"Despite the growing body of research into senior horses’ health, the exact causes of death and the most important diseases that older equids suffer from remain poorly documented." By Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc Thanks to improved equine management and husbandry knowledge, along with committed owners, horses are...
"Horses with flashy, white markings are more vulnerable to sunburn and photosensitivity because of their unpigmented skin." From: Nancy S. Loving, DVM Chrome. It enchants horse owners and judges alike, turning heads in the barn and in the competition arena. Many horsemen covet and some even breed...
"Offering physical protection and temperature control, as well as serving as your horse’s first line of immune defense" By Anna O'Brien, DVM Your horse’s skin is his largest organ. Offering physical protection and temperature control, as well as serving as your horse’s first line of immune defense,...
"Withdrawn horses exhibit similar signs as chronically depressed humans." From: Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA Withdrawn horses exhibit similar signs as chronically depressed humans. They take on unusual postures (in the horse, it’s a flattened neck and mostly backward ear position, with weight moved toward the front legs). They...
“The strong Brabant horses walk breast-deep in the surf in Oostduinkerke, parallel to the coastline, pulling funnel-shaped nets held open by two wooden boards." Nina Fedrizzi| Horse Collaborative At dawn the beach of Oostduinkerke is abandoned, the seas calm. There is little wind, but the air is cool. The only...
Despite being extinct in the wild just 20 years ago, Przewalski's horse is now thriving on the icy Russian steppes, according to a new report from the Agence-France Presse. Six of the highly-endangered equines are now living in the Orenburg Reserves, a group of six stringently...
The tallest living horse is Big Jake, an 11-year-old Belgian gelding horse, who measures 210 cm, without shoes. He lives at Smokey Hollow Farms in Poynette, Wisconsin, US. ...
Just west of Ukiah, a small town in northern California, live several wild ponies. They were originally brought to the area by psychiatrist Waldo Cook as a surprise for his family 50 years ago. Who wouldn’t want a trailer full of 10 Shetland ponies, he...
Residents at an Erina nursing home got a surprise when two draft horses and a cowboy popped in for a friendly neigh-bourhood visit. The pair of Clydesdale horses — usually more at home pulling a cart or ploughing fields than hanging out inside a nursing home...
Regal Regal is a handsome grey Arabian who thrives in a pasture setting and has good social skills w/people & other horses. He will make a wonderful Arabian pleasure horse with consistent riding. Learn more about Regal | http://www.habitatforhorses.org/regal/ Irina Irina is a pretty bay mare with lots of...