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Benix Equine Dental services all horses in the central QLD area. Based in Gracemere.
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11/01/2024

I think I've worked out how to separate all the people in the world into two groups.

When you say AI one group thinks Artificial Intelligence and the other thinks Artificial Insemination.

Nearly dissects directly down the city country divide. Guess it's an easy way to know your people.

10/01/2024

Horse beans are not a Mexican delicacy.

It's a build up of sm**ma often found in the urethral diverticulum, a pocket adjacent to the opening of the urethra.

Still confused? It's simply build up of cells, dust, urine and skin found around the opening of a horses p***s. Cleaning it out is not a big deal. In my personal opinion I prefer to do it while the horse is sedated. I was extremely lucky to have the team from Gracemere Veterinary Surgery on hand to help today. By help I mean they did everything while I took photos.

When you clean the beans out of your male horse please don't use soap or detergent or even oil. It will go rancid and cause further issues. Just use some water and some sort of clean material wipes. I work on the general rule if you wouldn't stick an ointment in your own eye I wouldn't use it on a horse wound or opening. I know your neighbours uncles grandad will tell you to use sump oil, just ask him to put a little in his eye first.

What to look for
A urethral “bean” can cause infection or interfere with the passage of urine if it is allowed to become very large.
-A horse with a urethral bean might spray urine in a partially obstructed stream or just dribble urine.
-He may have several attempts to urinate – stopping and starting before being able to fully empty his bladder
-Colic signs or kicking up at sheath.

Hope this helps.

Make sure you have a good vet in your phone. They are seriously your biggest asset.

**ma ***s ***s

08/01/2024

Yet again.

Doesn't really serve any purpose. Pretty Kitty didn't seem to mind our shenanigans.

I did get told once the quiet horse isn't always safe but a safe horse is always quiet.

I do like the way the horse doesn't bu**er off when Ella lands beside her.

05/01/2024

Foxxy Lady is going home.

She got the the pony club treatment yesterday and passed with flying colours.

So she can be ridden by a teenage girl. When that teenage girl is Amarlie New Equestrian I don't really have to worry. Makes my life nice and easy.

04/01/2024

This is a little breaker whose name I can't remember. Might be by Clayton's busy rocn.

Anyhoo I call her itty bitty. She cracks me up. I love her little beard.

She's sharps as a tack and I'm sharp as a wet cornflake. Makes it more fun.

03/01/2024

As well as Breaking in horses and doing dentistry I also work at 4Mile Farm as a pony club instructor.

At 4Mile we are an accredited centre with pony club Australia. That means we can supply you with a horse, saddle,bridle,helmet and even boots. You get to go to local pony club events and do your certificates.

We will even take our horses and riders to non pony club events. Last year some went reining and some others went show jumping with our local equestrian group.

If you think this is something you (yes we can facilitate adults) or your kids may be interested in please contact Nicky Dobson at [email protected].

We also offer private lessons on our horses. If you have riding horses on your bucket list then now's your chance to learn.

30/12/2023

Can you see the horse killers in this picture?

That's right those innocuous looking little bits of blue string will kill a horse.

They get eaten and then sit in the gut causing an Enterolith.

This is just a flash word describing a calcium build up around a foreign body inside a horse's gut.

Some horses pass small enteroliths with their manure, but masses larger than a golf ball usually cause recurring colic symptoms as passage of gut contents is impaired. Affected horses may show decreased appetite resulting in a drop in weight. Ultimately large stones lodge in the gut, frequently where the intestine narrows at the pelvic flexure or right dorsal colon, and the gut wall begins to necrotize from abrasion and pressure. Unless the stone is removed, the intestine eventually ruptures and the horse develops fatal peritonitis. When the problem is detected before the intestine perforates, about 95% of horses make a full recovery from surgery to remove the enterolith (https://ker.com/equinews/enteroliths-in-horses/ ).

So make sure you don't feed these nasty little suckers out. Definitely worth the few minutes to pick them up.

27/12/2023

I can drive a car.
Anyone can be taught to drive a car.
Hop in start it up away you go. It has breaks and it has steering.

If you sent me a shipping container full of car parts and told me to build a car, could I build it. Heck no. I'd have no chance. No idea how to put those parts together so they all work when I need them. Sure I'd build something. It'd probably go down the road fine until I need to stop or turn. Then s**t might get real western real quick.

Well horses are much the same. Anyone can ride one. Anyone can be taught to ride in some fashion.

Does that mean they could put the parts together so you didn't die or your horse gets to its full potential? Will it have left and right or stop when things go bad.

24/12/2023

Loretta Louise Smith you wanted photographic proof that we went to the pub today.😂😂

Man this horse is cool. We rode with a mob of other horses to town. Went through traffic lights and through a tunnel over a bridge. And she never weekend never shied. Just ate up everything put in front of her.

What a good girl.

And that's it for me. Two and a half days off with my family.

23/12/2023

Foxxy lady is nearly ready to go home.

She's been a little challenging at times. It's funny how your opinion changes as you go. I wasn't super keen on her at the start. She was a little counterfeit. Now I don't want to give her back.

She's by guitarman ( conman x acres) and out of brumby mare. If all brums went like this I'd probably be keener to ride them.

When she gets home there will be plenty of miles chasing cows around the buffel at Bauhinia.

Anyone else change their minds about a horse the more they ride it?

23/12/2023

There's not really any point to this.

I guess sometimes your hat falls off and sometimes you fall off. Guess we could say I checked he isn't going to stomp me into the ground if that happens.

He is a stallion so we did have a rather stern conversation about consent before we started doing this.

21/12/2023

Horses arrive here rugged for two reasons.

They are either real well handled well bred and a dream to work with, Or they are spoiled ill bred
brats.

Luckily Kirsty Humphreys does a great job and hers are so much fun. This fellow especially. I feel like I've been waiting years for him to get to two year old. I'm so excited about this one. Taking the rug off yesterday was like Christmas had come early.

Alchemist is definitely going to get some stock horse breeders a bit hot.

20/12/2023

Took some breakers mustering.

Totally different view through three different sets of ears.

A Guitarman that just wants to be a cow and oak a cat that wants to eat a cow and a Gotta twist it up that just loved wondering around the hills.

Was pretty good fun.

19/12/2023

When you break horses in you don't get to keep them. Owners almost always want them back. And the ones they don't want back you probably don't want to keep.

There comes a day when you have to hand them over to an owner or trainer. Some of those days are bliss. It's the last time you'll have to ride that ill bred sorry gutted thing. Other days like today suck. You have to give the nice ones back too. Henry has been so easy to get along with. Can't wait to see where he ends up.

Henry is headed of to Gav Ware to become a cow chasing machine.

17/12/2023

Monday mornings are always my favourite.

So are pretty buckskins.

Hopefully Foxxy Lady hasn't got a hangover from partying all weekend.

12/12/2023

These are something I see quite often. Usually when an owner notices them and calls thinking there's a problem.

They are 7 year hooks. Called that because they usually come appear when a horse is about 7 years old. Generally they disappear after a couple of years.

They don't seem to serve a purpose and usually cause no issues. Being on the top jaw and behind the bottom teeth they do not impact the movement of the jaw and the horse can still eat fine and be ridden with no problems.

11/12/2023

Well the cyclones been called off for down here.
I've cleaned up from the last stupid storm.

I've got time for a quick run before the end of the year.

I'm headed to Springsure emerald etc from Wednesday this week.

Sorry for the short notice.

Shoot me a message if you'd like horses looked at.

Thanks.

08/12/2023

It's NCHA futurity time in the states.

Henry is going to be a cutting horse.

So I figured he needed to be comfortable with a cow.

06/12/2023

This is pretty funny.

**k

05/12/2023

Little adventure out bush was great fun. Kids horses and dogs all went well. Flies were bad and kept everybody awake.

Unfortunately we got smashed by some stupid freak storm( possibly tornado) we had to come home early.

Glad I had all the broncs out with me. Those are their yards that are now spread across the flat.

Let the cleanup begin.

I wouldn't get to have this fun without Nic keeping everything going at home. And yesterday she was stuck in this storm. Best wife in the world.

03/12/2023

Loaded the truck with breakers and kids ponies and went bush.

We got about 20 minutes down the road and blew a tyre.

Luckily I have some great mates and Ed, got going again.

Everyone and everything is going so smooth.

29/11/2023

Wet slippery round yard made me very glad I get to ride good minded horses.

First rides in the mud went very well.

Was the usual boring deal. Just the way my old bones like it.

27/11/2023

I love the rain.

Shoeing breakers in the rain not quite as much.

At least it's nice and cool and they are being so well behaved.

Who still likes their breakers to come home in shoes?
Seems like it's becoming a thing of the past.

22/11/2023

If your up Townsville way and want to improve your horsemanship then get to this.

Holmes Horses do an amazing job. Grant is calm and explains everything very simply.

Don't miss out. No body gets better in this game without help. So go get some help from the best.

22/11/2023

Never has a truer meme ever been made.

22/11/2023

Dazzle earning his oats today.

We have been putting some new paddocks in. I need to put insulators on and I need to ride horses.

So I figured I'd do both at the same time.

17/11/2023

Congratulations Daniel Morgan.

How cool is this.

Super humble this fellow. Only found out about it today.

Putting your skills on show to be judged is a massive effort. The best in the country picked his foot prep to be the best job there. That's absolutely massive.

He is based in Mackay and surrounds. The most progressive farrier in his area. I highly recommend trying to get your horses in with him.

Super proud of you mate.

17/11/2023

I always reckon you get what you expect with horses.

You can manifest the good or the bad. It's got so much to do with your confidence and self belief.

These two are by Guitar man(conman) and I thought they'd go ok. And you know what. They did.

This is the first time I've saddled them and they got a little tense but found their way back to me nice and calm.

14/11/2023

First rides morning and night.

Here's Henry's turn this evening.

Being old means the grounds harder and it seems to reach up to greet me these days.

These boring first rides are pretty good.

**t

13/11/2023

First ride for Champers🍾🍾🍾

Was extremely predictable and boring.

Just how I like it.

Anyone got any first ride horror stories?

My favourite was saddling a warmblood for the first time and then watching it jump clean out of my round yard. I had to walk and get it back. Hopped on and rode it home. Never put a foot wrong ever again.

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Yet again. Doesn't really serve any purpose. Pretty Kitty didn't seem to mind our shenanigans. I did get told once the quiet horse isn't always safe but a safe horse is always quiet. I do like the way the horse doesn't bugger off when Ella lands beside her. #why #whynot #quarterhorse #oakncat #reiner #challenge #breaker #quiet #jump

Foxxy lady is nearly ready to go home. She's been a little challenging at times. It's funny how your opinion changes as you go. I wasn't super keen on her at the start. She was a little counterfeit. Now I don't want to give her back. She's by guitarman ( conman x acres) and out of brumby mare. If all brums went like this I'd probably be keener to ride them. When she gets home there will be plenty of miles chasing cows around the buffel at Bauhinia. Anyone else change their minds about a horse the more they ride it? #breaker #conman #guitarman #acres #mustering #brumby #buckskin #cows #cowpatpastoral #cowpat #wildcow #performance #plant #campdraft

There's not really any point to this. I guess sometimes your hat falls off and sometimes you fall off. Guess we could say I checked he isn't going to stomp me into the ground if that happens. He is a stallion so we did have a rather stern conversation about consent before we started doing this. #stallion #why #whynot #cowboyhat #hardhathenry #horse #noidea #crawl #buckedoff

It's NCHA futurity time in the states. Henry is going to be a cutting horse. So I figured he needed to be comfortable with a cow. #ncha #cutting #futurity #hardhathenry #horse #breaker #campdraft #cow #cowboy #horn

Dazzle earning his oats today. We have been putting some new paddocks in. I need to put insulators on and I need to ride horses. So I figured I'd do both at the same time. #work #workhorse #breaker #australianstockhorse #ash #fencing #waratah #electric

The little Apache cat gelding is nearly ready to go home. He’s a super chilled out fellow. #breaker #bike #horse #green #cutter #apache #kids #pushbike #chill #casual #cowhorse

This combo cracks me up. Eddie agreed to ride a pony for a mates son. They had broken him in and done a great job however it was decided he needed a few wild kid miles to get ready for his intended 2year old jockey. Holmes Horses had him super broke and safe and Ed’s just been doing Ed things to him. Chalkie is his name and I think he’s a dude. #breaker #horse #eventing #crosscountry #showjumper #kidspony #kid #wild #jump #tiny #ponyclub

This storm Storm had issues float loading. He had learned that if he acted erratically and ran backwards he didn’t have to go on the float. Storm now thinks the float is heaven. The funny thing is we didn’t achieve this at the float. It was just a case of teaching storm to give to pressure in the round yard. Floats rarely the issue. Anyhoo. Storm now floats. He still has some other holes that need fixing. #pressure #float #stockhorse #kid #roundyard #diamond #pressure

A little bit of what goes on here. Lots of Time spent riding babies outside. #breaker #horse #campdraft #ponyclub #kidspony #outside #ride

Just being silly. However I do reckon being able to catch your horse helps. If I have to yah it round a paddock for half hour I’ll probably be in a pretty negative headspace. Makes a ride sh*t. #horse #catch #halter #headspace #catchandrelease #caught #Bluetooth

The end of winter is coming. This is how I get rid of some of that hair. Ask your farrier for an old blunt rasp and go at it. So easy and so cheap. #horse #rasp #winter #barrelracer #coat #shed #care #smooth #hair

Darius is starting to get kid broke. My kids are flat out this week so I stole someone else’s to give him a lap. Poor kids riding in one of my saddles that she would fit in twice and the stirrups didn’t quite go up high enough so she’s a bit longer than bare back. Even with that she still did a great job and Darius carried her around like he’d been a kids pony his whole life. #horse #breaker #pony #kidpony #darius #babysitter

Ken May used to tell me it is important to know your client when breaking in. It’s important to know the job the horse will be going to do and the rider who will be taking them to do that job. This little horse will be going contract mustering and campdrafting. So it’s absolutely imperative that I can open a beer and drink it while I’m on her back. Jobs right. #beer #horse #breaker #lastmanstanding #campdraft #safety

This is a short little video of Kodi’s first week with me. Nice little stud. #stallion #paint #horse #breaker #whip #rope #saddle #brown

Why does a horse snort. This one sounds like a chainsaw on a cold morning. I’m certain with a little choke he’d start. It’s not really that exciting. Inside a horses head is a series of nasal cavities. The are full of fine bone that is covered in mucus. The mucus is there to catch dust and stop the lungs from filling up with gunk. They snort to clear the mucus so they can smell better. Being a prey animal that’s a pretty important adaptation. In this case Clancy is convinced that my flag is a lion. #snort #horse #horsebreaker #snot #breaker #warmblood #stud

Yeehaw on the seesaw Lady Tradie first time going over the seesaw. She’s been a sensitive little horse and has learned to relax and go with the flow. Going to be a super cow chasing machine.

How to train your dragon. Ruby is a slightly rebellious teenager. Apparently vaping is what the cool kids are doing these days. Day one for her. She is owned by a teenage girl who plans to draft her.