http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=RON+PETRACEK Pets RON PETRACEK Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257883&ca=Pets A regular parasite control program is critical to your horse’s health. Infestations of internal parasites can cause your horse to feel ill all of the time, become colicky, and can even cause death. Parasites can cause damage to a horse's internal organs. Signs of parasite infestation include overall... Pets RON PETRACEK Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257889&ca=Pets Heaves. Even the name sounds icky. And if you are a horse owner who has had to deal with heaves, you know it’s no day at the park. What exactly are heaves? Heaves is basically another word for pulmonary emphysema, a condition in which the lungs can’t be properly emptied of air due to the rupture of... Pets RON PETRACEK Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257894&ca=Pets Think of how sensitive your horse is—even if you don’t think he is particularly sensitive to your aids at all. Think of how reactive he is just to the persistent presence of an annoying fly at his belly. Horses are by their very nature sensitive creatures. They need to be because, in the wild, if th... Pets RON PETRACEK Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257885&ca=Pets We’ve all seen these horses. They latch on to feeder with their front teeth and suck in air. They grab onto gates, poles, fence posts and just about anything else. They arch their neck and then suck in a huge gulp of air. Many people disregard this, but this simple vice can lead to major internal co... Pets RON PETRACEK Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257886&ca=Pets When a riding academy ran its instructor certification clinic, the first thing the clinician did was have all the instructor candidates mount their horses from the wrong side. The reason, she said, was to remind them what it's like to be a beginner again. Even the most experienced of the bunch was h... Pets RON PETRACEK Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257887&ca=Pets You most likely better know it as “moon blindness,” but periodic opthalmia, the most common cause of blindness in horses, has nothing to do with the phases of the moon. The reason why horsemen used to attribute moon blindness to the phases of the moon is because of its tendency to appear suddenly, s... Pets RON PETRACEK Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257893&ca=Pets You know how important it is to check your horse’s legs before and after you ride for heat and swelling. If you find hard swelling in the area of the horse’s splint bones, your horse may be suffering from splints. Splints are more common in young horses, and are most often found in the forelegs. Bas... Pets RON PETRACEK Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257901&ca=Pets It is not very often you hear of a horse with cancer. Often when you do it is after the horse has died and the cancer was later discovered in a necropsy. However, if the cancer is detected early then there are several things that a veterinarian can do to help your horse fight the cancer. Horses, lik... Education RON PETRACEK Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=252611&ca=Education Delaware Valley College is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and is a four-year private nonprofit college that offers associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees in a variety different degree programs. Among the programs that are offered are Bachelor’s degrees in either Equine Science and Manage... Education RON PETRACEK Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=252626&ca=Education Colby Community College is located in Colby Kansas and is a two year public community college that offers a number of different associate’s degrees in a wide variety of different fields of study. One of the degrees that are offered is an Associate’s in Applied Science Degree in Horse Production Mana...