Dawn that was a good way to sum it all up taking in the whole picture and the individualness of this diet balancing. I wanted to make a comment on the TC low starch and lite formulas. After not such g

Carol, I'm with everyone else on this. I recently had this experience. The persimmon leaves were falling and Magic LOVES them. That right there sends up flags but we noticed his urine output greatly i

Our new hay man is turning out to be a jewel. He is new to hay production (2 years) but is very concerned about producing the best hay possible. Our first shipment from him looks beautiful and Magic's

Carol, After trying Abby's advice and getting his diet tight there might be some things to help his back end. I have walkers too and my C's/IR horse Magic had very low laminitis in the past that was s

Julie, you are right to question the feet and look at diet whenever something changes in your horse's movement, like the weight shift. Just an example, with Magic we never had warmth in the hooves or

Last year I was looking into some feeds at a new feedstore that claimed low sugar and starch. I had purchased the one called Alliance ADM Seniorglo and had the sugar and starch tested. NSC came to 13-

My horse Magic loves his treats. Since I can't do much else with him anymore, grooming, loving and treats are our interactions. I find the sugar free peppermints at Wal-Mart. I haven't found a grocery

Val, We talked briefly about this one last year. Check message archives #76615. Then fast forward to #80476 on 8/31/06. Then starting with Lisa's message #80505 and progress forward through the dialog

Dee, I can never forget you and Party. You've been on the group a year longer than me and I deeply and lovingly remember you & Party and all you have gone through. You have been a hero and someone for

Val, I'm not sure why that file is under safe feeds for IR horses. I hope someone else can answer it. Maybe until tested it should be listed like the other files on feeds (good and bad). But I don't k

Kelly and Jessica (and anyone else), You have one other option in addition to digest or leaving. You can follow Claire's instructions which I left at the bottom here. But where you can select "individ

Dannice, You said their email claimed they have a Timothy Balancer Cube with beet pulp and timothy hay. Do you know for sure that it is from Triple Crown? I went to the Triple Crown website and couldn

Ok I would like some feedback from people in Texas that would be interested in the Ontario Dehy Timothy Balanced Cubes. I just got an email back from Robin Staloch at Triple Crown with a suggestion. A

This is still in the works but I wanted to give a heads up to people in Texas that we are working on getting the Ontario Dehy Timothy Balance cubes to Texas thanks to Triple Crown and Robin Staloch th

Ian, I have been using the regular APF since last fall. It has done wonders for my horse's attitude. We had to up his Pergolide and he would get depressed. It turned him around. But we found we had to

We are getting closer and closer to getting the ODTB cubes in TX. It has been approved and they are working out the logistics of storage. I hope in a couple more weeks I have a big announcement to mak

Josey, In the spring I start with what they call a trace clip. That basically goes from under the jaw down the neck to each side where the jugular runs, fans out at the chest. And back when I was ridi

Just a heads up to anyone in Texas wanting these cubes that hasn't already seen my posts over the last few weeks. To all the ladies on my list already, we ARE getting them. The deal is done and the tr

It is here! Jerral with Triple Crown just called. The truck has arrived and the bags are ready to go out to our feedstores. So if you have been waiting for the ODTB cubes, call your feed man now and r

Ann-Marie, Are you planning to go to the ODTB for the complete diet or part of it? If you are doing complete diet, I guess do the gradual change over across a couple weeks. Feed 1.5-2.0% of their body