Down the Rabbit Hole with Quercetin
What are quercetin supplements, and how can they help your horse? We go down the rabbit hole to learn more about this powerful flavonoid, how it supports body systems, and how to ensure it’s...
Category: Health Topics
Horses, Allergies, and Histamines
For the past year, I’ve spent a lot of time down the rabbit hole, examining the Western and Eastern medicinal approaches to horse allergies and equine asthma. As with other complicated health issues, the...
How Grand Prix Rider Jim Koford Chooses a Horse
WHAT DOES A GRAND PRIX RIDER LOOK FOR IN A DRESSAGE PROSPECT? We recently sat down with BioStar sponsored rider Jim Koford to talk about the joys of horse shopping and find out what...
Butyric Acid and Hindgut Health
An estimated 65% of all performance and sport horses experience hindgut ulcers. Stress (including environmental, training, and transport stress), nutrition, and over-use of Omeprazole and NSAIDs are risk factors in the development of colonic...
Understanding Inflammation and Your Horse
The inflammatory process is both fascinating and complicated. The essence of inflammation is the normal protective response by the body’s defense system. As with humans, inflammation in horses is an important part of the...
Medicinal Mushrooms for Dogs & Horses
Medicinal mushrooms have thousands of years of use as therapeutic foods in Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as in ancient Greece and Egypt. Now they’ve become increasingly popular in the U.S., for therapeutic use...
Ask Tigger: Diet Recommendations to Build Muscle
Tigger shares her experienced take on muscle-building diet recommendations for horses: Dear Tigger, I recently purchased a horse that was doing mid-level dressage and am transitioning him into a mid-level jumper. I am struggling to...
Supporting the Equine Immune System with Optimum Defense
The equine immune system is a vast, complex biological apparatus. How well it functions depends on a number of factors including nutrition, stress, and age. Our horses’ immune systems can be challenged further by...
Giving Back and Paying It Forward
There’s something intrinsic about giving — a sense of purpose and humility. I have long known the equestrian community to be compassionate and generous, in part, I believe, because horses are compassionate and generous...
Buckaroo’s Guide to Holiday Dining for Dogs
Aussie Tribe member Buckaroo educates us on the best holiday foods for dogs: We are quickly approaching my favorite time of the year: the howlidays, also known as Fat-Cooked-Bird-On-Counter, and a few weeks later...
