Behavior Education

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97 Behavior Education - Exotic Animal Welfare through Training and Low-Stress Management Podcast Episode · DareToCare - Animal Welfare Podcast · June 18 · 1h 8m

https://www.snakebitefoundation.org/blog/2023/6/13/veterinary-experts-do-not-recommend-the-rattlesnake-vaccine?brid=YWdncwGfnIExZ3GBK6VpmM8_cHoi&fbclid=IwdGRjcASfAflleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeJFNzUbz5ZlD3C0Q88CHisyAveDts5_lTZzabp18mXg4xbO1Jc4LOp5_vXkA_aem_FQ6u7mJlB0hMbqrKjNekRw

Veterinary Experts Do Not Recommend the Rattlesnake Vaccine — Asclepius Snakebite Foundation Unfortunately, some vets will recommend the rattlesnake vaccine. Touted to “buy time” getting to an emergency clinic or even to ward off the envenomation, the rattlesnake vaccine is an often used but poorly supported treatment for dogs. There is no evidence to support the vaccine being effective...

🚨 WEBINAR ALERT!
📅 June 18 @ 4 PM ET

On June 3, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed New World Screwworm in the umbilical area of a calf in Zavala County, Texas. This expansion into the United States is alarming.

US Equestrian is partnering with the AAEP to bring you the information you need about the risk to horses and how you can keep your equine partners safe.

Dr. Katie Flynn, Senior Staff Veterinarian for Equine Health and Biosecurity at USEF, will be joined by Dr. Neil Gray, sport horse practitioner in California.

Webinar registration link: https://usef.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uwgRdUs4Rx-gEHPiBfqvSQ #/registration

Arabian Horse Association
Official Policy Statement
AHA Animal Welfare & Membership Policy

At the heart of the Arabian horse community is a deep and abiding bond between people and horses. That relationship carries with it a profound responsibility, one the AHA Board of Directors takes seriously.

AHA membership is a privilege, and it must reflect the values we hold as a community. The Board has adopted the following policy to make clear that those who fail to uphold the basic standards of animal care and welfare have no place in our organization.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑦 (𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑤) 𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑐𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠 (𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑤) 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝐴𝐻𝐴 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝.

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝐻𝐴 𝐵𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒 (𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠) 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝐴𝐻𝐴 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝. 𝑆𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑤.

𝐴𝑛𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝, 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑙𝑎𝑤 𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑑, 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑.

View our Health and Welfare page: https://www.arabianhorses.org/competition/horse-welfare.html

In response to the recent confirmation from the USDA of the presence of New World Screwworm in the United States, the AAEP has published New World Screwworm Infestation (Disease) Guidelines.

View the guidelines here: https://ow.ly/SNsM50Z92rh

Snake Update on behalf of Spirit Keeper Animal Sanctuary: Jack Hi Everyone, in addition to my educational animal training and beha...

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Are Low Level E-Collars Safe? 2026 Brain Science Says No New 2026 brain research reveals what really happens when "low level" e-collars are used on dogs, and why the textbook says they're still aversive.

HOW AND WHY DO HORSES GET ULCERS?

Equine gastric ulcers can affect any horse of any age. Up to 90% of racehorses and 60% of show horses, as well as non-performance horses and even foals are affected by equine gastric ulcers. Gastric ulcers result from the erosion of the stomach lining due to a prolonged exposure to the normal acid present in the stomach.

Unlike ulcers in humans, bacteria do not appear to cause equine gastric ulcers. Instead, this condition is often a man-made disease. Stall confinement alone can lead to the development of ulcers. A horse’s feeding schedule and high-grain diets can also contribute to the development of ulcers.

Stress, both environmental and physical, can increase the likelihood of ulcers, as can hauling, training, and mixing groups of horses. Strenuous exercise can decrease the emptying of the stomach as well as the blood flow, thus further contributing to the problem.

The treatment and prevention of gastric ulcers is directed at removing these predisposing factors, therefore decreasing acid production within the horse’s stomach. Prevention of ulcers is the key in helping your horse, as neutralizing the production of stomach acid is nature’s best antacid.

Please note that the only way to definitively diagnose ulcers is through a gastroscopy. An equine veterinarian should always be consulted in any case of suspected gastric ulcers to determine the best course of action and treatment for the individual horse.

Medical Update: Mars On April 1, 2025 Mars was surrendered to Spirit Keeper Animal Sanct...