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Ticked Off

My young, strong, handsome Reilly has Lyme. My vet told me it was some of the highest  numbers he’d seen. That made me sick to my stomach. I had not wanted to jump on the [...]

“It’s a Saddle Fit Problem…isn’t it ?”

“My horse won’t pick up the right lead …”  “My horse is has started refusing jumps, and when he does jump, he usually bucks on landing …”  “My horse tries to bite when I do [...]

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Scratches Part Two

We have posted a customer response by Ellen Jefferies that we found very useful. It was shown to Dr. Reggie Tschorn, an Equine Vet, whose comment was that Ellen really did her homework. “In your [...]

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Edie’s Tip on Scratches

Here in the northeast, spring means “wet and muddy” – and that can mean scratches.  And as anyone who’s dealt with that problem can tell you, this is one case where an ounce of prevention [...]

Building the Back

As saddle fitters, we often hear, “My horse’s back is sore.”  Many times, this is the trigger that sets riders off on the quest for a new saddle.  If  your horse is otherwise sound and [...]

The Use of Shim Pad for Crooked Saddles

I felt a little like I did when I closed a kid’s fingers in the car door….That sick to your stomach feeling. I was brushing my horse a couple of days after a perfectly sensible [...]

Veterinary Diagnosis of Back Pain

                                       Reggie Tschorn, D.V.M. I am often called to look at horses that are exhibiting back pain and performance problems. The difficulty is that the symptoms are not always consistent, and may not always be [...]

Back Pain

How do you identify it, what causes it, and can it be fixed? Back pain can be one of the most insidious ailments that affect horses’ performance.  It is one of the most difficult things [...]

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