Cranky Frankie – the Horse that Wouldn’t Go
Frankie was the kind of horse you come across fairly regularly. Nappy, cranky, lackluster and unwilling to go forward. When Karen contacted me she had owned Frankie, a 9 year old Quarterhorse gelding, for 2 years. She bought him from a woman who had owned him for 3 years, who in turn had bought him from a stock station for her daughter to ride. The daughter quickly lost interest so Frankie had been turned out onto large scrubby, drought affected land with some cattle. Karen was interested in Frankie as he was quite well bred and she wanted to campdraft him. Karen told me that
Bug Buster – A Powerful Mix
Bug Buster is a fabulous mix - it tastes foul but by golly it works! It was initially formulated when Angela's partner had been diagnosed with probable septicaemia (blood poisoning). His temperature was through the roof, pulse weak and thready, he felt like he was dying. The local rural hospital had no available beds and told Angela to bring him back the next day. Angela had only been in practice treating humans for two years. All the medical and herbal books literature said don’t mess about with septicaemia, get to a hospital, but they had just been sent home! She was at her
The Nervous System
Today’s horse is the product of millions of years of evolution, during which survival depended on its ability to sense and respond to the environment in which it lived. This included escaping predators, being able to sense the temperature of its surroundings and identify food. While the need to escape predators may not be a requirement for the modern horse, their physiological response to fear is still to run. To achieve this the various systems and organs in the horse’s body must be linked so they work together. The adjustment of an animal’s response to changes in the environment and the complex linking