Elite Equine Care

11/01/2025

10/01/2025

Following our recent interview with Prof Pablo Murcia, Professor of Integrative Virology at the University of Glasgow (Click here to watch). We were contacted by a colleague of Dr David Marlin from his Animal Health Trust (AHT) days, Dr Richard Newton (BVSc MSc PhD FRCVS), who is now the Director of...

03/01/2025

20/12/2024

🎁🎄🐴 Cuteness alert 🐴🎄🎁

I received this super cute 🥰 photo from a client after I dropped off a secret Santa 🧑‍🎄 present to their horses. I think the treats were very well received 🙌 but are obviously to be eaten in moderation 😋

19/12/2024

💊Veterinary Medicines Directorate Seizes over 13,000 Unauthorised Horse Medicines Being Sold Illegally Online💊

The VMD, working with Border Force UK, has seized AbPrazole and Absucralfate, medication for equine gastric ulcer treatment manufactured by Abler PTY Ltd (a company based in Australia), after they received intelligence that these products were being illegally sold and imported into the UK via an equine Facebook group and via Abler’s website.

The VMD has reminded horse owners and equine vets that:

🐎 it is an offence to advertise unauthorised products online
🐎it is an offence to import unauthorised veterinary medicines into the UK.
🐎 it is an offence to administer unauthorised medicines to your horse, and this will also invalidate your insurance
🐎 the ingredients of unauthorised veterinary medicines may be unknown, and could therefore pose a risk to animals

Animal owners, vets or any member of the public are able to report any suspected breaches of the VMR via our anonymous online reporting form: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/report-illegal-animal-medicines

13/12/2024

*** HOW MIGHT BIRD FLU AFFECT HORSES? ***

A scientific paper has just been published which found antibodies to Bird Flu in horses for the first time!

🐎How sick can horses get?
🐎Are there any obvious signs of infection?
🐎Can they be carriers?
🐎What is the risk for movement of horses in the future?
🐎Will there be a vaccine?

Tomorrow morning I am interviewing Prof Pablo Murcia, a vet and Professor of Integrative Virology at Glasgow University who led the study.

WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU WANT ME TO ASK HIM ABOUT BIRD FLU AND HORSES?

12/12/2024

11/12/2024

My trusty steed needed a little assistance this morning 🔧🪫

It’s few and far between that my black beasty gets into a bit of trouble, but this is the second time in a few weeks 🤦‍♀️

First was a new tyre 🛞 from picking up a piece of flint after leaving a client on the Blackdown Hills.

Today was a new battery 🪫 as I had a completely dead car.

Who needs Christmas presents anyway 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️💰💰💰🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Extremely grateful to the chap who came to assist me this morning. We had a good giggle as I was reminiscing about 4 gears, no power steering, chokes and wind down windows, he had no idea as he was half my age 😂😂😂

05/12/2024

🐴🎁 Prefect Christmas present ideas 🎁🐴

01/12/2024

After a super busy week filled with horses 🐴 and lots of dogs 🐕 I finally surrendered and indulged in my first mince pie of the festive season with a well earned cup of tea. I enjoyed both in equal measures 😋

30/11/2024

🎄🎁 Christmas present idea 🎁🎄

Get 2025 kick started with this fabulous offer from Osborn Dressage 🐴 Take advantage of this opportunity 👇❤️

Special offer to help you build consistency and maintain motivation over the next two months, supporting you into 2025 ✨

🎁 A great gift too for someone you’d like to treat for Christmas 🎄

All lessons to be taken 1st December-31st January at our home in Somerset.

Offer available to book 29th Nov-4th Dec
For more details and to book
📲07980006751
📧[email protected]
💻www.osbornedressage.com

28/11/2024

WARM YOUR HORSE'S DRINKING WATER IN VERY COLD WEATHER 🐴💦

Doing this can encourage them to drink enough when it gets very cold.

Many horses won't drink enough when water gets icy cold, causing dehydration and an increased risk of impaction colic, especially in stabled horses fed hay.

So adding a kettle of boiling water into your horse's water bucket is not 'pampering' them, but could support good hydration and reduce the risk of colic!

Feel free to share 🐴🍏

28/11/2024

❄️☀️ Ground and arena conditions vary greatly when we have had a frost. Be mindful and look after your horse 🏇🐎🐴

🐎FROSTY MORNINGS - TOP TIP!🐎

🥶Sudden surface transitions, especially in trot, canter or gallop carry an increased risk for injury.

🥶If you have an arena that can be frozen and thawed at the same time, its a good idea to only transition between the areas when riding in walk to reduce the risk of injury. Same when out hacking. Same applies if you are out running yourself!