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Colic Surgery Decision with Listener Alyssa Severeid

May 14, 2019 by John Leave a Comment

Decision to Have Colic Surgery

Alyssa Severeid colic surgeryHearing the words colic, navicular, founder, or strangles strike fear into every horse owner.  Colic happens when a horse’s intestinal tract gets blocked.  In most cases a vet can open/dissolve/remove the blockage with a variety of different techniques.  When those fail however, one of the few remaining solutions is colic surgery.  Alyssa Severeid had to make the tough decision about whether to have the vet perform colic surgery on her horse.  The surgery is expensive.  Little did Alyssa know the decision wasn’t just about the surgery.  The after care was not only hard on her physically, but emotionally.  What would you have done in her shoes?  After you hear her story, would you still do the same thing?

About Alyssa

Colic Surgery

Alyssa`s horse during surgery.

While we have never met in person, Alyssa and I have known each other through our podcasts.  She produced and hosted the Earn Your Spurs podcast and She Rides to Win podcast.  From Montana, Alyssa grew up around horses.  Her father is a respected trainer.  She knows horses and gives us insights about her horse and his situation you won’t find elsewhere.  Our interview gets emotional.  It’s easy to see how much this horse meant to Alyssa and why it was important to move forward with the surgery.

YouTube videos of Colic Surgery

This video is short and concise.

 

This one is a little longer, slower in parts, but more recent.

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You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at John@WhoaPodcast.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

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Horse-keeping in the Wet Weather

February 26, 2019 by John Leave a Comment

horse-keepingHorse-keeping in the Wet Weather

I like to think I am better at horse-keeping than this, but gosh, I feel terrible.  The horses’ pens are a soupy mess!  And, they’ve been that way for some time now.  The poor guys (and gal) have to slide around in sloppy muck and mud.  What do you do this time of year when the rain overwhelms your facility?

We have three horses on our half-acre parcel.  Our home takes up a quarter, the horses’ pens take up a third, and the remainder is lawn, hay storage, and garden.  We’ve been out here for nearly 40 years and our horses have been on the property most of that time.  Their hooves have packed down the ground so it’s not only lower than the surrounding area, it is as hard as concrete.  When it rains, it acts like a bowl and fills with water.  If the rain comes hard and fast, I can pump it out with my submersible pump.  But, when it rains over an extended period like it has the last month, it’s too soupy to pump.

Several years ago, I brought in some decomposed granite to raise some of the areas.  It was a difficult maneuver as the delivery person had to negotiate our septic tank and leach line.  That helped.  Dusty has a space in his pen that is a bit more elevated than the others and he has a dry spot.  The other two do not.  Then, I learned that decomposed granite isn’t the best.  The stone pieces have sharp edges that can put micro-cuts into the horse skin when they lay down.  But sand isn’t good either for obvious reasons.  So, what do you use?

How to Make a Mare Cranky

I’ve come to learn that there is nothing more that can make my mare cranky than standing in a muddy pen.  While we are in this predicament, I am much more generous with the food.  We’ve taken to feeding the horses smaller flakes four times a day.  That seems to help some…but, with the weather being, well, wet…we haven’t been able to ride much.  They are taking in all this energy and not getting to use it.  Somehow this seems to me to be a recipe for disaster.

I’d like to let them out on our grassy area, but it is too wet.  If history is any indication, they will run around and tear this part of our yard up making it useless for the spring ahead.  For now, it’s a situation for sitting tight and hope the rain stops.

Summer will be here soon enough.

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Dr. Robert Miller Imprint Training & Horsemanship

July 18, 2017 by John 1 Comment

Dr. Robert M. Miller Imprint Training & Horsemanship

Dr. Robert MillerDr. Robert Miller graduated from Colorado State University and settled down in Thousand Oaks, California where he founded Conejo Valley Veterinary Clinic.  After 31 years in practice, he retired.  Dr. Miller is widely known as an expert in ethology, the study of animal behavior. More than 30 years ago he noticed the effect of imprint training on newborn foals.  While he retired from veterinary practice 30 years ago, he is far from idle.  Colleges, equine conventions, and horse organizations have asked him to speak and share his knowledge.   Dr. Robert Miller has visited every continent giving lectures about animal behavior.

Award Winning Knowledge

While still going strong on the lecture circuit, at age 90 he has won too many awards to mention here.  He was the Western Horseman Magazine, Horseman of the Year in 2012, he’s in the Western States Expo Hall of Fame, and was named Equine Continuing Educator of the Year in 2012 by Western Veterinary Conference.

Dr. Robert Miller Books and Videos

The author of 23 books and working on his 24th, Dr. Miller has written two books about the revolution in horsemanship and what it means to the industry.  His videos Early Learning and Understanding Horses are must-haves for every horse owner and breeder.  To find more of Dr. Robert Miller’s video and books go to RobertMMiller.com.

 

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Episode #109

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Basic Veterinary Needs of Your Horse

June 27, 2017 by John Leave a Comment

Basic Veterinary Needs of Your Horse

Basic VeterinaryWe talk to Dr. John Tolley of Bakersfield Veterinary Hospital – Large Animal Division.  Dr. Tolley covers the basic veterinary needs of your horse.  As a horse owner, you know horses can be expensive.  If you know what to expect, you may be able to prevent unnecessary costs.  In this episode, Dr. Tolley covers vaccination protocols, worming protocols, feed and nutrition and a whole host of topics about horse-keeping.   If you own a horse you will want to listen to this episode.  We get down to brass tacks in some areas talking about prices for pre-purchase exams and lab tests.

If you are thinking about getting a horse, learning about basic veterinary needs of your horse will eliminate surprises.  Learning your options about feed, worming and dental programs can ensure you enjoy your horse for a long time.

Our EXCA Experience

Basic veterinaryWe also recap our experience we chronicled in a previous podcast about Extreme Cowboy Racing.  For being our first year competing, we made an improvement over the course of the season, we had a lot of fun competing, and we met a lot of great people.

Ranae finish 2nd in the State Final competition with Dusty.  She learned a lot about her horse and how to negotiate the various obstacles.

Scratch and I had a unique final experience that I talk about in the show.  Scratch ended up 2nd in the State standings.

 

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Episode #106

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Are You Prepared for an Emergency?

May 16, 2017 by John Leave a Comment

Are You Prepared for an Emergency?

emergency preparednessDo you know what your horse’s normal temperature is supposed to be?  How about his heart rate or respiration?  Do you know how to take your horse’s pulse?

In an emergency, this information can help your vet assess the situation much more quickly and save valuable time in getting your horse treatment.  This week we present a rebroadcast of a 2015 seminar we attended about emergency treatment.  We discovered there are many wives tales out there about how to dress a wound, what to do when you suspect colic or founder.  Dr. Jeff Hall of the Zoetis Corporation presents a comprehensive overview of how to handle many situations.

The seminar, sponsored by Bakersfield Large Animal Veterinary Hospital,  was recorded in a banquet room – sorry for the background noise – but we think the information is important enough to warrant airing this show.

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We have well over 100 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and tell us how it works.  We are on Google Play too!  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter – just look for WhoaPodcast.

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Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #100

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