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Welcome to the BioStar Blog!

 

Our mission is to share information, help empower dog and horse owners with knowledge about nutrition and health of their animals, and bring them the best whole food supplements.

Here you’ll find many of our own personal experiences and opinions, and we’ve taken care to ensure that the more technical information we present is backed by published nutritional studies and scientific research. Please remember, though, that the blog articles themselves are not intended to cure, diagnose, or treat any disease.

Questions about our equine and canine whole food supplements? Contact us and we’ll be glad to assist.

Enjoy!

Hedgerow K9 with S. boulardii: New Probiotic Support for Dogs

The yeast strain Saccharomyces boulardii is one of the most researched probiotic strains on the planet, and has become a very popular probiotic for dogs. It is known for its benefits in
Dog grief is more like human grief than you might think.

When Dogs Grieve

There's something that needs to be said about dog grief — that is, the different feelings and behaviors of mourning ...
Lamar Valley, Yellowstone

Where the Wild Things Are

Every August I head out to Montana to visit my mom, and spend at least one day in the Lamar ...
The Dog Fasting Advantge: Don't Try This on a Full Stomach

Fast Living: The Athletic Dog’s Guide to Better Recovery

Once a week I go to a special class for burgeoning canine athletes like me. I am the only boy ...
Equine recovery foods

Feeding for Recovery

Daily training exerts stress on the body and increases cortisol, which breaks down muscle rather than building it up.  To ...
BioStar's new line of unique horse poultice products

What Makes a Horse Poultice Unique?

There are lots of choices in regards to horse poultice products, but neither the equine nor canine industries have seen ...
Ask Buckaroo - eating grass

Advice: Why Do Dogs Eat Grass?

Dear Buckaroo, My dog Dooley is a rescue. He is part Labrador and German Shepherd, and he likes to eat ...

Angels

Not everyone is deeply religious; at least not devout enough for daily prayer and solemn teachings, but many have some ...

Spice of Life: The Canine Rotation Diet

by Kemosabe I have grown up on the rotation diet. That is, my human switches dog food formulas every two ...
Nutritional Support for Lyme Disease | BioStar US

Nutritional Support for Lyme Disease

Most of what we hear about Lyme disease focuses on the danger to humans, but it's our canine and equine ...
Turmeric: one half of the Turmeric and Boswellia Dynamic Duo

Turmeric and Boswellia: The Dynamic Duo

When we think of dynamic duos, we may think of Batman and Robin, Thelma and Louise, or Butch Cassidy and ...
Lazarus, dreaming his dog dreams...

Dog Dreams

We all know dogs have dreams. People like to watch us while we dreamily chase tennis balls across the yard ...
Dried cabbage for ulcer-prone horses

Dried Cabbage for GI Ulcers in Horses

This article on the benefits of feeding dried cabbage to ulcer-prone horses was written by John Seaman for Harmony House ...