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Moody mares: alternative therapies

Dena Schwartz, 23 February 2010 12:39

Dena Schwartz is a qualified aromatherapist, reflexologist and reiki healer. She’s had hundreds of successes using oils with moody mares. She recommends you give the following a try:Rose has been used for years to help women deal with menstrual problems and it’s just as useful for animals.It cleanses, purifies and helps to regulate the menstrual cycle. Some mares may tuck ...

Moody mares: Hormonal and medical conditions

Gayle Hallowell, 23 February 2010 11:57

In addition to the normal variation in behaviour due to the reproductive cycle, there are also a few conditions that affect the ovaries and hormones, which can lead to extremes of behaviour.Some of these include: Permanent oestrus ornnymphomania this can be seen for a variety of reasons, which include ovarian tumours or other tumours that secrete hormones.Behavioural problems that don’t ...

Moody mares: Understanding seasons

Gayle Hallowell, 23 February 2010 11:34

Seasons are the regular cycles of a mare becoming fertile and preparing for pregnancy. Around 20 to 25 per cent of mares have seasons all year round, and this is most likely to occur in Arab and Thoroughbred mares. The other 80 per cent of horses have different stages of their cycle throughout the year. During the spring, summer and ...

Why do mares get moody?

Gayle Hallowell, 23 February 2010 11:06

Horses reach puberty (the age they can conceive) between 12 and 24 months of age – fillies born late in the season may reach puberty at an earlier age than those born early. Most horses generally have reproductive cycles throughout the spring, summer and early autumn (called long-day seasonal breeders) but, for some, the cycles can be all year round.During ...

Tip of the Week: Week 5

Carol Mailer, 17 February 2010 11:45

Experienced show jumper and trainer Carol Mailer helps riders to improve their performance. Gridwork is fantastic for helping you develop a partnership with your horse – whatever your level of riding. These two gridwork exercises should help any rider. 1 - A great exercise to get you and your horse thinking together is to set up a line of cross-poles ...

Worming: Can treatments cause as much damage as worms?

Helen Barnes, 17 February 2010 09:32

The traditional five-day course of fenbendazole was, until recent years, the only way to control the harmful – and potentially fatal – encysted small redworm larvae. These larvae burrow into and accumulate in your horse’s gut wall, only to later emerge en masse, causing internal damage. However, recent research (Steinbach 2006) has found that the traditional five-day course of fenbendazole ...

Worming: Worming myths debunked

Helen Barnes, 17 February 2010 09:10

There are many myths surrounding the treatment of horses with worms. Here's our guide to these worming myths and the truth behind each of them. 1 MYTH Harrowing pastures in the UK is a way to kill worm larvae on the pasture. TRUTH Harrowing is only successful in hot, dry conditions. The UK is damp, and harrowing in damp conditions ...

Worming: To worm or to test - what are the options?

Helen Barnes, 17 February 2010 09:08

Routine worming is probably the easiest option for keeping your horse healthy and worm-free. However, horses are individuals – some have a high tolerance to worms and others a low tolerance. Those with a low tolerance build up high worm burdens quickly. The strategy of simply worming your horse when faecal worm egg counts reach a certain level may be ...

Worming: Top tips for fighting resistance

Helen Barnes, 17 February 2010 09:04

With confirmed resistance in orses tomany worming products, ensuring that the worms in our horse are effectively controlled means that the choice of wormer for your horse is important. Here’s how to resist the resistance! 1 If you’re rotating wormers each grazing season, ensure you change the active ingredient – don’t just switch brand names. 2 Don’t rotate between wormers ...

Alternative Therapies - Equine Touch

Adèle Neighbour, 11 February 2010 10:08

What is it?The Equine Touch is a non-diagnostic, non-invasive, energy and connective soft tissue discipline which works at a complete holistic level; it addresses the equine as a whole without paying particular attention to any named problem as such. What does it do?The modality enables and trains horses to rebalance their bodies and this can inspire remedial and therapeutic changes: ...

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