STEVE: Evaluating a horse’s attitude is something you should be doing routinely anyway. Because what you see is their normal occurrence or appearance and what their normal routine is and how they respond to you and how they are in … Continue reading →
STEVE: A horse’s temperature is right around 100, normal temperature. The acceptable number would be somewhere in the order of about 99 and a half or usually I’ll have horses even run closer to 99 and up to about just … Continue reading →
STEVE: An elevated temp, depending on the amount of elevation you know, with the race horses, we were really really attentive, that we, you know, most outfits I worked with took temps at least twice a day, some more when … Continue reading →
STEVE: If you’re in the Southeast United States: Georgia, Florida, Alabama, right along the Gulf Coast; it typically is a very, very mild climate. It doesn’t get really cold. You can get away with something as simple as a run-in … Continue reading →
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STEVE: Signs or symptoms outwardly to look for, for lack of health or times when a horse is starting to diverge from normal health, would be the fact that maybe their coat is starting to get dull. Maybe a little … Continue reading →
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ALEX: The best way to follow up on if your horse is healthy is really to check everything that encompasses what’s going on with your horse. As far as their environment, how they are living in their environment, their temperature, … Continue reading →