This spring has been the perfect recipe for hoof abscesses due to the excessive rain and mud. As soon as CJ walked in from the pasture, dead lame on his right front, when he had been fine earlier, I knew the likely culprit was an abscess. Our farrier was scheduled to come to the barn […]
While watching the 2018 Kentucky Derby, I studied the horse’s bodies. It is partly because it has become a habit from assisting Bambi Dorè in her bodywork courses. When we do microcurrent therapy with Matrix Best-Vet, our eyes learn to recognize subtle distortions. It is an unfair screening, as the opportunities to properly view the […]
My daughter heard our vet comment to his new assistant on dental day, “Yeah, we only come to this barn once a year.” He’s pretty correct. I pulled our ONE vet file, which started in 1992, which includes all bills for all horses, and took a peak. The bills are for sheath cleanings, vaccines, diagnosis […]