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Caring for our Seniors’ Hooves – Equine Guelph Offers Informative Video

December 1, 2020 by Northwest Horse Source

As we age, jumping out of bed ready and raring to go may cease to be the norm. Instead, that ideal is often replaced by a few groans, moans, creaks, cracks and slow maneuvers before we kick into gear! The same may be true for your senior horse. Challenges with …

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Quality of Life for the Overweight, Insulin-Resistant Horse – Free Choice, Low Sugar Forage Essential for Equine Health

October 7, 2020 by Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D.

Your veterinarian just told you that your overweight, insulin-resistant horse is going to develop laminitis if you don’t put him in a dry lot with a very small amount of hay. You don’t want to restrict his hay, but you feel wracked with guilt. What if your vet is right? …

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Understanding Hay Quality – Even “Good” Hay Can Have Bad Things in It

September 13, 2020 by Kim F Miller

Photo by Kim Roe

As the source of 50 to 90 percent of a normal, healthy horse’s nutritional needs, hay warrants careful consideration. Yet, there is a lot of confusion over what, exactly, defines “good” hay. Nutrient content and cleanliness are distinct traits often presumptively and wrongly lumped together. “People need to be more …

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