Some larger American horse breeding operations that had exported semen to Canada within the last few years recently received in the mail a communication from the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) entitled “Advice Sheet – Responsibility of Vendors with Respect to Valuation of Horse Semen”. Some of the information required is causing concern in the equine breeding community.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote that I was going to have our stallion Chips (Dreams N Legends) tested for HERDA. I needed to know as producing a foal with the symptoms of HERDA is not on my wish list. I am truly grateful that his test came back negative/negative. He isn’t a carrier. [...]

Scott takes a course in hoof trimming! Horses beware!

Most of my riding is in pastures. Our pastures have a little muskeg and some small hills, cow trails, some bush and gopher holes. So I find it almost strange that the footing in arenas is such a big problem. My horses travel over much more uneven ground and although much of the time we [...]

Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia – I think it is the word Hereditary at the beginning that makes me think that we breeders need to get a better plan. Most certainly a better plan than just sticking our heads in the sand and hoping this will go away.

Believe it or not is is time to start thinking about the tests and permits if your are planning to ship semen to the U.S. in the spring.

Like most folks we have known for many years that Bute is not a perfect drug. In fact we have almost never used it here on the ranch except for a stallion we brought up from the States who had chronic laminitis. The vet we had called down there to do the pre-purchase vet check [...]

Ergot is being found in feed grain at much higher levels than usual. The ergot problem, precipitated by the spring weather conditions, is very widespread across most of Alberta and in other Prairie Provinces as well. .. “Weather conditions this year when plants were heading and flowering was very cool with high humidity and it [...]

Colic can be a terrifying experience, whether you’re trying to determine if your horse has colic, when to call the vet, how to treat him, or how well he might recover from surgery. Do you have questions about colic in horses?

Free online video seminar with a practical explanation of laminitis, diagnostic imaging, interpretation and treatment principles.

I’m tired. My head is swimming in comments and x-ray images of Keeper’s feet. The prognosis? Keeper has some changes in the bones in her feet that could indicate navicular disease.