Foxtail Season & Your Pet

Foxtail Season & Your Pet

The barbed edge nature of the foxtail gives it the ability to travel in one direction, making its small appearance more dangerous than the initial glance.  Despite its cute sounding name, the foxtail has been known to take on your pet’s largest defense system, the...
Dealing with Equine Colic

Dealing with Equine Colic

Colic is a condition that most horse owners will see sometime during their horse’s lifetime. Colic does not discriminate between age, gender or breed and can be as a result of numerous things. In our cold Manitoba winters, we most often see impaction colic. This is...
The Ideal Hoof

The Ideal Hoof

There is an old adage that describes the horse as having 5 hearts, each as equally important as the others.  The 5 hearts are made up of one actual heart and 4 feet.  Of course, a horse cannot live without any of these 5 hearts, which underlines the importance of the...