Ahead of the 2021 Fourth of July, Stacie wrote a short piece for the Hardaway Veterinary Hospital blog on horses and fireworks – framed around fear, anxiety, and stress (FAS), the same concepts at the heart of her Fear Free equine work. The post is still live on Hardaway’s site. Your Horse and Fireworks By […]
A day-in-the-life piece Stacie wrote for the Trafalgar Square Books blog, published December 1, 2020, during the first COVID year. Early Morning Writing, COVID Vetting, and a Vomiting Princess: 24 Hours with Dr. Stacie Boswell by Stacie G. Boswell, DVM, DACVS — originally published on the Trafalgar Square Books blog, December 1, 2020 5:00 am […]
COVID-19 and Horses Originally published at http://web.archive.org/web/20200815200120/http://hardawayvet.com/covid-19-and-horses/. If you’ve been to Hardaway Veterinary Hospital in the past couple of weeks, you may have noticed a few changes in how we interact with you and your pet. We are doing everything we can to help keep our team, our clients, and our pets healthy! Let’s talk […]
National Horse Protection Day Originally published at http://hardawayvet.com/national-horse-protection-day/. What is an “Unwanted Horse”? In 2005, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) formulated a definition for an “Unwanted Horse.” This definition includes any horse that an owner no longer wants. Horses may be old, injured, sick, or unmanageable, because of lameness, behavior problems, or poor […]
FEBRUARY IS INTERNATIONAL HOOF CARE MONTH I think it’s a good time to remind everyone that we should be seeing our farrier all year. If your horse is still doing his job through the colder months – in the fall for hunters, or through the winter skijoring season, the activity and the fact that he is […]
