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Horse Care

Prep Your Senior Horse For Winter

iStock/Thinkstock   Winter is frequently considered the hardest season for senior horses to weather. With its harsh temperatures and icy…

9 years ago

Ask The Vet: Cannon Bone Crud

Q: What is the fungus horses get on the front of their cannon bones on their back legs and how…

9 years ago

3 Reasons To Adjust Your Horse’s Diet This Winter

As winter approaches, it’s important to review our horse’s nutrition and make sure they’re well prepared to deal with the…

9 years ago

Ask the Vet: Bot Egg Removal

iStock/Thinkstock  In our Ask the Vet column, Dr. Lydia Gray answers your horse-health questions at horseillustrated.com/AskTheVet. Got a question for…

9 years ago

What You Need To Know About Choke In Horses

iStock/Thinkstock   While choking in humans is caused by something lodging in the trachea and blocking the airway, choke in…

9 years ago

Tasty Treats For Horses

iStock/Thinkstock   We once had a colt named Smokey here at the farm, and he was pastured with his dam…

9 years ago

Honoring Our Aging Equines: This Old Horse

  "These horses owe us nothing,” says Nancy Turner, founder and president of This Old Horse, a rescue and sanctuary…

9 years ago

Ask the Vet: Warts in Horses

  In our Ask the Vet column, Dr. Lydia Gray answers your horse-health questions at horseillustrated.com/AskTheVet. Got a question for…

9 years ago

Senior Horses: Older but Wiser

There’s no doubt that horses learn a lot from humans. But there are also times when horses clearly learn from…

9 years ago

Exercise for Senior Horses

Certainly as humans age, we take it easy. Maybe running marathons is out, but mall walking is in. Or skiing…

9 years ago