Thank you for supporting the businesses that support NWHS!

Modesto Milling Introduces Organic Senior Feed for Horses

Modesto Milling has added a new feed to their premium line of horse products, Organic Senior Horse Pellet. This feed has all the benefits of the other great concentrates, like the flax and sunflower seeds, coconut and kelp meal, and being nutritionally balanced to complement the horse’s forage. This Organic Senior Pellet has a … Read More

Appaloosa Trapped in Kittitas Ravine

Excerpt from Washington State Animal Response Team‘s September 2018 Newsletter   On September 22nd, we received a request to assist with locating a missing trail horse near Lake Kachess. However, as WASART doesn’t search for missing animals, we were placed on standby until the horse was located and would be … Read More

Horse in Chelan Ravine

In mid-morning on September 14th, WASART received a call for assistance for a horse that was trapped in a ravine in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Chelan County, a 3-5 hour drive from Seattle and Tacoma, from where most of our responders would be leaving. Once sufficient information was gathered, … Read More

Veterinarian Julie Eihl

Bringing Caring and Healing to Puget Sound Horses Interview by Kim Roe   I first met Dr. Julie Eihl over 20 years ago on a late summer evening after finding my home-bred warmblood filly entangled in electric fencing. She had major lacerations to her hock and could barely walk. I … Read More

The Autonomic Nervous System

Understanding Your Horse’s Reactions by Barbara Breckenfeld, LAMP   We’ve all experienced a horse spooking at something. It’s their fight/flight/freeze response—a physical reflex of the autonomic nervous system. Understanding this system helps us to work with horses’ physiology. First, let’s define our terms. The autonomic nervous system controls automatic responses … Read More

generac-home-standby-generator-banners