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Top 15 Tips for Show Ring Success

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Top 15 Tips for Show Ring Success

8. Don’t win the warm-up if you want to win the test: In the warm-up, look for the edge — how much can you push? Look for the mistakes in the warm-up so that you don’t push too far in the test.

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Temperature Swings Increase Risk of Colic in Horses

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Temperature Swings Increase Risk of Colic in Horses

The more forage a horse consumes, the more water required to help move it through the gastrointestinal tract. This is especially important in winter when moisture-rich pasture grass is limited or absent.

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Keep Your Horses Healthy With Simple Biosecurity Procedures

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Keep Your Horses Healthy With Simple Biosecurity Procedures

Anytime horses or owners leave the farm to compete, breed, train, or go to a veterinary hospital they can be exposed to all kinds of disease agents and there is an increased risk for the spread of diseases such as Equine Herpes Myeloencephalophathy (EHM), Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1), Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA), and Equine Piroplasmosis.

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Poor Performance- Is Your Horse Affected?

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Poor Performance- Is Your Horse Affected?

Inflammatory airway disease (IAD), also known as mild to moderate equine asthma, is the second-leading cause of poor performance, behind lameness (orthopedic disease). It’s associated with airway inflammation, coughing and mucus accumulation. It has been shown to occur in up to 80 percent of 2-year-old thoroughbreds, although it can affect horses of any age.[1]

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January is Joint Health Awareness Month

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January is Joint Health Awareness Month

This means that all horses, no matter their workload, are at risk for progressive and permanent joint damage. In fact, 60% of lameness problems in horses are related to osteoarthritis.

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The HUGE Problem With Your Barn That You May Have Missed…

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The HUGE Problem With Your Barn That You May Have Missed…

Gloves, scarf, and hat pulled on tight, you step outdoors into brisk, 28 degree weather with a blustery, northwest wind and wind chill in the single digits. Thankfully, the second you slide open your barn door, you’re enveloped by a warm hug of hot air, equivalent to that of a life size, equine convection oven. Sound great? To you, maybe, but to your horses, not so much.

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Just Because it’s Winter, Don’t Forget to Water!

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Just Because it’s Winter, Don’t Forget to Water!

Horses will drink 8 to 12 gallons of water per day during cold weather; intake decreases as the temperatures declines and will increase if there is access to warm water. Studies have shown that offering warm water (45-65 F) will increase intake by 40% during winter.

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My Horse Was Diagnosed with ERU… What is it?

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My Horse Was Diagnosed with ERU… What is it?

Equine recurrent uveitis (ERU), also known as moon blindness, is a painful condition where repeated occurrences of inflammation in the eye can cause permanent damage. The inflammation may cause career or even life-ending complications, explains Jacquelin Boggs, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, senior technical services veterinarian with Zoetis.

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Can a Horse be “Restarted”?

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Can a Horse be “Restarted”?

Horses often grow up with these “gaps” in their training and education. When this happens, it can be difficult for the horse to be a willing partner to a human, and he may need to be “restarted”—that is, given a second chance to learn what is expected of him and how he can find a place where he is confident and comfortable both beside a handler and beneath a rider. In order to restart a horse successfully, we need to know how to retrace the steps the horse’s education has taken and find the path missed the first time around.

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FREE Jumping Instructor Webinar- Jan 19th

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FREE Jumping Instructor Webinar- Jan 19th

“We’ve developed a series of webinars for jumping instructors that focus on, From the Judges Box, Teaching Techniques and Horse Business #101 tools. It’s a brilliant format because we cover topics that are important to jumping instructors as well as getting into the ever important business concepts to help them grow their business to new level of success.”

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