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What's in the Bin? Nutrition for Young Horses
Here is what we are feeding our two new fillies, meeting all their nutritional requirements for less than $10/day.
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Jul 23, 20254 min read


Retired Performance Horse: Honour Beyond the Arena
Performance horses are often successful because they are curious, bold, and thrive on challenges and novelty. Even though their joints and muscles might keep them from the arena, that doesn’t mean we can’t stimulate their minds.
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Jul 16, 20253 min read


Shoeing in Historical Context
Use of shoes in different cultures throughout history and it's implications for soundness today
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Apr 14, 20253 min read


Hoof Shape and Thrush
Hoof thrush is a common bacterial infection that affects the frog of a horse's hoof, leading to foul-smelling discharge, and discomfort.
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Mar 2, 20253 min read


Understanding and Managing Laminitis in Horses
Laminitis, or 'founder' is a common and painful condition that affects horses' hooves, causing lameness and discomfort.
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Oct 3, 20243 min read


Reading Your Feedbag
Horse feed bags - from deciphering technical jargon to understanding ingredient quality. Reading information on horse feed bags made easy.
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Sep 15, 20243 min read


Preventative Health Care. Just Sayin'
A study of pony club horses in Australia shows that horse owners are avoiding non-urgent veterinary care.
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Aug 2, 20242 min read


Windgalls and other lower leg swelling in Horses
Managing windgalls and other lower limb lameness in horses involves a combination of treatments and preventive measures.
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Jul 18, 20243 min read


Are White Hooves Weaker Than Black Hooves?
It’s often thought that horses with white hooves are more prone to problems such as cracks, chips, and other hoof-related issues
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Jul 9, 20243 min read


Seedy Toe, or No?
Seedy toe, also known as white line disease, is a common hoof condition in horses. But does it come from the inside or the outside?
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May 8, 20242 min read


Smell Your Horse's Feet
Horses with hoof thrush can be very lame. We have helped horses who were almost put down for chronic 'navicular' that actually had thrush.
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Mar 20, 20242 min read


Understanding Equine Metabolism
A horse can progress from 'good doer' to suffering equine metabolic syndrome, to Cushings. 2 supplements at 10g/day can delay this outcome.
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Mar 10, 20243 min read




Hoof Care Products You Will Actually Use
Easy to use products to help horse owners take control of their horses' hoof condition
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Sep 26, 20234 min read


Dress Your Hoof with Two Household Products
Household products used as hoof dressing that make a difference to hoof health.
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Dec 17, 20222 min read


Spring! 3 ways to help prevent laminitis
Here are 3 ways that you can help to limit grazing without limiting movement.
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Aug 28, 20223 min read


Ageing a Horse by its Teeth, and Calorie Considerations for the Older Horse
There's a very common myth that horses grow teeth throughout their whole life. That's not true.
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Jul 29, 20222 min read


Is your horse overweight on pasture?
Being overweight, or even a healthy weight does not mean a horse's nutritional requirements are being met by pasture alone.
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Oct 11, 20214 min read


Why are you Feeding Your Horse?
If your horse is a healthy weight on pasture then what is the reason that you are feeding your horse more? A lot of clients are surprised.
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Aug 31, 20212 min read


Two Lessons about Horse Health from Wild Horses
By looking at wild or domestic horses that travel long distances over rugged terrain we can examine what factors contribute to soundness
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Aug 29, 20213 min read
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