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Today’s Horse Mysteries Now podcast is about equine skin issues. There’s so many! All with fantastic names: mud fever, rain rot, rain scald, malanders, scratches, grease heel, fly allergies, and more. Guess what? They’re all caused by the same things. Humans just like to name them something different. Regardless of the name, you can get rid of the skin issues. … Read More

Have you heard that suspensory ligament “pulls” happen mainly from overuse? Either you’re “riding too much, or doing too much for the horses level, or overdoing a specific movement.” That’s wrong. You need TWO items to be going wrong with your horse in order to have a suspensory pull: A misaligned leg AND a problem with the liver More about … Read More

Have you seen horses with asthma struggle to breath? It’s heartbreaking. Today on Horse Mysteries Solved, I share why horses get equine asthma, COPD, RAO, heaves, etc. All those “diagnosis” are really the same condition: A spectrum of breathing difficulties. The podcast is not about medications, or diagnosis…it’s about why the horses have trouble breathing in the first place. And … Read More

I know you’ve worked hard on your horse’s saddle fit. Most horse owners have either had a saddle fitter out, or watched multiple saddle fitting videos, or both. But occasionally I hear, “I’ve tried everything, but nothing fits my horse. He or she is so asymmetrical!” This podcast is for you. I talk about 3 important misalignments in this Horse … Read More

Have you heard or thought these things about a horse? That’s just the way she is He’s always been that way Can’t do anything about how they’re built Nothing’s gonna change that In my opinion, many problems blamed on conformation are fixable. They’re usually simple alignment issues. Such as: Weak lumbo-sacral coupling Shoulder too upright or too flat Over at … Read More