Down the Rabbit Hole: The Rise of Western Medicine
It was while I was reading The History, Treatment, and Diseases of the Horse (1880 edition) that I came upon the chapter, “List of the medicines used in the treatment of the diseases of...
Author: Tigger Montague
Ayurveda: The Oldest Medicine on Earth
My first exposure to Ayurveda was in 1984 at The Natural Products Expo in Atlanta. I was working for a (human) nutritional supplement company that sold products through independent health food stores. Standing in...
Getting Started With the Whole Food Diet
It can seem daunting to disconnect ourselves from commercial horse feeds and plunge into the world of the whole food diet. It was daunting for me too! But I realized that the cornerstones of...
Looking Back: Feeding Horses in the 1800s
I came across an interesting book called The History, Treatment, and Diseases of the Horse written by William Youatt for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, first published in 1831 and last...
Salts of the Earth: Understanding Electrolytes
Horses cool themselves by sweating as we do, but they can sweat three times more than humans from the same surface area of skin. Altogether, horses can sweat up to four gallons an hour,...
Intuition: The Best Communication with Your Horse
In our high-tech world of bytes and data we can forget there’s another avenue of communication that isn’t cellular, or vocal, or run by computer processors. It is intuition. In my opinion, it’s one of the most...
The Environmental Impact of Manufactured Amino Acids
I ran across an interesting study from the Netherlands published in 2010 that examined the raw materials and ecological impact involved with the production of three of the most popular amino acids for livestock...
Thera Calm EQ: The Equine Stress Formula
As many people know, I am rather obsessed with the GI tract. The more I learn, the more compelling I find the functions of the GI tract and their interconnectedness: gut to brain to...
Decisions, Decisions: What Supplement to Use When?
“Which product is best for my horse? Do I need hemp oil or camelina? Do I use Flex-Well or Comfort Zone? Or Furnace?” We hear these questions a lot! Well, here we are to help...
Making Sense of Stress: The Gut-Brain Connection
The more we learn about the gut-brain connection, the better we can get at addressing equine health issues. One of the most common issues in horses of all ages and lifestyles is stomach ulcers,...
