"Breaking The Nutrition Rules In Horses" - Every day someone asks me about feeding their horses. For me it has become simple only because I have repea…
"Do Horses Get Cavities?" - I go over some of the recent articles showing up in the magazines and news feeds for horse owners discussing 1) cavities i…
"Is My Horse's Top Line Good?" - The top line of horses is the muscles along the back bone from the withers to the rump. It is where the saddle or loa…
"Are Horse Medicines Safe?" - I report here on the safety and side effects of 4 different therapeutics used for specific
purposes in horses. These 4 s…
"Helping Your Horse Heal Wounds: - 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 h…
"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…
"Advanced Equine Dentistry - You Be The Judge" - The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) held their annual meeting last month and offe…
"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…
"Why Can Any Horse Get Sand Colic?" - Sand colic in horses is defined as a blockage in the digestive tract due to the accumulation of sand. It is comm…
"What If We Are Feeding Our Horses Wrong?" - I just finished half of an old book on feeding the horse written by a professor of nutrition. It is calle…
"Endocrine Diseases In Horses" - I attended a Zoom meeting hosted by the FVMA with the presenter Dr Jane Manfredi of Michigan State.The title of her t…
"3-Dimensional Communication With Horses - Part 2" - This is the second part of a discussion I started in episode #030. I continue that discussion of …
"Can Horses Have TMJ?" - This podcast discusses my experience with tens of thousands of horses and discusses what I have found in my observations and …
"What Can You Do About Colic In Horses?" - As a veterinarian, I have seen many horses with colic and as a horse owner, I have experienced colic person…
"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 …
"Should I Soak Hay For My Horse?" - Reducing the extra body fat on our horses is the best, if not the only, way to improve and eliminate metabolic syn…
"3-Dimensional Communication With Horses" - This podcast discusses how our brain works based on the experiences of Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. in her boo…
"Common Questions In Equine Dentistry" - Dr. Tucker discusses a variety of issues commonly asked by horse owners and veterinarians. Specifically, myth…
"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 /…
"How Much Protein Should Your Horse Eat?" - I explain what a protein is and the amino acids that make up all proteins. Then I describe the two reasons…
"Becoming A Better Horseman" - Daniel Dauphin is a horseman from Lafayette, Louisiana with a passion for training horses using horsemanship skills he …
"The Mighty Mitochondria Of Horses" - Within the cells of our horses are power stations where fuel is converted into energy. Without this power statio…
"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.…
" Geoff Tucker, DVM On Parasites And Liver Disease" - I attended two meetings recently. One was about parasites in horses and was worth revisiting for…
"Gut Health In Horses" - I attended a conference called the EquiSummit produced by a major manufacturer of horse feed components and sponsored by the …
"Feeding Competition Horses" - Most horses are used for strenuous competition and we would think that they need to be feed differently from retired ho…
"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…
"Immunology And Disease History In Horses" - This is not your average discussion about what to vaccinate your horses with. That would be a discussion …
"The Threshold Of Pain In Horses" - There is a point where the pain we are experiencing is beyond our ability to control our reaction to it. This poin…
"Building A Good Relationship With Your Horse" - Horses are like humans in the way they express themselves as blends of four basic personalities. When…
"How Do Horses Sleep vs Humans?" - Sleep is something every animal on the planet does including insects, birds, fish, aquatic mammals, you, me and our…
"Fight Or Flight - How Horses React To You" - Doc T discusses the portions of the brain responsible for the horses identifying danger, analyzing the t…
"Understanding Medications In Horses" - There are 3 very basic classes of medications in horses that I want to describe today to help horse owners und…
"Physics And Horses" - Physics is a collection of laws that control how things work in this world. They have no allegiance to a country, religion or e…
"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…
"Insulin Sensitivity In Horses" - Equine endocrinology is a deep and complicated subject but in this podcast, Geoff Tucker, DVM (Doc T) reports on a w…
"Asthma In Horses" - Equine asthma is similar to human asthma based on several factors that have now been associated with this lung disorder in horses…
"Calcium And Phosphorus In Horse Feed?" - Calcium (Ca) and Phosphorus (P) are two of the most plentiful minerals in your horse and are required for bo…
"Horses On Spring Grass?" - Every horse owner fears the green grass of spring if they have ever had a case of laminitis. In this episode I review an a…
"When Should Horse Teeth Be Floated?" - The frequency of floating a horse is variable and is related to the individual horse. Often, we think of preve…
"Cushing's Disease In Horses" - The pituitary is a small gland at the bottom of the brain that regulates so many hormones in the horse. Without it, th…
"Carbohydrate Dependency In Horses" - What is carbohydrate (sugar) dependency in horses and how does it lead to chronic protein deficiency and insulin…