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 from 2002 in Glasgow.

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 really helping our horses?

In every moment of life in our horses, there is a battle between the body and the invading organisms surrounding them. To win, the immune system needs to be calm and in good condition.

Lectins are plant proteins developed by plants to protect their seeds from being eaten and killed by animal digestion. They cause autoimmune disease, leaky gut syndrome and hormonal disruption, etc.

Symbiosis is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms. Horses cannot live without the microbes living happily in their digestive tract.

Hurricanes, floods, fires and ice bring anxiety along with preparation work. Similar natural disasters occur everywhere. Here are links for help in the US, FL and TX.

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 but I can find no solutions.

Our horses digestive tract is a tube running through the body. This is a fundamental principle to understand. The hole in the doughnut isn’t part of the doughnut but is necessary to the doughnut.

People are comfortable where they are – unwilling to make the effort to connect with each other or their horses. People pass opportunities when they settle for being comfortable.

Horses living in climates with high temperatures and high humidity are often affected by anhidrosis (non-sweating). This is a highly effective cure that costs nothing and works in 3 to 4 days.

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 associated low self esteem.

The “modern” way of horse dentistry is jacking the mouth open and automatically sedating the horses. The traditional way is more difficult using horsemanship.

Feeding horses grain is a new concept (about 100 years) relative to the time they have been kept by humans (4000 years) or their time living on Earth (55 million years).

There is something about a dog(s) that goes with people, horses, a truck and dirty fingernails. We all will relate to this story of me and my dog on my first day of being a vet.

Horses are not found on islands unless they can swim there. I’ve worked on Gardner’s, Island, Shelter Island and the islands of Puget Sound. Here is my day on Orcas Island, WA.