“Swimsuit? ✅ Towel? ✅ Umbrella? ✅ Water bucket? ✅ Horse? ✅ Electrolytes? ✅ Alright, that’s everything. Silver and I are ready for summer!” Summer is just around the corner, or almost… But did you know that your horse can also sweat and dehydrate in winter? So now’s the perfect time to go over perspiration, thermoregulation, and dehydration in horses. We’ll also look at electrolytes,…
When I used to show, I thought it looked really cool to pretend I was measuring the distances between the fences and saying “Yeah there are 6 short strides, or 5 long there” when I actually didn’t know what I was doing 😂. Up until a little while ago, I still needed my little memo…
Cereals have a bad reputation these days! A lot of people say they are ill-adjusted for the horse’s digestive system, and some even speak of allergies. Through time, they have showed their nutritional value for the modern horse’s feeding (if used correctly) but nowadays this “back to the roots” movement is what society expects,…
Summer is always a weird time at the stables. Students are leaving their parents to go live on their own and live new adventures… never without Buster of course! 🐴 This change in your life can be exciting as well as terrifying when you’re afraid you’re not going to find the right stables for…
It’s finally spring and with it comes the heat season. You might notice a certain number of behavioral patterns that you had forgotten over the winter. Yes, that typical mare attitude is back! 😁 Let’s put the jokes aside. You’ve probably already asked yourself: Why do mares have heat cycles and women don’t? Does it…
Myositis is a muscle disorder (a myopathy) often linked to effort. It can be really overwhelming and every horse owner should know about it. Indeed, dealing with it is important to get your horse back to work after the episode and lessen the horse’s pain. Let’s have an overview of the horse’s myositis.