The Horse’s Advocate Podcast episodes are in chronological order below – the most recent is at the top.
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Podcast #023 – Houston We Have A Problem
The equine veterinary profession is at a breaking point. There is little incentive for developing new horse vets. The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) knows it and is putting together a task force to address this. They are asking all but the people they should be asking – the horse owners themselves. Their efforts…
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Podcast #022 – Parasites Revisited and Liver Disease
I attended two meetings recently. One was about parasites in horses and was worth revisiting for a fresh perspective. The other was about liver disease in horses. While these sound beyond the routine needs of horse owners, I know that many of you want to bridge your knowledge between you and your veterinarian. I break…
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Podcast #020 – How To Feed The Competing Horse
Most horses are used for strenuous competition and we would think that they need to be feed differently from retired horses that are in the field. This podcast looks at the requirements of these athletes from a point of view where the basic foundations of nutrition are placed first in our thoughts followed by what…
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Podcast #019 – The Role Of Oils In Horses
This podcast reviews what fatty acids are especially the saturated, MUFSA’s and PUFA’s. It also goes over where horses get their fat out in the “wild.” It is obviously not fish or fish oils nor is it flax or other seeds or seed oils. Once understood, horse owners will then understand what to feed horses…
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Podcast #018 – The Right To Prevent
As horse owners, we have a right to protect and to prevent injury and disease from happening to the horses under our care. However, owners are being blocked at every turn by caring people trying to make the lives of our horses better. But are they able to do this while also being driven by…
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Podcast #017 – Is Soybean Meal OK to feed horses?
This is a question asked on the FB group – If all seeds cause gut inflammation in horses and the core belief of this group is to go back to feeding horses the way they were created, how then is feeding soybean meal (SBM) a good choice for horses? This podcast discusses the reasons for…
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Podcast #016 – Vaccinations For Horses
This is not your average discussion about what to vaccinate your horses with. That would be a discussion to have with your veterinarian who knows you and what diseases are in your area. However, to prepare you for that discussion, I will attempt to give you a bit about immunology, a bit about vaccination and…
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Podcast #015 – 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 point is our pain threshold and it is different for every person and horse alive. Discovering if your horse is a wimp or a tough guy will help in how you work with them…
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Podcast #014 – The Personalities Of Horses
Horses are like humans in the way they express themselves as blends of four basic personalities. When working with horses, it is important to understand that we cannot change them just like we cannot change another human. The only one we can change is ourselves.
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Podcast #013 – Sleep In Horses
Sleep is something every animal on the planet does including insects, birds, fish, aquatic mammals, you, me and our horses. We humans spend a third of our lives sleeping and in that time we repair and strengthen our health systems. So do our horses but little is known. There seems to be an increase in…
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Podcast #012 – Fight Or Flight In Horses
Doc T discusses the portions of the brain responsible for the horses identifying danger, analyzing the threat and then responding to the go / no go for launch into either a fight or running from the area. Understanding the separate locations within the brain and then the connections between them helps to identify where you,…
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Podcast #011 – Drug Classes In Horses
There are 3 very basic classes of medications in horses that I want to describe today to help horse owners understand what they are and why there is a price difference. Legend, generic and compounded.
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Podcast #010 – Fun With 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 even if you are a plant, animal or mineral. Physics is the rule book by which we all play. How the laws of physics apply to our horses is something that has…
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Podcast #009 – Why Horse Owners Need To Understand The Parachute Study
This was a parody published in a top medical journal to bring attention to the fact that there are few research papers published that we can believe. Couple this with the fact that retractions in medical journals are at an all time high, both humans and horse owners really don’t know anything but what they…
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Podcast #007 – Equine Asthma
Equine asthma is similar to human asthma based on several factors that have now been associated with this lung disorder in horses. It has had several names in the past including heaves, COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and others. Geoff Tucker, DVM (Doc T) explains what is known based on a recent webinar he attended…
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Podcast #004 – Frequency Of Floating Horse Teeth
The frequency of floating a horse is variable and is related to the individual horse. Often, we think of prevention on a mechanical device, like how often do you change oil in a car’s engine. A horse is a living being and not a machine. It is the threshold of pain that determines how frequently…
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Podcast #001 – Medications in Equine Dentistry
Medications in Equine Dentistry are essential to understand as to why they are used and more importantly, why they are often not used properly. One of the buttons you can push on me is this – I really dislike using the terms “tranq” and “sedate.” These imply that the cause is the human working on…