The mating of a stallion and mare should be easy, right? It can be if you learn 1 secret – the necessity of observing the horses and recording these observations accurately.  Accurate records reveal…

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Foals are babies and like humans, their diseases are unique compared to adults.  In my way of thinking, there are two types: acquired or diseases developed AFTER birth and congenital which are diseases…

This subject shows a normal birthing (of a donkey but it’s the same as a horse both small and large). It also shows you how to handle the most common cause of a difficult birth (elbow lock) as well as the one…

This is a story of a horse owner who I never met but called to ask if extracting all of the lower nipper teeth was a normal thing to do in a horse with EOTRH. You decide.

I reflect here on how the threat of COVID-19 is affecting all of us as I travel from a deserted Newark airport. I offer advice that seems to work for me and I hope you too.

Flying from San Francisco in an almost empty 787 I discuss why I am still out here working on horses amidst COVID-19. I look at the silver linings of this new way of life.

Several influenza viruses have severely affected horses in the United Kingdom and Australia since 2003 but the worst reported influenza event in horses was in 1872 in the United States. Some similarities to today’s COVID-19.

“Cognitive Laziness” is how we interact with horses today. Through agenda driven medicine and marketing, I look at the collision of new and old.

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Parasite control has evolved since the first packets of deworming medication showed up in the barn in the mid 1970’s. New chemicals, different strategies, and now the fear of resistance cloud up the issue.

The purpose of eating is to survive. How sugars are used, the development of uric acid and the association of disease in horses is discussed and a solution offered. The sign here is wrong.