A 15-year-old draught gelding with Chronic Progressive Lymphedema (CPL). The owner is unsure how to manage the ailment and is considering compassionate euthanasia. The yard owner is certain that there is a remedy for the disease and persuades the owner to keep the horse.
At the end of the 2020 season, a 10-year-old KWPN mare will compete at BE100.
A 12-year-old stallion who has returned from a showjumping season in Europe.
A couple of weeks ago we were looking at different methods to treat injuries some more rare and "unusual" than others one that really caught my eye was Maggot therapy, now by first though we think of maggots as unclean and disgusting little larvae which are more of a nuisance than most. When it came up on the screen in...
The phrase "no foot, no horse" is an old one with no specific origin, however it elevates the situation by which even though the horse is a large strong animal capable of running long distances for a long period can be set behind or even meet its demise from just its foot.
It is 0700hrs and I have started the day mucking out anywhere between 15 to 20 Irish bay horses and within 30 minutes they are all mucked out. Then a scraggle of just a few people including myself hurry to get the same horses ready for the morning exercise in which we only have 15 minutes to do so. We...