About 25 years ago, one of the community colleges in my area offered horse care and horsemanship classes to the public. The classes were conducted by professionals and veterinarians and were quite goo

Ronelle, I personally would pass on this hay. Rained on hay can sometimes be acceptable when dried properly, but it depends on how much rain. A soaking rain with the ground wet makes properly drying h

Emmy, thank you a million times for that chart. I don't think we can overstate how much a chart like that, with data points, can really help those of us with resistant vets see what the real results a

Stephanie, I bought a gram kitchen scale from Amazon a while ago and love it. Easy to use, inexpensive (I think it was $30) and you will be astounded how many supplements tell you to use the enclosed

Emma, I copied this directly from your welcome letter posted by Trisha in this thread. "Be extremely careful about movement while using NSAIDs (bute, banamine, previcox, etc.) as it masks pain and enc

Hi Emma, Andalusians are also poster children for IR and many warmbloods are also. As your welcome letter answers some of the questions you asked, I would add to those answers the following. Timothy B

Griffin, condolences. It sounds iike it was a peaceful passing for him, which is all we could ever want for our beloved horses. It's hard and a shock for you, but in ways we don't have privilege to al

Cindy, Mad Barn has these pellets listed at 9.3% S/S, sugar at 6.2 and starch at 3.1. I do not know how reliable or consistent those numbers are as the pellets are not guaranteed. Meadow Lite Horse Pe

Karen, You only want soybean hull pellets because plain hulls are light, fluffy, and will blow away. (Think the skins on peanuts for example). Soybean hull pellets are created at a processor who then

Interesting statement on BI website for Prascend. What is the difference between compounded pergolide and PRASCEND? PRASCEND is the first and only FDA-approved pergolide for horses. FDA approval ensur

Jenna, I have used this for my PPID/IR mares. BTB Plus herbal supplement for joint soreness in horses (emeraldvalleyequine.com)

Jenna, if you want a blanket answer to your original question, it is that yes, the risks with Yucca outweigh the benefit of devils' claw with yucca. There are several devil's claw preparations without

Dawn, Home Page - My Best Horse Click on order and then the menu will come up. J powder is $19 per pound. Excellent products and service, owner is a member here.

Dr. Schell's website and supplement company is not new. I remember reading his site at least half a dozen years ago when another "member" popped up on the list to extol their "experience" with his pro

Janet, This is an interesting treatment, but I am thinking you might be confused about the list in the renovequine website of what the amnion product contains. Laminin is not what is in the hoof that

Sally, I"m not a moderator, but having purchased compounded pergolide for years for Tipperary from various compounding phamacies, I can say that all of them, with the exception of Thriving Pets, recom

Also, If I am reading it correctly, ODTBC contain 830 calories per pound. An average 1,000 lb horse needs 15,000 calories per day to maintain weight. ( take that number with a big grain of salt) , so

Lori, I believe the ratio is done to provide those who are using cubes as a substitute for long stem hay understand how much to feed. If you horse requires 18 lbs of long stem hay and you were going t

Nicole, may your memories of Elsa as she was before she became ill become foremost in your sight soon. She knew you were trying to do all for her that was possible.

Toni, It's difficult to say. Safe Starch has tested in the past over the 4% limit ECIR prefers for starch , but then Sherry just tested a batch in April of this year, and the starch was at 2.4%. You c

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