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Heaves. RAO. IAD. Chronic cough. Flared nostrils at rest. A horse that struggles to breathe after light work, or one that’s been on Ventipulmin for...

Hock questions are some of the most common I get — arthritis, bone spavin, capped hock, thoroughpin, OCD, the horse that’s always a little stiff un...

Hock problems are one of the most common reasons horses get injected — and one of the most common reasons owners find themselves on a 6-month injec...

The best injury is the one that never happens. Injury prevention questions come in from owners of performance horses, horses returning to work afte...

A hot, puffy joint. Synovitis after a hard day of work. Joint effusion that keeps coming back. A horse that’s sound but the joint is always a littl...

Laminitis is one of the most feared diagnoses in horse ownership — and one of the most complex to manage. Acute founder. Chronic laminitis. A horse...

The lower leg takes more load than any other part of the horse’s body — and in performance horses, that load accumulates fast. Suspensory strain, t...

A muscle injury that happened fast but heals slowly. Heat, swelling, and pain in the acute phase. Then the long middle stretch of remodeling where ...

A muscle injury that happened fast but heals slowly. Heat, swelling, and pain in the acute phase. Then the long middle stretch of remodeling — wher...

Navicular. Laminitis. Chronic abscesses. White line disease. Hoof cracks. A horse that’s never quite right despite good farriery. Hoof questions ar...

Navicular. Laminitis. Chronic abscess patterns. White line disease. Hoof cracks. A horse that’s short-strided in front, toe-first landing, or just ...

A foal or young horse with toes that turn in. A conformation fault that farriers trim around but can’t fully correct. A horse that’s been told it w...

A foal or young horse with toes that turn in. A conformation fault that farriers trim around but can’t fully correct. A horse that’s been told it w...

Head tossing. Bit resistance. Won’t flex at the poll. Ear sensitivity. Jaw tension. Teeth grinding. Headshaker’s Syndrome. Poll and TMJ questions c...

Head tossing. Bit resistance. Won’t flex at the poll. Ear sensitivity. Jaw tension. Grinding teeth. Difficulty bending one direction. These are the...

A tendon diagnosis stops everything. Stall rest, hand walking, ultrasounds, and a long uncertain road ahead. The questions that follow are always t...

A bowed tendon. A DDFT lesion on ultrasound. A horse that’s been on stall rest for months with a long road ahead. Tendon injuries are slow to heal,...

Every time someone messaged me about a horse that was cross cantering, picking up the wrong lead, bucking, crow hopping, or just feeling weak and u...

Cross canter. Wrong lead. Won’t pick up the left lead. Bucks when asked to canter. Crow hops. Feels weak or uneven behind. Doesn’t want to go forwa...

Locking stifle. Catching stifle. Stifle injections every few months. A horse that drags a hind toe, won’t go downhill, or loses hind end push. Stif...

Locking stifle. Catching stifle. Dragging a hind toe. Reluctance to go downhill or back up. Stifle injections every few months. The stifle is the l...

A suspensory diagnosis is one of the most feared in equine sport — and one of the most common questions I get. What do I do now? What tape, which a...

A suspensory diagnosis is one of the most feared in equine sport. Long rehab timelines, high reinjury rates, and the constant question of whether t...

The right tape means nothing if you don’t have the right tools to apply it correctly. The EquiTecs Starter Kit puts everything in one place — both ...

A wound on a horse’s leg is one of the most stressful things an owner can deal with — especially when the bandage won’t stay on, the wound keeps ge...

A wound on a horse’s leg is one of the most stressful things an owner can deal with — especially when the bandage won’t stay on, the wound keeps ge...

Lameness (General/Undiagnosed) Protocol (For horses with unexplained, intermittent, or shifting lameness where a clear diagnosis is not yet establi...

Weak gluteals are behind more SI, lumbar, hock, and stifle problems than most people realize. The gluteal muscle group is the engine of hind end po...