Spring Grazing and Insulin Resistance
Spring is here, but we need to take it slowly when transitioning our horses from hay to pasture grazing. And for those of us with…
Category: Horse Nutrition
Horse Diet
A horse’s diet and the amount he is fed should depend on work requirements and body condition. Modern horses are often overfed and do very…
5 elements of Chinese Medicine: Water Horse
All horses embody common physical and behavioral characteristics of the Five Elements of Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM) – Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. By…
Chinese Medicine – Metal & Earth Horse
The stocky school horse plods around and around the ring with a young rider on his back. He is kind and slow, providing a safe…
Amino Acids
There are 20 amino acids known that make up the building blocks for mammalian body protein. Approximately one-half of the amino acids are considered essential…
5 Elements of Chinese Medicine – Fire Horse
Is your horse flashy, sociable and easy to train? Is he sensitive, unfocused and vulnerable to anxiety? If so, he might be a Fire horse.…
Excessive Supplementation
Feeding a general nutritional supplement and a hoof supplement (or any two supplements) at the same time is generally not recommended. Why? Because it is…
Five Elements of Chinese Medicine
Each horse embodies common physical and behavioral characteristics of the Five Elements of Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM). By understanding how Five Elements and their patterns…
Fats
Everywhere you turn these days, people are talking about fats. More specifically, essential fatty acids or EFAs. Flax-based cereals jump out at us from the…
Holistic Advice from an Expert
No stranger to holistic equine medicine, Dr. Kelli Taylor is a native western Washingtonian who grew up cultivating her love of horses from a very…
Hempseed Oil for Horses
“Dietary fats are required to facilitate absorption of fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K, and as a source of the essential fatty acids (EFAs)…
Feeding Your Horse Naturally
By getting back to a more natural feeding program, you can give your horse a new lease on life and allow her to reach her…
