2013 Equine Colic Awareness Month Series Part 4 of 4 When your horse colics, knowing the common signs, calling the vet, and getting through even a minor colic is a temporary band-aid, not a permanent fix. Throughout the month of June, the second annual Equine Colic Awareness Month, we will be discussing the importance of colic prevention, why horses are prone to colic, how poor digestive health as a result [ Read More ]
Eitan Beth-Halachmy is best known as the founder of western dressage-style riding — or, “cowboy dressage,” performed on the talented Morgans he and his wife raise. Eitan, known to his friends simply as “8”, was inducted into the Morgan Horse Hall of Fame in 2010. He is officially retired from showing, but gives frequent clinics at Wolf Creek Ranch in Grass Valley, California. He also travels around the country regularly to exhibit [ Read More ]
2013 Equine Colic Awareness Month Series Part 3 of 4 When your horse colics, knowing the common signs, calling the vet, and getting through even a minor colic is a temporary band-aid, not a permanent fix. Throughout the month of June, the second annual Equine Colic Awareness Month, we will be discussing the importance of colic prevention, why horses are prone to colic, how poor digestive health as a result [ Read More ]
Kirstien Ward shares the story of her colic experience with her AQHA mare Angel. Thanks for sharing Kirstien! When Angel was 4 years old I got a call from my barn saying Angel was acting different. I thought she was just playing because she didn’t want to work. Well I just shook it off and said she’s fine. That night I got another call saying come out to the barn we [ Read More ]
2013 Equine Colic Awareness Month Series Part 2 of 4 When your horse colics, knowing the common signs, calling the vet, and getting through even a minor colic is a temporary band-aid, not a permanent fix. Throughout the month of June, the second annual Equine Colic Awareness Month, we will be discussing the importance of colic prevention, why horses are prone to colic, how poor digestive health – as a [ Read More ]
Debra Benanti shares the story of her colic experience with her Missouri Fox Trotter gelding Beau. Thanks for sharing Debra! Sometimes you create our own luck. Dietary Changes To Combat Obesity My horse was put on a strict diet once my trainer told me that he would die because he was so fat and had gained too much weight. So, cut his hay back considerably. He was already on such [ Read More ]
2013 Equine Colic Awareness Month Series Part 1 of 4 Knowing the common signs that a horse is colicking, calling the vet, and getting through even a minor colic is a temporary band-aid, not a permanent fix. Throughout the month of June, the second annual Equine Colic Awareness Month, we will be discussing the importance of colic prevention, why horses are prone to colic, how poor digestive health as a [ Read More ]
Colic Awareness Month may be created and shared by people, but ultimately it’s about doing right by the horses we love. And what better way to hear about how we can reduce their risk for colic than “straight from the horse’s mouth,” so to speak? The official Spokes-Horse of Equine Colic Awareness Month is the adorable Appendix Quarter Horse mare SoCo, owned and love by Taylor Allen of Mulberry, Florida. [ Read More ]
The Crusade Against Equine Colic is a movement empowering all horse people to learn how to reduce our horses’ risk for colic – and to share that knowledge with fellow equestrians.
