Tag: Equine
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What Are Those Yellow Dots On My Horses’ Legs? [Bot Flies and What to Do]
It’s that time of year-these strange, miniscule dots start showing up on our horse’s legs, hocks, even chest and girth area. You can’t seem to brush them off, and you can’t seem to easily pick them off either. As soon as you do it seems like they just reappear the next week! I hate to…
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Hobble Training: A Potentially Life-saving Skill
Horses have a knack for getting their legs inevitably caught in something, which usually leads to thrashing, bolting, and injury. Training a horse to wear hobbles can often translate to handling situations in the pasture or around the farm much more calmly than you’d expect. Hobble training can have a bad reputation, depending on who…
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Ulcers: Causes, Prevention, Products
Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS), or just “ulcers” to many horse owners, has been a buzzword that’s risen through web search ranks in recent years. Now it seems to even be the new “hush” word around the barn, second to strangles. Environment, workload, diet, and even a horse’s personality can all lead to your horse developing…
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