Category: Nutrition
Adjusting for Winter Nutrition
Donkeys’ Unique Nutritional Needs
Just like in horses, forage needs to be the foundation of a donkey’s diet. However, their specific forage needs are a little different than those of your horse. To avoid getting in to trouble it’s important to understand these differences. Without careful management, donkeys are prone to obesity, metabolic issues, […]
Nutritional Support for Equine Allergies
Equine Nutrition: Understanding Labels
Nowadays, marketing strategies can make any supplement or feed seem like the next miracle product. Going by all the claims out there, we should have a world full of healthy horses. Unfortunately, this isn’t so. Luckily, armed with some basic information about equine nutrition, any horse guardian can sort out […]
Diet Changes for the Senior Horse
As horses age, they may need some special considerations and diet changes to help them maintain optimal health. At the time they erupt, a horse’s cheek teeth are approximately 4” in length (including the exposed/erupted part and the portion within the jaw). These teeth wear down over time, but will […]
Build Your Own Hay Steamer
Magnesium: The Mineral Superhero
Very few people are aware of the enormous role magnesium plays in a horse’s body. After oxygen, water, and basic food, magnesium may be the most important element needed to maintain health. It is vitally important, yet hardly known. Magnesium is by far the most important mineral, regulating over 325 […]
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Sources
Tissue Mineral Analysis
Mineral analysis, a hairy tool for preventive health. When Gold Medalist and three-time National Dressage Competitor Shannon Peters showed her nine-year-old Grand-Prix horse Flor De Selva in 2009, she had no idea that Lyme disease and chronic weakening would soon force her to retire the Westphalian gelding. The fat deposits […]
The Bad Boy of the Mint Family
Watch out, especially in late summer, early fall!! Many of us who strive to provide as natural a lifestyle as possible for our horses, include herbs into the environment. The most universally included herb in a natural horse husbandry is mint. Known for its soothing effect for gastrointestinal complaints, it […]