Horse Health Care

Spring 2026 – Decker Dispatch – Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue TLAER

The Spring 2026 issue of the Decker Dispatch, the statewide newsletter of the Back Country Horsemen of Montana, carried a feature by Stacie on page 11 introducing Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue — and announcing the TLAER course the Gallatin Valley chapter hosted May 2–3, 2026, at the Montana State University Miller Livestock Pavilion, taught […]

August 2024 – Elsevier – Minimizing Fear Associated With Veterinary Procedures

On August 29, 2024, Academic Press (an imprint of Elsevier) published Equine Welfare in Clinical Practice: How and Why to Incorporate Equine Behavior and Welfare Assessments into Clinical Practice, edited by V. Wensley Koch, DVM. Stacie is the sole author of Chapter 3, “Minimizing Fear Associated With Veterinary Procedures” (pages 49–68), contributing the book’s chapter […]

February 2023 – Merck Animal Health – Low Stress Veterinary Care for Horses (CE Webinar)

In February 2023, Merck Animal Health presented a one-hour continuing education webinar for veterinary professionals, “Low Stress Veterinary Care for Horses,” with Dr. Stacie Boswell as the sole presenter. The webinar was RACE-approved for one hour of CE credit, offered free of charge through Merck’s Professional Services Veterinarians continuing-education program, and was subsequently made available […]

November 2022 – Best Horse Practices Podcast – Stress in Horses

On November 30, 2022, Stacie joined Jec Ballou on the Best Horse Practices podcast (season 3, episode 8) to talk about stress in horses: how it shows up, what it does physiologically, and how much of it we humans cause. Best Horse Practices: Stress in Horses Podcast conversation with Jec Ballou, November 30, 2022 The […]

February 2022 – EQUUS Magazine – Rescue Horse Rehab (Four-Part Series)

In early February 2022, EQUUS Magazine published “Rescue Horse Rehab,” a four-part series Stacie wrote on restoring a rescued horse’s physical and mental health, from the first veterinary exam through the foundation training that keeps a horse in a good home for life. Rescue Horse Rehab: A Four-Part Series in EQUUS by Stacie G. Boswell, […]

July 2021 – Horse Canada – Helping Horses in Need: The Veterinary Examination

In July 2021, Horse Canada, Canada’s national horse magazine, published an excerpt from The Ultimate Guide for Horses in Need in its Equine Welfare section. The excerpt covers the veterinary examination every newly acquired rescue horse should receive: what the first visit establishes medically and legally, body condition scoring, fecal evaluation, the Coggins test, blood […]

June 2021 – Montana Horses Magazine – Curbing Cribbing

From 2020 into 2022, Stacie was a regular contributing writer for Montana Horses, a free print magazine published every six to eight weeks by Montana Horses, Inc. of Manhattan, Montana, and distributed at horse-friendly businesses around the state. In the June 2021 Artisan Issue she wrote a full-page column on cribbing: what the behavior actually […]

March 2021 – Montana Horses Magazine – What to Expect in the Foaling Process

Stacie’s second health column in the Breeders 2021 issue of Montana Horses magazine walks breeders through a normal foaling: predicting when a mare will deliver, the three stages of parturition, and the critical timeline for a newborn foal. The magazine has since ceased publication and its online archive is gone, so the column is reproduced […]

March 2021 – Montana Horses Magazine – The Time Has Come: What to Know About Euthanasia

In the Breeders 2021 issue of Montana Horses magazine, Stacie contributed two health columns. This one takes on the hardest subject in horse ownership: how to think about euthanasia before a crisis forces the decision. It covers the AAEP criteria, the practical realities specific to Montana winters, methods, aftercare options in southwest Montana, costs, and […]

January 2021 – Montana Horses Magazine – Two Ways to Weigh a Horse at Home

Stacie’s January 2021 health column for Montana Horses magazine picks up where her December column on winter physiology left off: a horse needs adequate fat coverage to stay warm, and under a thick winter coat that fat can be hard to see. The column teaches the two practical tools for monitoring a horse’s weight at […]

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