Journey Through Equine Hoof Health
Unlocking the Secrets of Your Horse’s Hooves Have you recently taken a close look at your horse’s feet? The growth and changes ...
Winter Hoof Care: Essential Tips for Maintaining Your Horse’s Hoof Health
Tackling Winter’s Unique Challenges for Hoof Health As winter approaches, it brings unique challenges for horse owners, especially concerning hoof health. Cold ...
Quick Tip: Pre-Stretching Elastickon® To Prevent Over-Tightening
QUICK TIP: Elle and Sarah aren’t TeePeeing the clinic; they are pre-stretching Elastickon®, an essential adhesive tape used in many medical settings ...
Horse Lameness Grading Scale Explained
When a veterinarian evaluates a horse for lameness, its degree of lameness is graded on a scale from 0-5, often referenced in ...
Laminitis Triggered by Hormonal Changes
Laminitis can originate from hormonal conditions like equine metabolic syndrome (EMS), or equine Cushing’s disease. The condition occurs gradually over months or ...
Canker In Horses
WHAT IS CANKER? Canker is a chronic infection of the frog. The infection attacks the frog and destroys soft tissue. As the ...
Hoof Bruising In Horses
Are Hoof Bruises In Horses Painful? Yes. Hoof bruising can cause very mild discomfort to severe lameness.   When the hoof experiences ...
Treating Thrush In Horses
Thrush is a bacterial infection in the deep grooves (or “sulcus”) of the frog that occurs when wet soil, manure, or bedding ...
Preventing Laminitis In Horses
When it comes to laminitis, prevention is the best treatment. Laminitis is a serious disease and the second leading cause of death ...
Lack of Proper Nutrition Affects Hoof Strength
This diagram shows which area of your horse’s hoof is compromised when there is a lack of calcium, methionine, biotin, or calcium ...