If your horse is doing his own rendition of “Shoo Fly! Don’t Bother Me!” and it’s not working, it’s time to call out the some serious weapons against swarming flies. Warm weather will bring out armies of flies with one mission-find a target. Don’t let your horse be the bullseye.

Proper management entails not putting too many horses on too little land, rotating pastures if possible, and removing feces regularly.

An untrained horse is not only hard to manage but can do more harm than good.

Only about one-half of horses bitten by poisonous snakes are actually envenomated.

Dental problems are all too common in horses.

Contusions occur quite often in horses and generally speaking do not cause overwhelming concern.

Being proactive is a much simpler and safer solution than realizing ingestion of a toxin has happened after the fact.

Keep Your Horse Cool in the Summer Heat

Most horses, even fairly active ones, don’t need the extra calories found in grains.

A horse that hasn’t been trained is worse than useless; he’s dangerous.