Equine Blog

Summer’s here and with it, unfortunately, comes flying insects. Not only do they make it difficult to enjoy time with your horse, but some of them are downright dangerous, disease carrying blood-suckers! Fortunately just a few simple maintenance tricks, along...

by Dr. William Sadler, Ph.D. With Memorial Day behind us, it is the unofficial start of summer. For horse owners, it is the time for baths, early rides to beat the heat and grazing. Unfortunately, it is also the season...

Vettec Products On February 18, we had a representative from Vettec here at Jeffers. Her name is Lynne Myers, and she is a bundle of energy! I walked in and she immediately drew me in by the joke she made...

The smell of campfires, crisp mornings, and cool evenings... yes, it is fall! For trail riders, the season holds much anticipation of planning as many rides as possible before winter arrives. It’s important to be prepared for your trail riding,...

Helmet Awareness Day is Saturday, August 1, 2015. What is International Helmet Awareness Day? In 2010, Riders4Helmets hosted the first national event designed to educate equestrians on the benefits of wearing a properly fitting, secured and certified helmet. The event...

Here at Jeffers, we all have a part in the process of connecting our customers with high quality products. From selecting products to add to the catalog and website, to stocking them in the warehouse, and finally carefully packing them...

There are thousands of chemicals on the market today used in almost every product you use on a daily basis. You rub them into your skin, you feed them to your children, you drink them down, and you breathe them....

Bees buzzing from flower to flower collecting honey on a sunny day. A group of flies buzzing around a dead animal on the side of the road. These two images may be on opposite ends of the spectrum when it...

"No Fly Zone" The Fly The Fly "Musca domestica Portrait" by JJ Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com) - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons True flies are insects that belong to the order Diptera (originating from Greek di =...