Equine Obesity: No Laughing Matter

September 2014

How to Properly Identify and Feed Carbohydrates by Eleanor Blazer   Do the terms equine metabolic syndrome, Cushing’s disease, peripheral Cushing’s, insulin resistance and hypo-thyroid sound familiar? The common symptom shared by of all these conditions can be obesity. Weight and insulin problems are on the rise and it’s no …

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Nutrition for Horse Pastures

July 2014

How to Keep Your Pasture Grasses Healthy by Eleanor Blazer   Few things are prettier this time of year than watching horses graze on a beautiful pasture. To maintain forage, as well as the view, it’s important to do what you can to keep grass plants healthy. Just like horses …

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And the Beat Goes On – How to Find, and Take, Your Horse’s Pulse

by Eleanor Blazer   Do you know the average resting pulse rate of your horse? You may know that the normal resting pulse rate of an adult horse is between 25 and 50 beats per minute (bpm), but what is your horse’s rate?  Because of the wide margin of normalcy, …

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Finding Balance

The Physical and Mental Components of a Well Balanced Horse by Eleanor Blazer   Balance: we all strive for it. It’s a word used frequently by horse owners, trainers, farriers, veterinarians, nutritionists and holistic practitioners. There are several definitions for balance: equal distribution of weight, mental/emotional stability, the ability to …

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Hunkered Down

Caring For Horses During the Winter by Eleanor Blazer   The holidays are over and most of us are hunkered down, just waiting for spring. This time of year it takes motivation to leave the house, trudge to the barn and care for horses, but once there the smell, sound …

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Have a Coughing Horse?

How to Tell if Your Horse’s Coughing is Normal by Eleanor Blazer     Coughing is a symptom. It can be caused by something as trivial as a little dust or as serious as an underlying medical condition. Regardless of the cause, a coughing horse stops time. Activity ceases as …

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Fine for the Bovine, Fatal for the Equine

Why You Shouldn’t Feed Your Horse Like a Cow by Eleanor Blazer       It’s a common rural sight:  horses and cattle pastured together and serenely grazing.  Sharing grass may be fine, but what about grain? The goal when feeding cattle is to maximize rate of gain and keep …

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Get to Know Your Grass Hays

Common Cool Season Grasses by Eleanor Blazer     The equine digestive system is designed to extract nutrients from grass. Horses need long-stem fiber to remain healthy and in a perfect situation horses will graze for approximately 18 hours per day. If the horse owner does not have good pasture feeding …

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Say ‘No’ to Nightshade

Safe Guard Your Horse Safe from a Poisonous Plant Family by Eleanor Blazer   You say “potato,” I say, “poison;” you say “tomato,” I say “toxin.” These plants are members of the nightshade (solanaccae) family and include eggplant, tobacco, chili and bell peppers, horse nettle, and jimsonweed. There are more …

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Is Your Horse Lacking an Essential Mineral?

The Importance of Copper by Eleanor Blazer, www.horsecourses.online   “See a penny, pick it up…and put it in a bucket?”  Adding pennies to a horse’s water to increase copper intake is without merit; it doesn’t work. Pennies minted after 1982 are only 2.5 percent copper. You may want to add copper, …

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