Humans should pay attention to what horses have to say. Yes, horses do speak, with facial expressions and body language. The eyes and ears, in particular, communicate important information. Veterinarians often examine the eyes to determine medical conditions...
Horse-loving Anna Heathcote, 26, works as a communications officer and lives in Nottinghamshire, England. In November 2014, she was shocked by a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, after losing a great deal of weight over the former 6 months. At the time...
Malignant Hyperthermia, or MH, is a hereditary muscular disease that mainly affects Quarter Horses and the breeds that are parent with Quarter Horses. Horses who suffer from MH might not display any of the symptoms of the disease under normal circumstance...
Who knew that riding a sick horse can be hazardous to your health, even fatal? Such a freak occurrence took place earlier this year, the week of 21 February 2016, when an elderly woman from Seattle died under just such rare circumstances. According...
As the green grass turned to brown sludge, it became time to move the ponies onto their winter grazing. We said a final goodbye to Honey as she left for pastures new and immediately moved the rest to their new fields. Faith, as ever, fully investigated...
Strangles is a respiratory illness that is contagious for horses. The bacteria that causes it is streptococcus equi and the common name, strangles, comes from the sound the horse makes when it has contracted it: just as though he was about to stop breathing...
Every horse passing is unique, as there are many factors that could cause death at any given time. Horses may pass naturally and unexpectedly, they may need to be euthanised following a severe injury or lameness, or you may have to make the difficult...
No matter how well we take care of our horse, some day our beloved creature is going to have an injury or illness. I was still a pretty new horse owner when one morning while brushing my horse, I noticed a bump on her chest. It was about the size of ...
My horse was sore in legs, hooves, back and pretty much everywhere. She wasnt limping, but refused to walk. Of course i got the vet out and she tested her back, hips, legs and everything, she was sore but that was it, untill she got to the hooves. The...
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