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Outbreak Alerts: December 17, 2025 Strangles in Los Angeles County, CA

December 18, 2025 by Equine Disease Communication Center

Source: Attending veterinarian Confirmed Case(s) – Voluntary Quarantine Number Confirmed: 1; Number Suspected: 1; Number Exposed: 3; Facility Type: Boarding Facility; Horse 1: Age: 16; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Gypsy; Usage: Pleasure Riding; Onset of Clinical Signs: 12/14/2025; Clinical Signs: Fever & anorexia x 1 day; Confirmation Date: 12/17/2025; Horse Status: Recovered; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated; For more information about Strangles, go to https://www.equinediseasecc.org/strangles See past published Outbreak Alerts: https://nwhorsesource.com/category/news/alerts

Muck Boot Company’s Chore Western Collection

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 by Press

Now in Women and Kids Sizes Too! Muck Boot Company has redesigned their iconic Chore with a Western boot flair and added women’s and big and little kids silhouettes to the Chore Western Collection. Made for work (and life) in the muck, these boots are 100% waterproof, easy to clean, … Read More

Still in the Saddle

December 16, 2025December 16, 2025 by Karen Pickering

How Thirty Years in Publishing—and a Lifelong Love of Horses—Continue to Shape What Comes Next I sometimes wonder how I’ve managed to not miss a single editorial column in 30 years. No matter what I’m going through in my life, the magazine is always the priority. I love the magazine … Read More

Blankets, Barns, and Bales

December 12, 2025 by Robert Eversole

Winter Wisdom for Horses and Mules As I write this, the thermometer hovers around thirty degrees and I’m inside with a mug of coffee and the woodstove humming. My mules, Ruger and the Bean, are outside, content, frost dusting their backs, unbothered by the cold. Every fall, as we head … Read More

New in Books: Candy Cane

December 10, 2025 by Northwest Horse Source

Contemporary Sweet Romance with a Western Flair by Marilyn Conner Miles Candy Cane by Marilyn Conner Miles is a coming-of-age story for everyone who loves horses. Candy Cane is a shy girl with red hair, blue eyes, and creamy white skin who tries to live down her name. She has … Read More

30 Years Publishing the Northwest Horse Source

December 8, 2025 by Karen Pickering

It All Started as a Company Newsletter and a Passion for Helping Horse People I still remember the first issue like it was yesterday: 12 black-and-white pages, 1,000 copies, stapled and handed out (the old-fashioned way) in December 1995. We weren’t trying to be flashy—we were trying to be useful. … Read More

Outbreak Alerts: December 03, 2025 – Equine Herpesvirus- Respiratory, Spokane County, WA

December 8, 2025 by Equine Disease Communication Center

Source: State Veterinarian Office and Attending Veterinarian Confirmed Case(s) – Quarantine Released Number Confirmed: 2; Number Exposed: Unknown; Facility Type: Private Facility; Comments: Horses have been quarantined with no symptoms (fever) since 16 November and tested negative on blood and swab. Quarantine released.; Previous Alerts: 4769

Outbreak Alerts: December 03, 2025 – Strangles in Roberts Creek, BC

December 8, 2025 by Equine Disease Communication Center

Source: Attending veterinarian Confirmed Case(s) – Voluntary Quarantine Number Confirmed: 1; Number Suspected: 4; Number Exposed: Unknown; Facility Type: Private Facility; For more information about Strangles, go to https://www.equinediseasecc.org/strangles See past published Outbreak Alerts: https://nwhorsesource.com/category/news/alerts

4th International Conference on Vaccines Research and Development – April 13-15, 2025 – Paris, France

December 8, 2025 by Press

It is our pleasure to invite all scientists, academicians, young researchers, business delegates and students from all over the world to attend the 4th International Conference on Vaccines Research and Development will be held in Paris, France during April 13-15, 2026. See event info here: https://horsesource.org/event/4th-international-conference-on-vaccines-research-and-development

A Very Merry Northwest Horse Source Holiday Gift Guide

December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 by Katie Surritt

Fine art from Allison McCabe of Sweet Home, Oregon. Photo Courtesy Katie Surritt.

Consider Regional Businesses for Holiday Shopping Sleigh bells are ringing and horses are dashing through the snow (or rain)—it’s Christmas time in the Northwest! Every horseman or woman on your holiday list is wishing for something handcrafted that can be used, loved, and admired by their equestrian friends. Consider doing … Read More

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