Does anyone else find the horse sculpture in downtown Red Deer disturbing?

Accidents happen and the most important thing a horse owner can do, although at times it may be the most difficult, is to stay calm. To prepare for the inevitable equine emergency, a horse owner can learn a few simple techniques to assess the condition of the horse, and to help the veterinarian in the case of an emergency. This article will cover how to take a horse’s vitals, some common horse emergencies, how to differentiate colic from choke, and what to do while waiting for the veterinarian to arrive.

Even the pigeons had quit living in the old barn. The roof just leaked too badly. We considered reroofing it at one time but we were raising 6 kids, farming wasn’t providing much cash and when you are living on the operating loan you have to give up some opportunities. The opportunity to reroof the [...]

Here at the ranch we just let the stallion and our few broodmares share a pasture for the summer and the mares usually have a baby the next spring. But for many people pasture breeding isn’t an option so when I saw this post on building a breeding phantom by Jos Mottershead of equine-reproduction.com, I thought it might be of interest to some of our readers.

Fat horses are no more healthy than fat people. My vet and my farrier are trying hard to reinforce that bit of knowledge for me. In fact they are even changing my idea of how fat is too fat. And it is less than I used to think was just right.

I am trying to convince Dave that we need to go riding somewhere. He says he is good with it as long as there aren’t a lot of mosquitoes. We have a lot of mosquitoes here in west-central Alberta. A lot. We also have a lot of grass but most of the critters are having [...]

We should simply give thanks every day just for being born here or for the privilege of being a Canadian citizen. The more I see and hear about the rest of the world the more I realize how incredibly lucky we are. Just to be Canadians. And I personally am lucky to live in Spruce [...]