My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
Tonight was wintry and cold, with about four more inches of fresh, powdery snow. When I fed dinner, around six, it was so dark that only Zelda’s white blaze shown out in the night. On cold nights, you might think of horses tucked into stalls, but ours live outside 24/7. They have a shed but […]
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Treating ulcers is only the first step of fixing the problem; preventing them from recurring is the tricky part. For the last few weeks, as I use medication to heal Zelda’s ulcers, I’ve been thinking about feeding to prevent ulcers in the future. The tricky part for me is that Zelda doesn’t fit the mold […]
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Just to show you that I really am not starving Freedom, the picture above shows the three bags of grain used for each feeding. It’s a little bit like Goldilocks: Freedom gets the Papa Bear sized serving; Zelda gets the Mama Bear serving; and Curly gets the Baby Bear portion. Let’s look at the quantities. […]
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As I mentioned earlier, I’m on a mission to fatten Freedom up. The photos I took of him on January 11th showed too many ribs. Since then, I’ve upped the amount of fat that he’s eating (in the form of Purina Amplify) and added more soaked timothy/alfalfa cubes. I think that after two weeks of […]
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I always feed hay before grain. I like the horses to have some forage in their stomachs and hope that it will keep them from gulping their grain. Especially Curly, who is prone to choke. Freedom will have none of it. He always comes up to the gate, but stands with his back to me, […]
Read MoreKeeping your horse healthy starts with basic nutrition. Choosing the right feed for your horse is not an easy task because it needs to be based on your horse’s age, workload, and the quality of your hay. You have to make sure that you include plenty of bulk and roughage in the feed, while keeping […]
Read MoreEvery couple of years, I see another article that expounds on the toxicity of beet pulp. If you believe these claims, I can’t blame you for steering clear of beet pulp, because the articles make it sound like you might as well just feed your horses a diet of pesticides and poisonous chemicals. However, if […]
Read MoreThis is such a wonderful “take” on supplements. I had to laugh out loud. My particular favorites are below, but Freedom could definitely use “Calm the Hell Down”. Be Careful What You Ask For Ideal for the overly-compliant horse who is more interested in pleasing you than saving either of your skins. BCWYAF invokes a […]
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