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Behavior
Why your horse does what he (or she) does
Hoof Care
No hoof, no horse. Take care of it.
Joints
All about one of the most important parts of your horses body.
Lameness
Why your horse limps, and what to do about it.
Medicine
Diseases, and what to do about them.
Nutrition
Simple, concise, and sound advice about something that is made way too complicated.
Older horses
Taking care of your old buddy. He took care of you.
Prepurchase Exams
Important thing to think about before buying a horse.
Preventative Medicine
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A pound of prevention is way too much.
Scientific Medicine
Making sense out of medicine.
Surgery
What to know if your horse needs surgery.
Teeth
Important? Yes. But not as important as you think.
Wounds
Proper attention to your horse’s wounds can help ensure a successful outcome.
Alternative Medicine
Acupuncture
There is more misinformation about acupuncture than just about any other thing in the horse world. Here are facts.
Alternative Medicine Resources
Good information which you can use to help separate fact from fiction.
Chiropractic
First devised in the late 1800s by an ex-grocer, chiropractic still has not shown it is worth. There are many reasons.
Herbal Medicine
Herbs and plants have been used as medicine for centuries. The problem – from a medicine point of view – is that they haven’t been very effective, for a variety of reasons. Would you give unknown amounts of unknown substances to your horse?
Homeopathy
For more than 200 years, homeopathy has failed to demonstrate that it is anything more than water. Seriously.
Magnets
Magnets are fascinating. But they do not help tissues heal, and have not for hundreds of year.
Supplements
An “alternative” industry that is worth billions of dollars to manufacturers – and worth about nothing to the horse.
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If Your Horse Doesn’t Need Medicine, Don’t Give Him Medicine
Type Two Wounds (Second Intention Healing)
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