I need to ccorrect this entry - the chemical used was KCL, potassium chloride, which is same used in lethal injection for convicted criminals who ...   Tue May 24th, 2011 11:16 am

We had an interesting expereince with this issue recently. One of our horse community members used to be a pharmacist and researched extensively how one ...   Mon May 23rd, 2011 09:33 pm

In my personal experience on me, my horse and my dogs over the years, I have found it worth while to do a course of ...   Tue Jul 13th, 2010 09:05 pm

In the exhibit in Calgary they have a camel with baby in utero. Docents told us they are working on an all animal edition to ...   Tue Jul 13th, 2010 09:00 pm

Same thing goes for other critters like llamas, miniture horses and maybe worst of all pigs. Funny how my horses are all spooked by any ...   Tue Jul 13th, 2010 08:58 pm

Yes, I had already read that article in Equus and coincidentally, at the Alberta Horse Owners and Breeders Conference in Red Deer last month, one ...   Mon Feb 8th, 2010 09:05 pm

I'm still out here! Please don't delete me. Andi ...   Sun May 31st, 2009 10:40 pm

One caveat - check and see how many people are in the clinic you want to attend. Watched his clinics in Alberta last fall and ...   Mon Apr 20th, 2009 01:08 am

Thanks! great stuff - good specifics on what to add to our shopping list! Gonna lead to great discussions around the dinner table this weekend ...   Fri Feb 20th, 2009 10:01 pm

We've become intrigued by the idea of setting up our own lab to do fecal egg counts ourselves, rather than go bankrupt and wait forever ...   Wed Feb 18th, 2009 03:40 pm

Interesting synchronous timing on this thread - just as I am contemplating a new bump that appeared on my Andy-TB's nose about a month after ...   Wed Feb 18th, 2009 02:56 pm

Here's the irony in all this - almost as I was typing my post, guess who goes out and puts a 6 in x 1 ...   Mon Jul 21st, 2008 02:05 pm

Dr. Deb will remember my little Ev, a 16-3 h. Andalusian TB x, project horse par excellance. Recently, he had a bout of various little ...   Sun Jul 20th, 2008 01:45 pm

I understand your frustration at trying to find a decent sidepull. After trying and rejecting rope nosed and other variations and finally making do with ...   Mon Apr 28th, 2008 04:40 pm

Ah, this was my flirtation with fame and action - as one of the samaurais in the Japanese movie "Heaven & Earth". Had the thrill ...   Sat Dec 29th, 2007 04:34 pm

It gets really cold in Alberta sometimes. Weeks at -20 top -30 C are not unheard of.  I had a track vet tell me he ...   Fri Dec 28th, 2007 01:26 pm

I haven't focused on tricks over the years (afraid my horse was probably smarter than me if he learned any and I might live to ...   Fri Dec 28th, 2007 12:52 pm

Dr Deb's advice is invaluable - and should be remembered whether it is your first or 51st horse. In my experience, ultimately I think all ...   Fri Dec 28th, 2007 12:36 pm