Stocking Up In Horses

Hooks are the over-eruption of a tooth and are seen when there is no opposition in chewing.

Stringhalt is the horseman’s term for the involuntary jerking up and out of one or both hind legs. The video demonstrates this well.

I don’t believe in any supplement for horses unless there is a deficiency. With the exception of starvation, mineral and vitamin deficiencies are rare in horses.

Equine Sarcoid is a benign tumor of the skin of the horse that is very common, usually limiting itself to above the knee and forward of the girth.

The chewing motion of horses can be affected by trauma to the head.

Degenerative Orthopedic Disease

The Cast Horse

Flabby Cheeks is the description of excessive tissue that lays in front of the first lower cheek teeth of horses. It is one of the three major reasons for bit difficulties and bit rejection as well as one of…

Tendon Sheath Swelling In Horses

Knowing how nutrition works in the horse down to the cellular and molecular level is important. You may not think so or you may not feel capable of understanding the complexities.  If you try you will not…

The Tongue Of The Horse

Anything can get stuck in the mouth – and when you have no fingers…..

Goiter in the horse is the term for any enlargement of the thyroid gland.

The Physics And Math Of Lameness In Horses