Tigger’s Favorite Summer Products for Horses and Dogs
Summer is the time of flies, ticks, fleas, heat, and keeping the horses and dogs comfortable despite it all. I confess that I can be lured by a good marketing ad or article, and...
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Deciphering the Marketing Language of a Digestive Supplement
Recently, Purina released a new digestive supplement called Outlast™ which will, according to the company’s literature, “support a healthy gastric environment.” Intrigued, I went online to read the marketing information: “Outlast™ supplement contains a...
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...
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...
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...
Choosing Consciousness Over Convenience
Recently I ran into a Dollar Store to get some Christmas wrapping paper. I picked out a few rolls, checked them off my list, and headed to check out. Then it dawned on me….where...
A City of Horses
From November until April, there is no other place in the world that has more horses per square inch than Wellington, Florida. This year over 15,000 horses called Wellington their winter home. Show grounds...
In Search of Emptiness
I know this is a strange title…why would I be searching for emptiness? The emptiness that I have been seeking is not a sense of lacking or hollowness or even meaninglessness. The emptiness I...
Green Me Up, Scotty
Recently I gave a whole food seminar at Old Barrington Farm in Illinois. There I ran into my friend Mike Bushkol, who is one of the best equine chiropractors in the US. He handed...
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 Valley in Yellowstone National Park. The Lamar Valley is located between Roosevelt and the...
