StableGuard is an interesting setup for people who own horses. This was another horse related product that I recently came across through our learning content at work.  This mobile device equine monitoring and alert system allows you to have your eye on your horse at any time of the day.  There are live stream feeds of your horse in its stall and even the chance to play back their activity.

As it says on the My StableGuard site, “StableGuard improves your show performance by helping keep your horses healthy and injury free.”

For any unusual behaviour in the horse’s stall, horse owners are notified. You are able to keep track of how horses are eating, drinking and sleeping.  You can have the application setup on your mobile and receive emergency alerts in relation to your horse’s wellbeing.

This can further be of benefit by providing live stream access to your horse at a show. This could negate the need for staff to carry out night checks on stock at shows.  StableGuard allows you to check on a horse from a mobile device, at any time. Great!  It makes use of “specialized Artificial Intelligence software to help monitor the health and security of horses.”

There really are some incredible tools to help horse owners ensure their equines are safe and healthy.  My StableGuard seems to be another such incredible creation.  You can learn about installation of the cameras and the setup within stables at the site as well as the application and how this works on your phone.

“When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.” ― William Shakespeare

The first in the Linda Craig series is The Palomino Mystery.  This tale follows the story of Linda and Bob Craig.  They are living with their grandparents on their ranch after the loss of their parents.  Linda is rapt to hear that her grandfather intends to find her a palomino of her very own.

In their search for a beautiful golden horse, Linda and Bob learn about some mysterious lights that are seen along the local flight path.  They are only seen however on extremely dark nights.  Linda and Bob are curious about what the lights could possibly mean.  Are they linked to something nefarious?

When the gentleman who told them about the lights goes missing, it seems the race is on to find him before it’s too late.  When he is found, a new mystery regarding stolen horses arises.

As Linda and Bob seek to find the source of the mysterious lights, they question if it does indeed tie in with the purebred equines that are going missing in the area.  Amongst their travels Linda finds herself hopelessly in love with a palomino filly.  In time she is rapt at the possibility of securing the filly as her own but this goes out the window as the mysterious horse thieves strike and her filly is gone.

Suddenly the lights and missing horses become the Palomino Mystery as Linda and Bob work to find the gorgeous filly that has been taken.  As they piece things together, the palomino filly helps them in many ways and it is because of this horse that Linda and Bob are able to wrap up an unusual mystery.  The first book in this series is an interesting read where horses feature highly.

Author – Ann Sheldon
Fiction – teenagers
In my library – that it is!

I love any free horse related event and especially love sharing information about them.  Perhaps you’re able to go to one because someone’s taken the time to share that information.  One of interest particularly for people in my local area is an upcoming Faecal Egg Count Workshop.

The event is to be held in Wangaratta, Victoria Australia on Monday, March 18, 2019. As the Facebook event states:

• Learn how to carry out a Faecal Egg Count
• Interpret the results and what this means for you and your horse moving forward
• Presented by Allison Arnott of Ovens Valley Equine

This event runs from 6.30pm – 8.30pm, with 6pm arrival time encouraged.  It’s hosted by North East & Surrounds Equine Land Care.  As an added bonus, the event is free and light refreshments are provided.

The practice for worming horses used to be to do it often – say each season.  Then there was a focus on rotating the active ingredient in wormers.  Now it’s encouraged to carry out a faecal egg count on horses.  This involves a sample of manure and determining how many eggs from worms are within the manure.

Based on this, it is then determined if it’s necessary to worm a horse. In this way, only horses considered to have a sizeable worm burden are wormed. This is in the hopes of discouraging worms building up resistance to active ingredients in worming pastes.