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If you’ve ever had a love for horses, you know it’s something you never outgrow. No matter how busy life may get, the love of riding never completely fades away. It’s not just the privilege of riding that we fall in love with, but the bond that we get to build with the horse. This…

Scoping can be a wonderful diagnostic tool, and it can aid in the treatment of a number of ailments. From airway pathology to gastric ulcers, this procedure can help vets head off emergencies and alleviate equine pain. So, what’s stopping so many owners from scoping? The answer may be that so many of them still…

Horses often join fruit and TVs to travel internationally Most horse people will never have cause to board a treasured equine on a plane, let alone actually fly right along with it. But for a certain group of professionals, the ins and outs of getting thousands of pounds of horseflesh on and off a flying…

Saying a horse will return to full athletic soundness after a navicular bursa infection is an extremely guarded prognosis. Dr. Carter was quick to let the owners know the severity of the situation revealing that “only 55% of horses are deemed sound and return to work if they recover from a navicular bursa infection.” Lower…

Horse fever can strike anyone, at anytime in life. However, little girls seem to be the most susceptible. Brambles (the pony pictured), created a horse fever for one little girl would prove to last a lifetime. ​Brambles carried away all her worries every time she climbed on his back. He kept her safe as she…