Horses And The Web Of Influence – Podcast #055
In this episode, I go through an email I received from Africa with a connection in the state of Washington here in America. Their results with laminit…
Tag: equine nutrition
Entropy And Horses – Podcast #054
Entropy means the natural and required decrease in energy, moving organized things into disorganized things and eventually ending in complete chaos. I…
Horses And The Road Less Traveled – Podcast #053
Feeding our horses as they have for the past 30 years is the “well-worn path.” Insulin resistance, Cushing’s Disease, suspensory ligament diseas…
Conflicting Information For Feeding Horses – Podcast #052
My last podcast (#051) was about the infodemic we are experiencing in the horse world. This is where there is so much conflicting information about th…
Horse Owners Experiencing An Infodemic – Podcast #051
This will be a podcast where I vent my frustration in my attempts to help horse owners help their horses thrive in a human world. All I try to do is g…
Horse Seminar Summaries – Podcast #050
I attended 3 equine seminars all with veterinarians discussing different matters: 1) “How Horses Think” put on by Cornell University (not the vet …
Horse Nutrition Review – Podcast #048
Every day someone asks me about feeding their horses. For me it has become simple only because I have repeated this information but for you…. maybe …
The Importance Of The Top Line In Horses – Podcast #045
The top line of horses is the muscles along the back bone from the withers to the rump. It is where the saddle or load goes onto the horse. It is an i…
Horse Feeding And Nutrition – A Book Report – Podcast #037
I just finished half of an old book on feeding the horse written by a professor of nutrition. It is called “Horse Feeding And Nutrition” by Tony C…
How Is What You’re Doing Working For Your Horses? – Podcast #028
Horse owners want to do the best for their horses either because of the large investment in their purchase and training / showing or because they are …
Protein In Horses – Podcast #027
I explain what a protein is and the amino acids that make up all proteins. Then I describe the two reasons why horses are chronically deficient in pro…
Hormesis, Rapamycin and Horses – Podcast #025
The pieces are coming together in human studies and these data are being found in all animals – and so I assume horses as well. To gain the healthy …
The Mighty Mitochondria – Podcast #024
Within the cells of our horses are power stations where fuel is converted into energy. Without this power station called the mitochondria, the cell an…
The EquiSummit Conference On The Healthy Horse Gut – Podcast #021
I attended a conference called the EquiSummit produced by a major manufacturer of horse feed components and sponsored by the horse feed companies dedi…
How To Feed The Competing Horse – Podcast #020
Most horses are used for strenuous competition and we would think that they need to be feed differently from retired horses that are in the field. Thi…
The Role Of Oils In Horses – Podcast #019
This podcast reviews what fatty acids are especially the saturated, MUFSA’s and PUFA’s. It also goes over where horses get their fat out in the …
The Right To Prevent – Podcast #018
As horse owners, we have a right to protect and to prevent injury and disease from happening to the horses under our care. However, owners are being b…
Is Soybean Meal OK to feed horses? – Podcast #017
This is a question asked on the FB group – If all seeds cause gut inflammation in horses and the core belief of this group is to go back to feeding …
The Calcium To Phosphorus Ratio – Podcast #006
Calcium (Ca) and Phosphorus (P) are two of the most plentiful minerals in your horse and are required for bone structure, muscle function and hundreds…
