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The Horse's Advocate Podcast

Apr 24, 2024

This podcast provides an alternative perspective to an interview published in an equine veterinary magazine with a board-certified veterinary equine dentist about EOTRH (Equine Odontoclastic Tooth Resorption and Hypercementosis). I am troubled by what was said.

Professionals are skipping to conclusions in a world...


Apr 17, 2024

This podcast discusses the basics of breeding the mare and delivering the newborn foal.

The number one rule of getting your mare bred is to develop good daily observational skills and record what you observe. This will show the subtle signs needed to get your mare bred successfully. The next most important thing to do...


Apr 10, 2024

This podcast discusses two significant thoughts about equine veterinary medicine. The first is the breadth and scope of veterinary medicine, which is so much more than just horses. This is evidenced by my discussion of all the articles presented in this month's Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association...


Apr 3, 2024

This podcast discusses a comment by a listener who likes what I'm saying but doesn't like to feed herself or her horses anything genetically modified or treated with chemicals. All of us will agree with her. But is it possible in today's world?

Is avoiding these two criteria (GMOs and chemicals) important relative to...


Mar 27, 2024

In this podcast, I discuss two diseases that affect horses: Kissing Spine, which involves the overriding spinous processes, and peripheral vestibular disease, which is discussed at about the 16 to 17-minute mark.

Kissing Spine is a relatively new condition discovered thanks to advancements in X-ray technology. The...