In this episode, I review a recommended paper by the prime speaker of this conference called "Review of Considerations When Feeding the Equid with Ins…
I discuss how we get bombarded with contradictory information in horse care. To preserve our sanity, we tightly hold to what we believe, given to us b…
Over the past month, I have heard many great stories about how well the no-grain plus soybean meal diet works from my dentistry clients. However, they…
Several years ago, I asked owners with horses of verified age (papers or lip tattoos) to allow me to photograph the incisors. I shot the left and righ…
In this podcast, I talk about a variety of subjects. Some I have discussed in detail elsewhere, and some are new. These subjects include the microbiom…
I discuss how we can change ourselves in a way that doesn't complicate our life but enhances our ability to connect with those horses who would not ot…
Millions of scoops of grain are fed to our horses every day around the world, yet when I ask horse owners what they are feeding their horses, I usuall…
Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome, or EGUS, is being treated in more horses today than almost any other disease considered "routine." The advent of visual…
This episode goes over some frequently asked questions I often get asked as I meet horse owners. My answers are not based on scientific facts because …
In this episode, I go through an email I received from Africa with a connection in the state of Washington here in America. Their results with laminit…
Entropy means the natural and required decrease in energy, moving organized things into disorganized things and eventually ending in complete chaos. I…
My last podcast (#051) was about the infodemic we are experiencing in the horse world. This is where there is so much conflicting information about th…
This will be a podcast where I vent my frustration in my attempts to help horse owners help their horses thrive in a human world. All I try to do is g…
I go over some of the recent articles showing up in the magazines and news feeds for horse owners discussing 1) cavities in the cheek teeth of horses …
The top line of horses is the muscles along the back bone from the withers to the rump. It is where the saddle or load goes onto the horse. It is an i…
I report here on the safety and side effects of 4 different therapeutics used for specific
purposes in horses. These 4 studies were presented at the 2…
This is a review of what kind of wounds occur in the horse, what needs to be done about them and how to make them heal with the best possible outcomes…
I am on a path of revealing just how science works and why it is a well orchestrated drama to usually promote an agenda. I try not to be cynical or ev…
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) held their annual meeting last month and offered a section on the current state of equine dent…
Horse owners are facing a shortage of equine veterinarians if they live any distance from horses living in a dense population. The cost of a veterinar…
Sand colic in horses is defined as a blockage in the digestive tract due to the accumulation of sand. It is common where horses graze on land with a s…
This is the second part of a discussion I started in episode #030. I continue that discussion of relating the brain of the horse with the human brain …
This podcast discusses my experience with tens of thousands of horses and discusses what I have found in my observations and I compare this to what ot…
As a veterinarian, I have seen many horses with colic and as a horse owner, I have experienced colic personally. There is one thing for certain and th…
I review how insulin is involved in a response to nutrition as well as the roll of protein in the development of hooves. I believe that preventing lam…
Reducing the extra body fat on our horses is the best, if not the only, way to improve and eliminate metabolic syndrome. But is there a cost to their …
Dr. Tucker discusses a variety of issues commonly asked by horse owners and veterinarians. Specifically, myths are evaluated and theories are offered …
Horse owners want to do the best for their horses either because of the large investment in their purchase and training / showing or because they are …
I explain what a protein is and the amino acids that make up all proteins. Then I describe the two reasons why horses are chronically deficient in pro…
Daniel Dauphin is a horseman from Lafayette, Louisiana with a passion for training horses using horsemanship skills he learned from mentors. His websi…
Within the cells of our horses are power stations where fuel is converted into energy. Without this power station called the mitochondria, the cell an…
The equine veterinary profession is at a breaking point. There is little incentive for developing new horse vets. The American Association of Equine P…
The equine veterinary profession is at a breaking point. There is little incentive for developing new horse vets. The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) knows it and is putting together a task force to address this. Unfortunately, they are asking all but the people they should be asking - the horse owners. Their efforts to discover the reasons are long overdue and are probably too late.
I have been writing about the certainty that horse owners, especially those in rural areas, would soon be out of options for finding expert veterinary care for their horses. There are three reasons:
1) the high cost of receiving a veterinary education and the low return on salary (money competition).
2) the generational changes for the desire to have a “quality of life” in a profession with high personal time demands (time competition).
3) the demand of horse owners driven by agenda-driven companies for reactive veterinary care diminishing the observance of proactive, preventive horse care (bias competition).
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