The Hawkins Guide - Equine Emergencies on the Road will help you take the steps necessary to handle and prevent on the road emergencies. Everyone who trailers horses - even for short distances - should be familiar with these important procedures.

How is looking after an old horse different from caring for other horses?; What kind of shelter does my horse need?; What do you mean by "routine dental care"?; What should I feed my old horse?; Does my horse need anything else?; How much food does my horse need?; How often should I feed my horse?; Is there anything I should know about feeding several horses?

General Horse Foot Care - "Farrier-Friendly" series By Bryan S. Farcus, BS, CF. The old saying "No Foot, No Horse" is one horse people like to recite all the time. What constitutes a healthy foot? As equine experts, you will have to be familiar with and responsible for the "Life-Line" of your horse – his feet.

With all the present day technology and major advances in veterinary medicine, the mechanics of wound healing in the horse remains essentially the same biological process with or without man's intervention. We can aid in the healing process by providing the proper environment for the living tissue to repair itself, but we can not substitute a better mechanism than the natural process.

There are two predominate weaning techniques adopted by horse breeders: 1. Abrupt Separation – The dam is taken as far away from the foal as possible, such that she is not within eyesight (and preferably earshot) of the foal. 2. Gradual Separation – The dam is either kept in a next-door paddock or permitted to visit the foal daily for increasingly shorter periods of time.

Treating Sweet Itch - Medical Alternatives for Senior Horses - Elbow Injuries - EQUUS Consultants: Thin Horse, Tendon Treatment - Corneal Ulcer - Injection Infections - Acupuncture: Is It For Your Horse? - Trail Terrors, Part 3: Eye Injury - Help for Equine Asthmatics - On Proud Flesh & Navicular - Preventing Choke in Horses - Trail Terrors, Part 7: Allergies - Trail Terrors, Part 8: Lameness - Trail Terrors, Part 9: Snakebites - Three Leg-icing Techniques for Your Horse.

The one most important vaccine is the Encephalitis and Tetanus. This vaccine is important to ALL horses of all ages because infection with the Eastern variety of encephalitis and also with Tetanus is usually fatal. The vaccine usually comes with the Eastern, Western varieties combined with the Tetanus.

Caring for Older Horses in Winter with David Nash of Hygain - Questions and Answers related to Older Horse Care during the Winter.

Articles & Tips: If you have trouble loading or unloading, get experienced help; Loading a horse on a trailer should be done by two persons if at all possible; Always stand to one side, never directly behind, when loading or unloading a horse from a trailer or truck; Be certain the ground area behind and around the truck or trailer affords safe footing before loading or unloading;

Horseandhound.co.uk - Caring For The Older Horse. Julianne Aston of the Veteran Horse Society offers some useful tips on how to care for the older equine.