Horse Nutrition Protein: My irritation becomes your knowledge benefit

OK this is very irritating – one of my clients used my name to try and get the barn owner convinced that they need change the way they are feeding her horse. Now I would not have minded if the horse owner was telling the barn owner something that I believe to be true, but [...]

Purina Horse Food Recall on the East Coast

If you are receiving this email -
I just called my feed store, and they confirmed that this was true, Purina
has recalled many of their feeds due to the potential aflatoxins as a
“precautionary measure” (his words).
From another list
Subject: PURINA RECALLS HORSEFEEDS
I think it is important for all horse owners to know that Purina has
issued two massive [...]

Feeding Fat for horse health – a fad?

Feeding Fat, is it a fad or is it truly something we should be doing for our horse’s health?
Well I will tell you I do not believe it is a fad. There are several reasons to balance your horses diet using fat as one of the energy sources. I talked about it in Horse Nutrition [...]

Horse Nutrition Essentials

I find many horse owners are unsure on the basic essentials for nutrition for their horse. There are thousands of supplements out there and many, many different types of complete feeds – which ones are the best, what should you be feeding your horse?
Well lets start out simple and easy and forget all the [...]

Head Position when eating – does it matter?

OK I think I have read one of the bizarrest ideas I have heard in a long time. That Head Position matters to digestion in a horse. Here’s the exact quote -
Feeding at chest level makes it easier for the horse to digest the food, which means he is getting more nutrients out of [...]

“Street Sense” holistic Kentucky Derby Winner

You may have known that “Street Sense” won the Kentucky Derby. You may also know that he placed second in the Preakness and still you may know that he is not racing in the Belmont. But did you know this horse has been treated and fed in a holistic manner?
Carl Nafzger is Street Sense’s trainer [...]

Hay Shortage, Alfalfa and my soapbox

OK we all know that there is a possibility of a hay shortage this year, so there are articles coming out about what to do about it. Here is one Horse owners find ways to stretch limited hay supplies By Kylene Orebaugh that I read today and actually I am disgusted with the expert from [...]