Horse Healthcare

Despite drastic equine medical advancements over the past two decades, colic remains the number one killer of horses. New research from the University of Nottingham in England reveals the positive ties between a natural lifestyle with more turnout and colic in horses. The study selected sixteen horses and divided them into two groups, half living [...]

We know the bond between horses and their owners is very strong. We also know horses are very intelligent.  A recent study conducted by Leanne Proops and Karen McComb from the University of Sussex in the UK shed some more light on how horses recognize their owners.1 In an experiment when owner voices were played [...]

Aside from their athletic talents, horses are sensitive creatures that have the ability to provide humans with a remarkable amount of companionship and hope. Although horses do enjoy the challenges of (responsible) horsemanship such as riding and lunging, they are ready and willing to offer so much more to those who work with them: friendship, [...]

In late March, Bella, a bay Arab cross rescue horse at Beech Brook Equine Rescue, was diagnosed with Equine Scratches. Spring was on its way and the moisture most likely added to the cause, besides Bella being a horse weary of her hind end being worked with or groomed. Rescue volunteers and the rescue farm [...]