640″ height=”480″ onlyvideo=”1″] This foal may have a future as a trick horse! He has already learned to groom his mama with a curry comb and she’s loving it 🙂 Share this on Facebook if you think this…
Nova and her colt Orion were rescued from an auction house and given a second chance at the good life! They were lucky enough to be rescued by Vet Ranch and were given the best possible care you could imagine.…
One of the scariest parts of surgery is when your horse wakes up after the surgery and tries to stand. It is not often a part of the process that people worry about, but it is definitely something that needs…
Very few horses are so aggressive that people decide to take the drastic route of euthanasia. Many times, something is causing the aggression and over time it can be fixed. In this horses case, his owners decided to euthanize him…
This Belgian draft had very bad hooves and when he met his new farrier Jorgen Briers that all changed. From the looks of this horse, his hooves weren’t the only thing being neglected. Jorgen worked with the horses veterinarian Leen…
There are so many different types of horse boots on the market that it can get really confusing sometimes! This is a great video explaining the different types of horse boots as well as the pros and cons of them!…
Jared Leclair shows us how to properly apply polo wraps and why they are done that way. He explains the pressure and how far down you want the polo wraps to go. I see a lot of people wrapping their…
This is a great video that was done at Pioneer Equine Hospital in Oakdale, California. The veterinarian is performing surgery on the nerves leading to this horses foot so that the horse will no longer be in chronic pain. This…
[fbvideo link=”http://www.facebook.com/226762704035116/videos/1053523774692334/” width=”640″ height=”480″ onlyvideo=”1″] SG Frozen Enterprise, better known as “Iceman” had a rough time at the Reining By The Bay horse show after he was allegedly poisoned (Click Here For More Info). Here he is at the High…
