OklahomaHorses Magazine

12/15/2025

Good morning, friends! Take the week by the reins and make it a good one!

12/03/2025

Someone’s ready for the cold!

Photo credit: Amberly Burger

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Oklahoma Horses! 🧡
Wishing you a day filled with gratitude, good food and the company of those you love.
May your holiday be peaceful, joyful and full of blessing.

11/24/2025

“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” — Winston Churchill

11/22/2025

🚨 𝐄𝐇𝐕 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 – 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 🚨

Horses in Oklahoma have tested positive for Equine Herpesvirus (EHV), a highly contagious viral disease. It spreads easily through nasal discharge, shared equipment, trailers, stalls, and even human contact. Horses can carry the virus before showing symptoms, so strict quarantine is essential.

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬:
🐴 Respiratory: cough, clear nasal discharge, fever
🐴 Neurologic (EHM): hind-limb weakness, incoordination, urine dribbling, tail weakness, sudden inability to stand
🐴 Reproductive: late-term abortion in mares

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬:
✅ Call your vet immediately
✅ Quarantine symptomatic or exposed horses
✅ Monitor all horses’ temps twice daily (Normal = 99–101.5°F)
✅ Follow strict biosecurity measures

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 – 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:
🏥 Place signage on the door asking horse owners to inform your team if they have attended any of the affected events. If they have, please instruct them to wait outside so appropriate precautions can be taken.
🏥Take a detailed history of potential exposure and travel
🏥 Examine and take the patient’s temperature 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 entering the clinic
🏥 Antiviral medications can be given prophylactically to exposed horses to reduce the risk of developing EHM. For more information regarding this treatment, please reach out to our equine internal medicine team.

🩺 Stay vigilant, protect your herd, and work closely with your veterinarian.

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11/18/2025

Stockyards City Main Street would like to invite everyone to come to historic Stockyards City for the annual Cowboy Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 6th!

Parade Applications are available at stockyardscity.org and are DUE November 21st!

11/15/2025

Amen to that.

Yes yes yes!!! 🥰❤️🥰

11/13/2025

🌎💛 World Kindness Day 💛🌎

Today we celebrate the quiet, steady kindness of horses — the way they listen without judgment, offer comfort without words, and remind us to slow down and breathe.

May we meet the world the way a good horse meets a new friend:
with soft eyes, an open heart and gentle curiosity.

Be kind today — to others, to your animals and to yourself. 🐴💛

❤️

11/06/2025

🐴 Thursday Horse Fact!
A horse’s heart weighs about 8 to 10 pounds — that’s roughly the size of a basketball! ❤️

No wonder they’ve got such big hearts — both in size and spirit.

10/22/2025

Happy Hump Day!

This horse says: Cheeeeeese!
(Rodeo in Shidler, Oklahoma, at the One Arm Bandit and Company)

Photo credit: Cindy Dorsey

10/16/2025

Thursday Thought 🐴❤️

10/14/2025

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