Winter Barefoot Hoof Care
It’s no secret that many horse owners aren’t fond of winter. Cold temperatures, rain, and snow aren’t especially ideal for spending time in the barn or on your horse’s back. Breaking ice in water...
Category: Nutrition
Feeding Free-Choice Forage
If there’s one thing I would like all horse owners to know–it’s how important forage is to the horse. Too many people base their horses’ diets around a concentrate, when in fact, it should...
Herbs for Metabolic Horses
I recently wrote an article, summarizing a study on which looked at the effects of spirulina on horses with Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS). The researchers concluded that spirulina did, in fact, have a positive...
Helping Thin Horses Gain Weight
It seems this is the time of year when people begin to worry more about their thin horses. Colder weather is coming (here in the northern hemisphere, anyway), and we know our underweight horses...
Chaffhaye for Horses: Review
Several years ago, I had to start looking for hay alternatives for my old mare, Kady. Like many older horses, her teeth had been worn down, and she began having trouble eating hay. I...
Pasture for IR Horses?
The following post was written by Dr. Juliet Getty of Getty Equine Nutrition. To see more of her articles or to schedule a consultation with Dr. Getty, please visit her website. When is...
Electrolytes for Horses
In Phoenix, AZ (where some of my family lives), it recently reached 120 degrees Farenheit. And I know in California and other parts of the western U.S., it’s been pretty miserable as well. So...
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