While traditional equine veterinary medicine continues to grow with new techniques and medications, sometimes your horse may need a little "extra"  help.  One you may want to consider is an equine chiropractor.

The horse’s respiratory system (lungs) provides much needed oxygen to assist with metabolism, while the circulatory system (heart) delivers the oxygen and nutrients to the tissues.  It also provides a way to carry off the waste products (most commonly carbon dioxide) created when the horse’s “engine” is running.  On the simplest level, the respiratory system acts like an air exchange – oxygen comes in and carbon dioxide goes out.

Horses have binaural hearing, meaning they hear out of both ears at the same time, the same as people and most other animals.  However, unlike humans who have small, flat ears, a horse’s ears are large and shaped like a cup.  These ears act like a satellite dish to capture sound waves and funnel them to the inner ear.  Because of this, very little sound is missed and the horse might hear noises that you can’t.  This is one reason why you may think that everything is perfectly fine, but suddenly you horse spooks for no apparent reason.  He may have heard something that sounded like a predator to him.

When someone says, “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth,” they are talking about the custom of telling a horse’s age by looking at his teeth.  It is possible to estimate the age of a young horse by observing the pattern of teeth in the mouth, based on which teeth have erupted. 

Horses, like most prey animals, have their eyes positioned on both sides of their head. This is so they can have a wide field of vision to watch for approaching predators. Horses have “monocular” vision, meaning that each eye sees things differently and independently. This benefits the prey animal as it allows him to watch his herd with one eye while watching behind him to see if anything is coming after him with the other eye.

It happens to all of us at least once.  Your vet retires or you move to an area that your current vet doesn't serve.  Now you have to find a new vet for your horse.  If you're like many horse owners, you'd rather find a new doctor for yourself than a new vet for your horse. A vet is your partner in maintaining your horse's health, so it's important to make sure that the vet you use is a great one. Do you know what traits you should be looking for in a great equine vet?

Whether you’ve been around horses a long time or you're brand new to horses, building your own barn can be a challenge.  Location, construction materials, stall types and amenities are all decisions to be made. Another big question is whether your barn will be for personal or business use.

Spring and Summer are a great time to own a horse and spend time riding – except when you’re swarmed with flies.   Here are some ways to help keep the fly population away from your horse and barn.

Preparing for spring weather means preparing for everything else that comes along with it.

With lots of rain comes muddy pastures and muddy horses. There are several months throughout the year when mud can become a stressful problem. In the spring months, rain can fall for long periods of time causing a monsoon of mud puddles. In the winter months when snow falls and then finally melts the ground becomes a muddy mayhem.