What to Do With a Twisted Off Shoe: A Horse Owner’s Guide

This is an excerpt of an article we wrote for Equine Online: As horse owners, we are constantly doing our best to ensure our horses are living a healthy, happy life. Despite everything we do however, they always manage to find a way to get themselves in to trouble! When

A Guide to Poisoning in Horses: The Dangers of Biological Poisons

Welcome to the second part of the Complete Guide to Poisoning in Horses. In this guide we’re walking you through some of the common (and uncommon) sources of toxins and poisons that can affect our horses. This section of the guide focuses on biological poisons, such as moulds, fungi and

A Guide to Poisoning in Horses: Diagnosis, Treatment and Heavy Metal Poisoning

A poison is a compound that irritates, damages body tissue or alters the metabolism. Because horses are trickle feeders and graze for the majority of the time they are awake, on rare occasions they can eat something poisonous. This guide looks at the types of poisoning a horse can suffer

Strengthening Hooves with Biotin

Horses’ hooves can be put under a lot of pressure all year round. One particular time when they can suffer however is winter. During the winter months, nutrition can be much less… nutritious. This means horses can start to become deficient in key vitamins and minerals if their feed is