Equine Weight and Its Effect on Performance
Emily Elek of Stonewall Ponies chats with me about how she keeps track of the weight on her hunter ponies and horses, and how she sees excess weight affecting performance. We also talk about challengi...
14 Mar 202540min
Equine Diet for Healthy Hooves
We all know the phrase "No Hoof, No Horse," so how do we ensure that we are doing all we can to help our horses grow healthy feet? Dr. Priska Darani and Dr. Fran Rowe discuss nutrition and the hoof, d...
28 Feb 202530min
Pain Indicators in the Ridden Horse with Dr. Sue Dyson
Dr. Sue Dyson talks about her Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram, and ways we can advocate for horses exhibiting pain behaviors under saddle. For more information, see: 24horsebehaviors.orgThank you to our am...
14 Feb 202539min
Staying Safe: Injury Prevention in the Horse World with Alexa Linton
As a hoofcare professional, our job is inherently dangerous - even when the horse is well behaved, we can have repetitive strain injuries that force us to stop working. Alexa Linton, an equine and hum...
31 Jan 202538min
Hoofcare in the Winter
For those of us in cold climates, we know horsekeeping becomes exponentially more difficult. It is true for hoofcare providers working in the cold weather - it can be a challenge sometimes! Deanna Qui...
10 Jan 202527min
Holiday Mini Episode: Winter Laminitis Edition, by Equithrive
In cold weather, we can see a sudden increase in hoof pain in some horses with a past of laminitis even with no change in management. In this short mini-episode, Alicia talks about the ECIR protocol f...
27 Des 202411min
Exploring the Equine Gut Microbiome, by Equithrive
Mary Hartman of StableFeed talks about equine gut health, symptoms of issues, research into diagnostics, and what she has found to help improve gut health and therefore whole body (and hoof) health. T...
13 Des 202448min
Recognizing Patterns In Hooves, by Equithrive
Ula Krzanowska talks about how her architecture background has helped her in hoofcare, and what patterns in hoof wear may indicate in terms of conformation, injury, etc. Thank you to our amazing spons...
22 Nov 202429min
