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Ask Meredith: Care

Meredith will answer readers’ questions within one week of receipt, unless she is traveling. If you or your club has a question about mule training or behavior, or you’re simply interested in longears, please browse the categories below. If you don’t find the answer to your question already posted, please submit your inquiry.

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There is much to consider when taking on the care and training of an equine. Contrary to what some believe, there is more to do than simply provide grass to eat and a fence around them. They need regular maintenance such as trimming and shoeing, dental, vaccinations, etc. They should be contained with proper fencing and provided with adequate shelter as well as plenty of community time, with you and/or with other animals, in order to stay healthy and happy. Routine care is yet another integral part of their training. When these things are repeated year after year, the equine is given something he can count on—something he knows will make him feel good. When he can count on his experience to be pleasant and pleasurable, he will be a better and more cooperative equine companion.

Subject:

Am I The Right Personality For My Mule? (5/8/04)
Correction (8/14/03)
Courageous Foal Training (3/27/03)
Donkey Scared of Fly Spray (12/16/03)
Donkey Teeth Different? (7/5/02)
EIA, Coggins, Founder, Laminitis (07/25/07)
Farrier Is Hard To Find! (07/25/07)
fescue fungi (2/28/02)
Fly Masks (07/25/07)
Fly Masks Made for Donkeys & Mules (11/27/03)
Foot Abscess Treatment (11/26/02)
Founder Signs (10/23/02)
Foundered Hooves? (6/29/03)
Gelding Questions (8/31/05)
Herdbound or Anxious? (6/11/04)
Hoof Care (8/27/03)
Hooves (1/20/02)
Molly Mule Cycle Behavior (4/4/03)
Monthly Shoeing? (9/15/02)
Mule Attacking Horses (12/10/02)
Mule Falls Over On Farrier (1/28/04)
Mules Biting Tails Of Herd (2/14/04)
Old Mule Care Questions (9/1/05)
Sedate Panicy Hinny? (12/29/02)
Seperate Foal From Dam For Show? (1/28/03)
Sharing Information = IMPORTANT! (9/15/03)
Tendon Issues (2/17/03)
To Geld or Not to Geld? (9/6/05)
What To Use On Cuts/Etc. (07/25/07)
When To Geld? (3/27/04)
Winter Hair & Pear-Shaped Body (07/25/07)
Worming (6/30/02)
Wounded Knee (4/4/02)

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