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Imprint Training Across the Globe
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
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Having been on every continent to teach equine behavior (except for Antarctica, which has a very low equine population), there has been a variable response to my presentations. These invitations have been the result of the training technique I stumbled...
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Advances in Imprint Training
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
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Although Imprint Training of the newborn foal has been described in several books and videos since I stumbled upon the method in 1959, it was the Western Horseman book with that title (Imprint Training of the Newborn Foal) that has been the major factor...
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Book Review: The Butchering Art
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
I just finished reading a book I could not out down, not only because I am a veterinarian, one of the medical arts, but because it is a sensational view of how far human knowledge has progressed in only a century and a half. The Butchering Art , by...
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More Ranch Stories
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
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It was Fall Roundup time on the Mulkins ranch. A few calves had been missed during the Spring branding, so now that the cattle had all been gathered and corralled it was time to brand. This was November in 1950. Brahman cattle had been introduced into...
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“Cowboy” Clients
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
I was the first veterinarian to reside and to practice in the Conejo Valley of Southern California. Sparsely populated by people, it had an enormous animal population. Thousands of beef cattle grazed the valley back then. The ranchers, of course, had...
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Sheath Cleaning
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
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A task which should be regularly performed upon geldings (twice a year or more), but which many horse owners refer to their veterinarian to do, or simply ignore until the situation becomes critical, is cleaning of the prepuce (the sheath of the penis...
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Wonderful Books by Vets
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
In 1947 I was a freshman student at the University of Arizona, majoring in Animal Husbandry under the G.I. Bill. One of our required courses was Introductory Veterinary Science, taught by Dr. William Pistor. During the second week of the course Dr...
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How I Met Debby
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
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I was twenty-nine years of age and a senior at Colorado A&M School of Veterinary Medicine. A classmate, student Resnick and I were surveying the minority of female students in the school cafeteria. There were not too many bachelors in our post-war...
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A Rare Horseman
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
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I never started a colt under saddle until the summer of 1947. I was working for a ranch in Cochise County, Arizona. They had half a dozen colts to “break”, most of them four year olds, so they hired a “colt breaker”, also known...
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The Threat of Antibiotics
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
In the spring of 1958, one year after I opened my practice in California, one of my new clients, the cow boss on the extensive Crummer Ranch told me that because of the torrential winter rains and the resulting waist high grass growth, that they were...
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Non-Verbal Communication
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 1 year ago
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We are all aware that we communicate with our own species verbally and non-verbally. But when trying to communicate with another species, I have observed, during my veterinary career, that many people simple use language and voice tone to communicate...
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Quarter Horse Head Set
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 2 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
In 1988 I was invited to speak at the American Quarter Horse Annual Congress in Columbus, Ohio. One of the subjects I discussed was the increasing trend in the Pleasure Horse classes for the poll to be carried far below the level of the withers. Somebody...
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Headshaking Syndrome
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 2 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
Several times, during my long career as a veterinarian, I have had clients call me because, they said, their horse was over-reacting to stable flies by violently shaking their heads. I remember asking why other horses in the stable were not displaying...
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Equine Parasites
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 2 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
Wild equines such as zebra, American mustangs, Mongolian Wild Horses, wild donkeys or Burros, etc., live in grasslands, also known as prairies, steppes, etc. They spend much of every day grazing the plant life, which is green part of the year, and dry...
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Faception
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 2 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
An Israeli organization is offering a technology called Faception, which identifies human behavior based on facial features. Reported in The Week magazine, June 17, 2016, the company is already working with a U.S. Homeland security agency. Eighty percent...
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Sprays as Part of Imprint Training
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 2 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
When I developed Imprint Training of the newborn foal in 1959, because I was a veterinarian I included desensitization of all body openings (eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, anus, vagina in the female, etc.) because I know from experience that many mature...
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The Intelligent and Able Donkey
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 2 years ago
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I recently saw a video of a group of donkeys grieving over the death of a herd member. It was so touching to hear the group braying, inspecting the body and very visibly displaying their concern and grief. The intelligence and awareness of this long...
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The Most Important Thing to Understand About Animals (Including Our Own Species)
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 2 years ago
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Thank you Charles Darwin for helping us to understand Evolution. Without our respect and our acknowledgement for the evolutionary process, we could not comprehend the qualities each species has required to cope with its ever-changing environment. If any...
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The Modern Horse
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 2 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
The modern horse, and its evolutionary cousins, originated in North America as Eohippus, a multi-toed mammal about the size of a lamb. Domestication occurred in several parts of the world and, once domesticated, the equine species had a profound effect...
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Cowboy Dressage
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 2 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
I wrote this on the last day of the Cowboy Dressage World Finals Show, at the Rancho Murieta Equestrian Center, an immense facility out in the middle of nowhere (sprawling, rolling grasslands). I love this event for several reasons. It is a competitive...
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Dietary Changes for Horses Should Always be Made Gradually
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 2 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
Some species, including Homo Sapiens (That is US!) can, if the individual is healthy, tolerate sudden changes in diet without problems. But, other species, especially the herbivores (grazing animals) can suffer if the diet is changed abruptly. The...
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Working Horses at Too Young an Age
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
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over 2 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
When I was young, starting previously unhandled colts on summer jobs for cattle ranches in several states, the term “colt” usually referred to 4 or 5 year old horses. Occasionally, one was older, maybe 6 or 7, or, rarely a 3 year old. The...
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My First Impression of Fly Predators
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
Posted
over 2 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
I opened my practice in rural California in 1958, hoping to establish a group practice. By the end of the first decade I had two practice partners, Dr. Bob Kind and Dr. Larry Dresher, both Kansas State University graduates. It was July, and I was on...
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A Good Time to Ride
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
Posted
over 3 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
It is March 28, 2020. There is never a time without problems. That’s life. However, some of our primary problems are unique. Certainly the Corona Virus has created a national emergency, and our responses to that emergency are unlike those our nation...
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Racetrack Injuries
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Robert M. Miller, DVM
Posted
over 3 years ago
Dr. Robert Miller's Articles
Recently there has been increased interest in the injuries, including fractures that occur at our racetracks. This has agitated many people and caused some to campaign against the sport. Those who are concerned about the problem, and frankly, all persons...
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