EquiSports LLC.

08/08/2024

08/08/2024

What’s for dinner ! At EquiSports L.L.C.

08/07/2024

07/08/2024

Beautiful day

06/23/2024

“My horse is fine, I had X-rays done”

How often do we hear people defending their unhappy horse because they had X-rays done?

X-rays show bone, only bone and there can be so much more happening in a horses leg. There are limitations to any diagnostics done and X-rays are firmly limited to bone or any calcified/mineralised soft tissues present if dense enough. The X-ray beam must also be at 90 degrees of the issue to show clearly. You can also see the break down of the cartilage in the area, he was an 8 year old TB gelding. He was only grade 1 out of 5 lame but he lacked a good suspension phase in the stride and his movement was choppy.

The problem below was a tiny bone fragment that had been covered in cartilage and scar tissue to protect the joint. There was localised inflammation around the capsule of the joint as well as a break down of cartilage in the fetlock joint. It did not show in the X-rays aswell as a few other issues. The full findings are available on my patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/comparing-vet-106702710?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

06/23/2024

Self board stalls available to responciable parties who are physically, experience  wise and
 monetarily, able to enter a self care contract.

Box stalls fully matted .
Various sizes 10 x 10 and up price depends on Stall size an occupancy gender .( stallion or mares and foals cost more/ insurance) .

Indoor arena with sharp sand footing very clean.

Outdoor arena with sand footing that fully fenced .

Acess to heated isleway with hot water wash rack year round.

Use of part of boarder tack /feed room .

Extra services by farm are all Alacart and pay in advanced arrangement.
Such as feedings or t/o services.Blankets / fly sheets

Heated water in winter in t/o .

Just north of Dryden

586-531-1155

06/22/2024

06/22/2024

06/21/2024

"While an unpopular opinion among some, it’s better to be able to see a hint of a horse’s ribs than fat deposits."

I could not agree more.

This is just a short excerpt from the article "5 Common Feeding Mistakes" by Emily Dickson, MS. See link to full article below. Worth the read!

"Considering domestic horses evolved from wild predecessors who traveled 20 to 30 miles per day to meet their feed and water needs, it’s clear that most domestic horses are not getting as much exercise as they used to. Further, we tend to overestimate the amount of exercise they do get.

While an unpopular opinion among some, it’s better to be able to see a hint of a horse’s ribs than fat deposits.

“It is challenging to have horse owners feed their horse in a manner that encourages an appropriate body condition score, as people are used to seeing overweight horses and believe it looks good,” says Brian Nielsen, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN, professor of equine nutrition and exercise physiology at Michigan State University. “There is an old saying that ‘fat hides a lot of sins.’ A large number of individuals in the horse industry believe they are knowledgeable but often mistake a horse that is fat for one with good muscling. That being said, it has been known for about 100 years that calorie restriction can lead to a longer life.

“As often happens with horses, dogs, and other pets, many people fall into the trap of ‘killing them with kindness’ by allowing their animals to become overweight,” he continues. “Many health problems could be avoided if horse owners were more diligent in regulating the body condition score of their animals.”

Nielsen is not advocating for skinny animals but, rather, bringing awareness to the fact that fat horses are at significantly higher risk for developing serious and painful health conditions than a slightly ribby horse."

https://thehorse.com/1106183/5-common-horse-feeding-mistakes/

Want a second set of eyes on your horse's diet? Sign up online for a free nutrition consultation at https://bit.ly/Equinenutritionconsults

06/21/2024

Playin it cool lake side breeze in the shade

06/21/2024

06/21/2024

Dressage Solutions: To keep your horse straight ...

Imagine you are riding him on a balance beam. You need to keep him between your leg, seat and hand to keep him centered on the beam.
—Anna Buffini

Anna Buffini is one of eight athlete-and-horse combinations selected to the 2024 Paris Olympics U.S. Dressage Team Short List.

Thanks to Blue Seal for our coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics, including rider interviews, competition reports, horse spotlights, photos, videos and more.

06/21/2024

If you’re married to technique and methodology, your growth can be easily stifled when new information comes along. You’ll be forced to choose between what you thought you knew and what you now know: and few are strong enough to leave behind the identity they’ve embedded deeply in association with medothology.

If you’re committed to principle, methods come and go with new information, and growth is a given.

06/21/2024

06/20/2024

An entire industry has been created selling you the idea that there is a method to fix every problem.

What is extremely popular is a video for every problem, and for every fix there are three more problems created, for which there’s a method to fix too.

I get asked nearly daily to create a video about specific problems (I saw your video on trailer loading, but what about loading a chestnut mare into an Adam trailer?). These can be helpful to see, but the mentality over time has shifted into specifics instead of looking at the big picture.

Good, all encompassing horsemanship creates a foundation wherein problems melt away holistically. If you understand how all things connect, you stop seeing things individually, but as a whole. You have to fix the whole and stop looking for quick solutions.

Teaching people to be actual horsemen, to stop looking for quick tips and tricks, to start seeing the whole and the connection of all things, means rewiring our minds from conditioning and marketing over the past decades.

So if you have a problem, it isn’t living in isolation. It’s part of a whole picture. And you have to look at, and feed the whole, for the symptoms to melt away.

06/18/2024

06/14/2024

Murdoch Minute No. 65 Knee Over Flap for Seat Bone Alignment

Do you have trouble finding your seat bones? Is one harder to locate than the other? Can you find them sitting on a hard surface while off the horse but not while in the saddle? Here’s a quick tip to help you find both seat bones in the saddle.

Read the full article now!
https://murdochmethod.com/murdoch-minute-no-65-knee-over-flap-for-seat-bone-alignment/