Prevent Dehydration in Your Horse During Cold Weather
Joyce Harman, DVM, MRCVS We’ve all heard the old saying, “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” Well, that’s true. Low grade dehydration …
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Hay Equals Warmth – Winterize Your Horse
Joyce Harman, DVM, MRCVS If you observe what your horse eats in the winter it’s usually more hay. Allow them to have more hay if the weather is really …
Feeding herbs to animals
Herbs come in many forms: liquids, tinctures, teas, powders, fresh plants…….so, what’s best for my horse, dog, or cat? There are many ways to feed herbs to animals. What’s …
Hitting Pay Dirt!
Creating a Diverse Healthy Pasture By Joyce Harman, DVM Equine health (and human health, for that matter) is closely intertwined with soil health. Soil health directly affects plant health …
What Is Health?
When looking at medicine from a CAVM standpoint, the first question to ask is what is health? Health is defined as freedom from disease. According to this definition many …
To Blanket, or Not to Blanket…That is the Question
Question: How do I know if my horse is cold? I put him out in cold weather with a shed, but he will not go in it. I am …
Is Your Horse ready for Old Man winter?
Holistic vet Dr. Joyce Harman offers tips to keep your horse at his best this winter Fall has descended upon most of the country and, though we might enjoy …
Keep Your Horse At The Optimal Winter Weight
Dr. Joyce Harman offers expert advice on keeping your horse at his prime over the winter months. As humans, we have winter-weight everything: winter-weight jackets, socks, hats—we may even …
The Energetics Of Food
Chinese food energetics has become more popular in small animal medicine, but has gained little attention in the horse world. Prepackaged, processed equine feeds are just a bad as …
Holistic Deworming
By Joyce Harman, DVM There are several ways to deworm horses without using harsh chemicals. Each of them takes a bit more work and attention to detail than using …