Veteran Care

Veteran Care

By Molly Jensen

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How are you feeling today? Draw an image to help me understand!

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What is a 'Veteran'?

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What care do you think needs to be provided to the older horse?

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What can we do to make our older horses more comfortable?

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What do you think some of the biggest changes in health and care are for older horses?

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What is quidding?

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If horses start to have dentition problems, we can... (hint, there may be more than one answer)

• Remove their teeth

• Alter their feeds to make them easier to chew

• Increase the number of dentist visits

• Give them a forage supplement as hay might be too hard to chew

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What is Cushings?

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Many older horses develop arthritis. Explain how we can help manage this for them:

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If you had to write a care plan for a Veteran horse... What key things would you include?