Burr season is upon us, as Lieke so not so subtly informed me today. After loads of baby oil and a hoofpick, I managed to get her forelock free of the hitchhikers. She only got them in part of her mane, and luckily I was able to unbraid it before attacking the burrs. With her forelock, I was not so lucky. I decided to leave her forelock ( Read more... )

Hello everyone :) I'm hoping that someone has had some experience with de-nerving a horse and is willing to share their experiences ( Read more... )

Okay so here goes: My mare is a 8 year old conn/paint pony mare ( Read more... )

Today, I was informed that I should sell my horse and quit riding. Who told me this? My barn owner.

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A couple months ago, I purchased a 12 year old TB mare from my old English teacher. She was lame at the time, but only a bit gimpy and the owner convinced me it was a stone bruise. I had my vet look at her, and it was, indeed, a stone bruise. Now a few months (and probably a little over $1000 of xrays, joint supplements and everything later) we' ( Read more... )

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Hello all,

So I recently learned that a horse at my barn fractured his navicular bone. The lady who owns him is really nice, and it's a terrible thing to have happen to him. He had been lame for the past two weeks, and everyone assumed it was an abcess or something.

What I was wondering is this: Has anyone ever experienced this/ gone through it? And ( Read more... )

I discovered a very awesome blog all about hoof care and thought some of you might like to read it.

http://hoofcare.blogspot.com/


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Hi Everyone,

I wanted to know if there were any horsepeople out there who had experience with nerving. Whether they knew a horse who had it done, or their horse has gone through with the surgery. Thanks :)

EDIT: I'm considering getting my horse nerved because he has Navicular, and I have literally done just about everything I can for him.