Category: Veterinary Medicine General Thoughts
Horse Owners Experiencing An Infodemic – Podcast #051 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"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 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Do Horse Presentations Confuse Or Help?" - I attended 3 equine seminars all with veterinarians discussing different matters: 1) “How Horses Think…
Why Do We Go To The Horse Barn? – Podcast #049 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"The Draw Of The Horse Barn" - Why Do We Go To The Horse Barn? Helping Horses Thrive In A Human World is what we do at The Horse’s Advocate. But wha…
Podcast #042 – A Review Of A Horse Magazine ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"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…
Can Horse Owners Believe The Horse Science? – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
Keeping Equine Practitioners In Horse Practices – Podcast #040 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"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…
Horses In Addition And Subtraction Of Science – Podcast #038 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"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…
The AAEP Discusses Laminitis In Horses – Podcast #032 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Can We Prevent Laminitis In Horses?" - I review how insulin is involved in a response to nutrition as well as the roll of protein in the development …
How Is What You’re Doing Working For Your Horses? – Podcast #028 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"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 /…
Houston We Have A Problem – Podcast #023 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"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.…
The Right To Prevent – Podcast #018 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Preventing Injuries And Disease In Horses" - As horse owners, we have a right to protect and to prevent injury and disease from happening to the hors…
Why Horse Owners Need To Understand The Parachute Study – Podcast #009 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Understanding Horse Science" - This was a parody published in a top medical journal to bring attention to the fact that there are few research papers…
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,…
Get Your Brain Right, Get Your Horse Right ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Cognitive Laziness" is how we interact with horses today. Through agenda driven medicine and marketing, I look at the collision of new and old.
The Death Of Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Horse owners say, “I just want what’s best for my horse.” This is code for “I’m overwhelmed with information. I don’t know who to trust.…
The Trouble With Dentistry As Seen By A Human Doctor ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
A popular medical doctor wrote an article "The Trouble With Dentistry." I apply his thoughts to equine dentistry, diet, cheek tooth fractures, lectins…
Disruptors ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
My Christmas Wish 2018 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
The 2018 AAEP Meeting – A Summary ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The shortcomings of the 2018 AAEP meeting. Doctors spending more time testing than looking at the patient. I don't hold back my frustration.
Honesty – A True Story ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
Horsemen, Surgeons And Equine Dentistry ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Within veterinary medicine are recognized divisions (surgery, medicine, ambulatory) and within these are hidden divisions. Do these affect horse owner…
Why Do I Bother? ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Attending the 2017 AAEP meeting offers the small but guaranteed chance of learning something that will last a lifetime. Here is one of those times fro…
Rhubarb Pie, The Orbiting Earth and Your Horse ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
Decay Of The Profession ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
The Best Interest Of The Horse ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Integrity is a trait assumed to exist in all professionals but they are only human. The stories here and my first hand experiences indicate the associ…
The 2014 AAEP Convention ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
2014 AAEP meeting Salt Lake City, NV. Horses again discussed as objects without feelings. EOTRH bantered - no conclusions. Another disappointment for …