This time of year – late February and March - when the days are lengthening, we get a lot of queries from people who are wondering whether to start their sweet itch regimes as their horses have started to rub. My response to this is to be careful that you’re…

I read many posts and receive messages from owners of horses with sweet itch who are at their wits end having ‘tried everything’.For someone who feels they’ve tried everything, where can you start to help them?  The answer is to break things down for them and help them work out…

Well, I have been slowly dispensing with a winter turnout rug for Bea, my non sweet itch girl. Over the last few years I’ve been putting her rug on later and later and taking it off earlier and earlier so this winter I thought I’d try to do without.  I…

At this time of year, the questions I get asked most are:  “ What can I do to prevent my horse’s sweet itch symptoms (namely itching and rubbing)  from starting?” and “When exactly should I start my horse’s regime?”As things stand, there is no cure for sweet itch: it’s a…