San Diego chiropractor applies first-hand experience to help horses & fellow riders.

Dr. Bek Jarzombek is the owner of Giddy Up Chiropractic, an equestrian rider and Doctor of Chiropractic for horses, riders, dogs, cats, livestock and exotic animals. She has been riding and competitively showing horses since childhood. The combination of her being a rider and chiropractor gives her work an elite level of expertise. She is known in the equestrian community for amplifying athletic performance, preventing injuries, and speeding up recovery time for both two-legged and four-legged members of the team.

Controlling flies in the barn.

by Jennifer Roberts

We all love spending time in the barn with our horses; but sometimes, the bugs can, well, bug us. While flies may be a fact of life, we can limit their numbers, allowing us to enjoy the time that we spend in the barn even more. Check out our quick tips for telling the bugs to “Bug Off” in these hot months to come.

Simple, solar-power system maintains water troughs for clean, fresh water that is critical to horse health and mosquito abatement.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. With a Smart-Trough Mosquito Pump, though, you can significantly increase the odds that the horse will want to drink.

This solar-powered innovation creates the characteristics of a free-flowing river in horses’ existing water sources. A submerged pump oxygenates the water and the constant recirculation eliminates the growth of algae and makes the water source unappealing to mosquitoes and other pests. The end result is clean, fresh water that horses want to drink, promoting good digestive function and overall good health through ample water consumption.

Skin issues are one of many problems when the saddle doesn’t fit.

by Jochen Schleese CMS, CSFT, CEE. ©2017 Saddlefit 4 Life® All Rights Reserved

A horse’s sense of touch is much more sensitive than a human’s. Think about the reaction when a fly lands – which weighs really nothing when you think about it, and yet the horse flicks a muscle to get rid of the feeling. It stands to reason that the horse will notice the slightest pressure and react to subtle weight changes when the rider gives an aid. It’s almost like the princess with the pea – and consider how painful it must be to have a lump in the panel flocking that continually presses into its back.

Emerald Valley Natural Health sponsors HITS Triple Crown of Show Jumping & exhibits at Horse Expo Pomona Feb. 3-5.

Emerald Valley is pleased to announce their sponsorship of the HITS Triple Crown of Show Jumping Circuits for 2017. HITS produces three of the richest grand prix in the world with the AIG $1 Million Grand Prix in Thermal, CA, Great American $1 Million Grand Prix in Ocala, FL and Saugerties $1 Million Grand Prix FEI CSI-5* in Saugerties, NY – all forming the HITS Triple Crown of Show Jumping.

Barn Lime is outdated and ineffective against ammonia build-up.

by Jennifer Roberts

Are you still using barn lime in an attempt to control the ammonia in your horse’s environment? Quite frankly, this archaic method of odor control just doesn’t cut it anymore.

Tom Meyers and APF Pro are essential members of winning teams at the highest levels.

by Nan Meek

London 2012 was memorable for Tom Meyers for two reasons: One, his client Akiko Yamazaki’s horse Ravel and Steffen Peters brought home the highest US dressage score of the Games. Two, noted equine sports therapist Doug Hannum introduced Tom to APF Pro from Auburn Laboratories, Inc.

New Farnam Purishield wound care line delivers revolutionary wound protection.

Accidents can happen to even the most protected horses, and at times when you least expect it. When injuries occur, make sure your horse has the protection of Farnam’s new PuriShield™ wound care products.

Tips for a Tidy Barn

by Jennifer Roberts

The birds are singing and the flowers are blooming. But does your barn still feel like it has the winter blues?

If your barn is in need of an overhaul, but you’d rather spend time in saddle; you have come to the right place. We have a few tips and tricks to freshen up your barn in no time at all.

A new method incorporates fecal egg counts and helps counter rise in resistance.

by Rebecca Brundidge, complements of Summit Equine Nutrition, LLC

Every three months, you find yourself staring at a shelf full of dewormers with more questions than answers. More often than not, you grab for a familiar-sounding wormer such as an ivermectin like Zimectrin®, a fenbendazole like Panacure®, or a moxidectin like Quest®. Although each of these wormers has their own purpose, few know which anthelmintic to use at what time. It turns out, this method of routine worming has inadvertently led to problems with parasite resistance.