80,000 Horses Floated – Podcast #115 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"80,000 Horses Floated" - I floated my 80,000th horse this week since my first one in May 1983. I include horses I helped in training others and a low…
Category: Veterinary Medicine General Thoughts
A Perspective On Veterinary Medicine With Dennis French DVM – Podcast #068
"The Vet Crisis For Rural Horse Owners." - My guest today is Dr. Denny French, a second-generation large animal veterinarian from the midwest United S…
A Review Of A Horse Magazine #2 – Podcast #058
"Reading Between The Lines" - This podcast is the second time I have picked up a popular horse magazine, reviewed the articles and added my thoughts o…
An Iconoclast In The Horse World ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Tour the new home of The Horse’s Advocate This post has been updated and moved to our new private community. The content is still free,…
Can Horse Owners Believe The Horse Science? – Rounds With Doc T
From 2020 to 2022, we were asked to believe the science. The first question is this – What is science? Can it be fair? Can it be absolute? How is it…
Cognitive Dissonance In Horse Owners – Podcast #072 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Contradictory Information In Horse Care" - I discuss how we get bombarded with contradictory information in horse care. To preserve our sanity, we ti…
Crisis With Equine Veterinarians – Podcast #090 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"The Crisis With Equine Veterinarians" - It is a simple math problem, as easy as a homeowner’s budget. If more equine vets leave practices than ther…
Decay Of The Profession
An 80 year old client lost his mare because he could not get adequate veterinary care. The reasons are disturbing and reflect badly on this profession…
Dennis Brooks DVM, Horse Eyes and Veterinary Medicine – Podcast #060
"Ophthalmology In Horses With Dennis Brooks, DVM" - Dennis Brooks, DVM is an equine ophthalmologist with a worldwide presence established over 40 year…
Dentistry Effects On Nutrition And A Thanksgiving Message – Podcast #105 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Dentistry Effects On Equine Nutrition" - I ran across a brief article filled with so much misinformation about dentistry in horses and its relationsh…
Disrupters
I discuss what an "altruistic disrupter" is and how they can benefit your horses in health and well being. While not easy for the horse industry, it i…
Dr Belden Returns For Our Annual Thanksgiving Interview – Podcast # 142 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Horse Stories 1060 - Today" - This podcast is a special Rounds With Doc T with my friend and colleague, Dr James Belden. Usually, Rounds are for memb…
Entropy And Horses – Podcast #054 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Improving The Healthspan Of Horses" - Entropy means the natural and required decrease in energy, moving organized things into disorganized things and…
Equine Psychotherapy – Podcast #067
"How Horses Help Troubled People With Bonny Barry" - I talked with Bonny Barry of Equine Reflections (EquineReflections.org), a non-profit horse thera…
Florida Association of Equine Practitioners 2023 Meeting #1 of 4 – Podcast #101 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Treating Joints And Emergency Vets" - The annual Florida Association of Equine Practitioners meeting is in Palm Beach, FL this week. I review the top…
Florida Association of Equine Practitioners 2023 Meeting #2 of 4 – Podcast #102 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Injury Prevention And The Use Of Horses In Sport" - The annual Florida Association of Equine Practitioners meeting is in Palm Beach, FL this week. I …
Florida Association of Equine Practitioners 2023 Meeting #3 of 4 – Podcast #103 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Breathing And Running In Horses - The Science" - The annual Florida Association of Equine Practitioners meeting is in Palm Beach, FL this week. I rev…
Florida Association of Equine Practitioners 2023 Meeting #4 of 4 – Podcast #104 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Endocrine Diseases And Joint Protection In Horses" - The annual Florida Association of Equine Practitioners meeting is in Palm Beach, FL this week. I…
Florida Association of Equine Practitioners 2023 Meeting Preview And Other Things – Podcast #100 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Why Should We Believe The Experts?" - The annual Florida Association of Equine Practitioners meeting is in Palm Beach, FL this week. I review the top…
Get Your Brain Right, Get Your Horse Right
"Cognitive Laziness" is how we interact with horses today. Through agenda driven medicine and marketing, I look at the collision of new and old.
Get Your Brain Right, Get Your Horse Right (“Cognitive Laziness”) – Podcast #074 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Seeing Through The Marketing In Horse Care" - I am returning to podcasting after a 6-month break. I will tell you about why in the NEXT podcast. Inst…
Get Your Horse’s House In Order – A Magazine Review – Podcast #087 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Are More Horse Vets Coming To Help You?" - This podcast reviews a vet school’s economic impact statement and a special Equus magazine about the hea…
Hey Doc, Are You Listening? – Podcast #118 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Hey Doc, Are YOU Listening?" - Many people face difficulties in convincing horse professionals such as vets and farriers to consider alternative appr…
Honesty – A True Story
When the words of this man I met settle into your consciousness you will either be shocked or say that this is the problem with the world (and our hor…
Horse Care Old And New – Podcast #083 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Horse Care Past and Present" - How long ago is relative to how old we are. To a baby, yesterday seems so long ago. A 24-year-old may think they have …
Horse Owners Experiencing An Infodemic – Podcast #051
"The Infodemic Challenge To Horse Health" - This will be a podcast where I vent my frustration in my attempts to help horse owners help their horses t…
Horse Seminar Summaries – Podcast #050
"Do Horse Presentations Confuse Or Help?" - I attended 3 equine seminars all with veterinarians discussing different matters: 1) “How Horses Think…
Horsemen, Surgeons And Equine Dentistry
Within veterinary medicine are recognized divisions (surgery, medicine, ambulatory) and within these are hidden divisions. Do these affect horse owner…
Horses And Perception Management – Podcast # 138 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Who Tells Us What Is Good For Our Horses?" - This podcast provides two relatable examples of perception management in horse care: Is 24-hour access t…
Horses And The Road Less Traveled – Podcast #053
"Horses And The Road Less Traveled" - Feeding our horses as they have for the past 30 years is the “well-worn path.” Insulin resistance, Cushing…
Horses And The Web Of Influence – Podcast #055
"Solving Horse Problems Globally" - In this episode, I go through an email I received from Africa with a connection in the state of Washington here in…
Horses In Addition And Subtraction Of Science – Podcast #038
"Is Science Failing Our Horses?" - Today’s podcast will look at the complexities of the art of scientific research and how it is being manipulated b…
Houston We Have A Problem – Podcast #023
"Where Did All the Horse Vets Go?" - The equine veterinary profession is at a breaking point. There is little incentive for developing new horse vets.…
How Is What You’re Doing Working For Your Horses? – Podcast #028
"Getting The Basics Right" - Horse owners want to do the best for their horses either because of the large investment in their purchase and training /…
I Want To Do The Best For My Horses
Horse owners are experiencing an information overload. It is not only with our horses but with just about every subject of interest to us. In…
Integrative Medicine With Dr Marty Goldstein – Podcast #085 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
""The Dog Doc" on Integrative Medicine With Horses" - Dr. Martin Goldstein is known as "Dr. Marty" and "The Dog Doc." He earned his veterinary degree …
Integrity In Veterinary Medicine – Podcast # 140 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Should Veterinarians Do More Than Just FIX?" - Forgive me as I rant about veterinary care. This week, I experienced or heard of four events between ve…
Is Passion Missing In Veterinarians Today? – Podcast #093 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Is It Worth Becoming A Horse Vet?" - Veterinary medicine is a calling, a passion, that drives people to do extraordinary things, such as commit to he…
Is What We’re Being Taught Correct?- -Podcast #065
"Are We Getting The Right Info For Our Horses?" - Horse owners are overwhelmed with conflicting “facts” about the care of their horses. Yet, an un…
Keeping Equine Practitioners In Horse Practices – Podcast #040
"50% Of New Grads Quit! Why?" - Horse owners are facing a shortage of equine veterinarians if they live any distance from horses living in a dense pop…
Mission Statement – Podcast #066
"Surviving Or Thriving?" - Horses thriving is open to interpretation, but as we look at our horses, we all see the difference between thriving and exi…
More New Vets But Less Horse Vets – Podcast # 139 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Will New Vets Become Horse Vets?" - Over the next ten years, thirteen new vet schools will be built and accredited by the AVMA to teach and add 55,00…
My Christmas Wish 2018
Root causes of horse diseases. How food triggers genetic disease expression. We need to start advocating for horses and not how marketing is telling u…
Podcast #042 – A Review Of A Horse Magazine
"Be Critical Of Information For Your Horse" - I am on a path of revealing just how science works and why it is a well orchestrated drama to usually pr…
Rhubarb Pie, The Orbiting Earth and Your Horse
Our beliefs are based on what we've been taught by trusted sources. But is the knowledge we gain from mentors with no experience or with agendas reall…
Scientific Studies, Marketing, and Horse Care – Podcast #095 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"What Is "Clinically Meaningful" In Horse Studies?" - In this podcast, I explain in easy terms how a thought becomes a study and how the results are a…
Should Non-veterinarians Be Allowed To Float Horse Teeth? – Podcast #126 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Vet vs Non-Vet" - There is a turf war between veterinarians and non-veterinarians, both wanting to provide horses with preventive dental care. It sta…
Should We Listen To Horse Education? – Podcast # 144 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Podcast # 144 - Should We Listen To Horse Education? - Who do you believe? Is it the person with credentials or the person with experience? Maybe neit…
Since The Days Of The Romans – Chapters 11 and 12 – Podcast #088 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"The Making Of A Horse Vet - Part 6" - This podcast is chapters eleven and twelve of my autobiography, Since The Days Of The Romans - My Journey Of …