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18/10/2020

Horse friends, be careful!

Sudden onset blindness and dilated pupils. This is ivermectin toxicity due to eating a little bit of horse wormer that the horse spat out. She is staying overnight for IV fluids and a detox.

12/10/2020

Does your horse hide?

02/09/2020

Be careful!

Sudden onset blindness and dilated pupils. This is ivermectin toxicity due to eating a little bit of horse wormer that the horse spat out. She is staying overnight for IV fluids and a detox.

29/08/2020

Today!

28/08/2020

***NB: This post is from 2018 and is from the UK not the USA***

We thought we’d share a horrible incident that a colleague in another practice saw this weekend in the hope it might help save such a terrible thing happening in future

WASP NEST DANGER

“A client lost her horse today in a horrendous way after it was attacked by a swarm of wasps sometime in the early hours of this morning. She had been shut in her field shelter for the first time in a while and the owner had not realised there was a wasp nest in there. Sadly she was severely traumatised from where she had been fighting back against this 'invisible enemy' and had to be euthanased.

The owner has asked me to spread the word for people to check stables and shelters for nests if they have not been used for a while. If there is a known nest in the vicinity, people should make the effort to get it removed - the consequences could be fatal and for this horse it's last few hours were unimaginably distressing. If this saves one horse she will be happy something positive has come of her awful experience.”

26/07/2020

26/07/2020

Need to try this!

Horse hack.... instead of filling with dish soap, fill with fly spray to apply where needed. Great on the face!

23/07/2020

Happy Monday!

22/06/2020

Please read

TIGHT NOSEBANDS HURT HORSES

There is no ignoring the scientific evidence: tight nosebands cause horses physical pain, and mental distress.

If your horse wears one, you should be able to get at least two stacked fingers under the noseband on top of the horse’s nose (as seen in the image). Measuring with side-by-side fingers, or on the side of the horse’s nose or other location won’t give an accurate reading, and may offer a false sense of tightness.

In addition to causing pain and distress, overly tight nosebands don’t allow the horse to open their mouth in an effort to avoid rein cues that are causing discomfort or pain. Unlike dogs, horses don’t vocalize when something hurts, and preventing such silent, behavioural feedback from the horse may result in compromised welfare.

Four years ago, my colleague Justine Harrison - Equine Behaviourist and I helped craft the message behind this infographic for the IAABC. The very talented Doggie Drawings by Lili Chin then took the message and did her magic. Thank you to all involved in helping to create this shareable message with the horse world.

13/06/2020

This photo is too beautiful not to be seen by everyone. ❤️😍

13/06/2020

The difference between "Try" and "Triumph" is just a little bit of "Umph"!
Sometimes we find triumph in completing a challange, but sometimes we can have a triumphant time in simply trying! The beauty in not succeeding today, is that we can try again next weekend. Today we had fun, we worked together and we worked with the animals, and most importantly, thanks to you lovely people, we have raised some more money to support the animals!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/verity039s-bike-challenge

Thank you to our sponsors for ensuring Verity and her animals always look awesome
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07/06/2020

06/06/2020

😲😲😲

05/06/2020

A foal and cat playing, what could be cuter! ❤️

30/05/2020

Be the best you can be and they will give you that in return