My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
I’ve been picking ticks off of my horses for weeks. But this evening I found one on me. The tick was embedded and itching like crazy. I probably picked it up when I fed the horses this morning. Let’s face it, turning horses out on grass, riding in the woods, picking up manure in the […]
Read MoreRecently I read an article in http://www.thehorse.com, Injury Rehabilitation Underutilized by Equestrians, Researchers Say. Doctors at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta, reviewed the records of patients over 16 years of age that were admitted to the Level 1 trauma center from 1995 to 2005. Basically, they found that many equestrians are bad patients who […]
Read MoreA horse’s pulse and temperature are two barometers of health. As a horse owner, it’s important that you know your horse’s “normal” temperature and its normal resting pulse rate/respiration rate as then you have a baseline for recognizing possible illness or distress. Certainly one of the first things my vet asks me when I call […]
Read MoreTwice during the holidays I’ve read about dramatic rescues of horses. The first occurred in England, where an 8-year old welsh-bred blue roan mare named Steffie, fell down a well. She was rescued three days after she disappeared and despite falling 10 feet and going without food or water during that time, she appears to have […]
Read MoreThese days most of us carry our mobile phones with us all the time, even when we ride. Our most important numbers are stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves and maybe our close friends, knows which of these numbers belong to people who should be contacted if we were involved in an […]
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