Rural Canada has suffered from an equine vet shortage for decades. What can be done to provide services to the far-flung horse owners in this country?
A proactive group of professionals from all sectors of the horse industry have come together to establish a national equine disease surveillance network.
How Andrea Harrison, aka the Inadvertent Rescuer, discovered Mr. Neurotic, her “heart horse,” in Horse Canada magazine’s new Back Page series.
Every horse lover has a favourite horse movie. Here are 20 beloved films starring talented equines horse lovers should check out.
A hygroma is an accumulation of fluid which follows trauma such as a kick or an impact from falling, and don't usually cause lameness in horses.
Lusi was prone to having big babies – her first two foals both weighed nearly 120 pounds, and the equine midwife said they “weren’t easy pulls.”
Make the most of winter and improve your relationship with your horse with five fun groundwork exercises from trainer Lindsey Partridge.
Improve your ankle strength and control for better balance in the saddle with these exercises from registered physiotherapist Alison Barr.
Sometimes saddles just don’t want to sit still, sliding either too far backward or forward. Find a solution in correctly fitted breastplates and cruppers.
If you are getting lazy gaits, sloppy transitions and unbalanced turns, your horse may be lacking impulsion. Here is how to develop it correctly.
The last article in this series is called the Responsibility Circle. This is a great exercise to help any type of horse gain more focus and responsibility.
Choke in horses refers to an esophageal obstruction. While this condition is considered an emergency, it’s not immediately life-threatening.
An inflammation of the large colon, colitis in horses can be life-threatening. One of the earliest signs is diarrhea, combined with a fever.
Many horses have a tendency to lose weight over the winter. Shannon Pratt-Phillips, Ph.D. offers tips for preventing winter weight loss.
Yogi Fell of Granville, P.E.I., is Horse Canada’s first-ever Hero of the Horse award winner. Fell has been helping horses and humans for over 30 years.
