http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Dr.+Douglas+Stewart Real Estate Dr. Douglas Stewart Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=469906&ca=Real+Estate There is a simple trick to saving about 4% on the price of property abroad. It is quite easy and only takes about an hour. As an example, on a $200 000 property, this means that you would save about $8 000. Not bad for an hour's work. Following is the explanation of how you do it. If you are buying... Pets Dr. Douglas Stewart Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=456634&ca=Pets Almost all horse injuries and illnesses (excluding sports injuries and mistreatment) are due to a small number of mistakes in the way horses are kept and treated. Here are the top 10 tips to avoiding these errors and protecting your horse's health (in rough order of importance, beginning with the mo... Pets Dr. Douglas Stewart Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=448432&ca=Pets Three standard indicators of a horse's health are temperature, pulse rate and respiration. These can be used not only to determine if your horse is ill but also can indicate the type of illness. Horse's Temperature The normal temperature for a horse is about 38C (100.5F). Individual horses may vary... Pets Dr. Douglas Stewart Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=446963&ca=Pets Cushing's disease occurs in various animals (e.g. dogs, horses, people), although the symptoms in horses are different than the symptoms in other animals (e.g. in dogs it results in hair loss whereas in horses it results in greater hair growth). When the disease occurs in horses, it is known as Equi... Pets Dr. Douglas Stewart Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=444635&ca=Pets Curly horses are horses which have a certain gene, inherited from their parents, which makes their hair curly. Not only their coat, but also other hair (mane, tail, fetlocks, even eyelashes) can be curled. They are becoming increasingly popular for three reasons: - Hypoallergenic. Most people who ha... Pets Dr. Douglas Stewart Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=443831&ca=Pets If you are intending to buy a horse at auction, you need to be able to tell the quality horses from the problem horses. Remember that most horses at auction are sold ‘as-is’, so you do not have a guarantee and have little legal protection, even if the horse has a serious problem. Consequently, you n... Pets Dr. Douglas Stewart Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=444108&ca=Pets Although some horses (like some people) have the good fortune to die peacefully in their sleep of old age, most horses will eventually reach a stage (due to severe injury, disease or incapacity) where the most humane action is to put them down. For the horse owner, this can be a very difficult and p... Pets Dr. Douglas Stewart Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=444109&ca=Pets An average horse may cost only $3000 to buy, but over its working live can easily cost $100,000 to take care of. I'm often amazed at people who feel that cannot spend a couple of thousand dollars more for the horse they really want, considering that the purchase price is perhaps 5% or less of the co... Pets Dr. Douglas Stewart Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=442638&ca=Pets If you are looking for a free (or very inexpensive) horse, one of the best places to look is rescue associations, or animal rescue groups which also deal with horses. These associations take on horses but have limited resources to take care of them in terms of space (stalls, pasture), money (food, b... Pets Dr. Douglas Stewart Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=436875&ca=Pets Cribbing is a compulsive behavior, which horses sometimes develop as a result of boredom, typically resulting from being left in a box much of the day with nothing to do. It consists of the horse firmly biting an object, arching its neck while pulling on the object, and sucking in air. It is believe...