Apr 30, 2021 | Cute & Pretty!
Welcome to our new showcase of horses, mules and donkeys, chosen for these pages for their sheer beauty or their serious cuteness quotient! Kicking off this series is the stunning PRE Andalusian gelding, Tripulante. From his owner, Christine Khalil: “Tripulante...
Apr 30, 2021 | Equine Health, True Stories
By Susan Kauffmann WARNING: The details of this case may be disturbing to some readers. Gail Jewell, DVM, CAC, is a holistic veterinarian who practices in British Columbia, Canada. With her emphasis on chiropractic and homeopathy, she is used to dealing with devoted...
Apr 30, 2021 | Equine Health, Hoof Care
The Tragedy of Rampant Hoof Problems Click link below to listen to The Best Horse Practices Podcast, Episode 23: Susan Kauffmann Listen to Episode 23 Susan Kauffmann is the co-author with Christina Cline of The Essential Hoof Book: The Complete Modern Guide to Horse...
Apr 30, 2021 | Equine Health
By Susan Kauffmann Whether we are pleasure riders who live to hit the trail or serious competitors gunning for the top prize, summer is prime horse time, and we want our horses to be at their very best. Fortunately, horses generally have fewer health problems in the...
Apr 14, 2021 | All Articles, Horsin' Around
The other day, I decided to tackle the long overdue task of smoothing out the sand in my round pen, which I do by hand with a large landscape rake. I never imagined that this mundane and rather plodding procedure would make me an object of equine fascination, but...
Apr 10, 2021 | Equine Health, Horse Conformation
BY SUSAN KAUFFMANN The knee of the horse is a complex structure that is subject to a great variety of conformation faults. Today we’ll take a look at three knee deviations, all of which are best observed from a lateral (side) view. Back at the Knee (aka calf or...