Whinny’s Wisdoms

A weekly blog for horse, goat, dog, and cat owners written by Whinny, the official Springhill Equine Veterinary Clinic mouse.

Whinny’s predecessor, Tony the Clinic Cat (and his blog, Tuesdays with Tony) retired in early 2023 after many years of blog writing.

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Weathering the Weather

Weathering the Weather

Tuesdays with Tony What is with the weather? We usually talk about weather in the winter when it’s getting cold and horses stop drinking water, but let’s talk about all kinds of weather and what kind of trouble we can expect your horse to get into, how to prevent it,...

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The saddle fit rabbit hole

The saddle fit rabbit hole

Tuesdays with Tony During a rainy spell this past weekend I went down a rabbit hole, metaphorically of course. Usually I go for actual rabbit holes. I am a top line predator after all. However, my real life rabbit adventures are generally frowned upon by my staff....

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Microchips

Microchips

Tuesdays with Tony This Florida cat knows better than to try to reason with hurricane season, and so should you. This week, there is talk of watching the tropics, so I decided to bring up an important component protecting your horse in times of natural disasters or...

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Equine Cellulitis

Equine Cellulitis

Tuesdays with Tony As you all know, I like to keep up on all the interesting things my docs have been seeing out in the field and report back to you about them since, as a horse person you either have already experienced it or will likely experience it in the future....

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Keeping Drugs Safe

Keeping Drugs Safe

Tuesdays with Tony If you’ve ever visited Springhill Equine, you know I can usually be found in one of two places: the front porch, or the front counter. From this vantage point I watch Joe The Courier, and Tony The UPS Guy drop off packages just about every day. I’m...

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Horses will be Horses

Horses will be Horses

Tuesdays with Tony Horses. They sure have had a week of being horses around here. You would think I could say that every week. Luckily, they aren’t all that way. We’ve had two horses decide fences were fun to put their legs through, one who wildly over-estimated his...

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Hay is for Horses

Hay is for Horses

Tuesdays with TonyI’ve gotten a bunch of questions recently about what is appropriate to feed your horse, and more specifically, what is the best kind of hay to feed. You all must be very smart coming to the cat for advice on food, best move yet.  With so many...

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Equine Medical Manipulation

Equine Medical Manipulation

Tuesdays with TonyThere’s a new doc around my clinic and she’s always going around “adjusting” horses and bending them in weird ways. I was purr-plexed, so I had to do a little research to get to the bottom of what’s going on at my clinic. Turns out they’re treating...

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