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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Stacie wrote a regular health column for Montana Horses, a free print magazine distributed at horse-friendly businesses around the state. Her December 2020 column explains how horses’ bodies prepare for a Montana winter: the thermoneutral zone, the insulating physics of the hair coat, the fermentation “furnace” of the hindgut, and muscle use. The magazine has […]