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Jan 27
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A Tale of Colic Woe

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By Debbie Summerhayes At the start of December, my daughters horse Ekky wasn’t interested in breakfast, which was really unusual for him. He appeared to be a bit uncomfortable, and was doing a little pawing at the ground, and laying down a bit. He was brought over to the house yard to keep him under observation and give him some basic homeopathics to help with gut movement, but by mid afternoon he hadn’t got any better, though no worse either, so we decided to call the vet. They said to bring him in so they could run some tests to…

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Jun 04
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What You Don’t Know About Worming Can Kill Your Horse!

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From How to Care for a Rescue Horse: Australian Version by Dr Ann Nyland Note: This information doesn’t only apply to Rescue Horses. Your fat, shiny, “healthy” horse can also die from an overburden of worms with incorrect worming. Rescue horses have different needs. Some may be injured, or have wounds, while others may “only” be skinny. Whatever their circumstances, rescue horses need worming and feed, and these two very things, if not carried out correctly, may harm or even kill the horse. This concise and to the point how-to book also takes the reader through several pictorial case histories….

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Jun 04
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How to Bandage a Leg So It Stays On

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by Debbie Summerhayes Horses are designed to live in wide open spaces, roaming in herds many miles every day, grazing in open country.  They would get to run in open spaces, without hindrance of fences, posts or walls.  Their legs would be toughened from birth to cope with a range of footings, hills, rocky country and both hard and soft sandy surfaces. We then take them and shut them into small areas, paddocks with wire (either barbed or plain) or even smaller into stables.  We also separate them to keep them from hurting each other, or to make sure that…

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May 20
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Why Does My Horse Spook at Nothing?

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Understanding Horse Vision: by Rick Gore Horses have very unique eyes. They can see out of one eye and each eye can see something different or independently. The left can see on the left while the right is seeing something different on the right, this is one reason why they spook so easy and jump and react to changes around them. Humans cannot do this so it is hard for them to see the world through a horse’s eyes. Using one eye at a time is called Monocular Vision. [Mono meaning one] Which is why a horse can almost see…

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