Ploughman's Saddle & Bridle Repair, LLC

05/14/2025

Learn how to identify, diagnose and treat EORTH—a painful dental disease that can make eating difficult for your horse and cause other behavioral issues.

05/13/2025

05/12/2025

🐎🎪Save the date for the Latham Spring 2025 Tent Sale! Come shop with us May 16-18, Friday - Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 12pm - 5pm.

Don't miss:
- An In-Store Only Mystery Coupon
- 30% Off Top Brands*
- Hundreds of Tent Sale Specials
- And more!

See you there!

Click for directions: https://ow.ly/huS150VMXtt

*Order must be placed by 05/18/25. Percentage off current price. Only valid on select item numbers. Valid in our Latham store only. Promotion only eligible within the United States. While supplies last. Not valid on previous purchases. No backorders or substitutions.

05/12/2025

An equine dermatology expert explains how you can manage and prevent insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) in riding horses during prime competition (and IBH) season.

05/12/2025

😰 There’s an “S” word amongst horse owners that makes one jump from fear and that is the much dreaded strangles. This highly infectious upper respiratory disease is caused by Streptococcus equi subsp equi.

Symptoms:
🌡️ Fever
🧫 Abscesses in the mandibular lymph nodes
👃 Nasal discharge
🐴 Inflammation of the throat
🍽️ Difficulty swallowing
🫁 Coughing and/or wheezing
🩸 Purpura hemorrhagica (Red spots on the mucous membranes)
🐴 Swelling of the limbs and head

🧪 Diagnosis is made through testing of nasal swabs, nasal wash, guttural pouch wash or swabs of draining abscesses.

💊 Treatment is primarily supportive care that may or may not include the use of antibiotics.

💉 Prevention includes administering an intranasal vaccine; however, it is not effective against all infections.

☣️ Biosecurity practices are paramount to prevent the spread of this disease to other horses and reduce the risk of reinfection.

🧼 Do you want to learn more about strangles? Join us for our client education event to hear from Dr. Abby Sage on “How to Clean Up a Strangles Mess.”

🌼 Spring Client Education event on May 14th at 6PM at the Red Hook VFW for complimentary refreshments and an evening of learning about equine asthma and strangles biosecurity.

🔗 Click on the link below to learn more and register for this event:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-client-education-event-2025-tickets-1334680307729?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios

12/20/2024

‘This is an offence’ Government warning to riders after imported equine ulcer drugs worth thousands seized

Read more via link below

12/04/2024

Get immunized!

Two horses at the Mahoning Valley Racetrack have tested positive for strangles.

12/04/2024

11/20/2024

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05/03/2024

BY PONYMOMAMMY I am firmly in the camp of never blaming the horse/pony when things go wrong. This concept has been engrained in me since I first put a foot in the stirrup, and I hold strong to that belief today. Sometimes I wonder if this mentality is universal for all equestrians, and if it […]

04/09/2024

After years of speculating that colic occurs more frequently in horses that crib, researchers have finally provided consistent data confirming this association.