Flax Seeds or Chia Seeds: Which Do I Feed My Horse?
I’m often asked the question, “Should I feed my horse flax seeds or chia seeds?” My answer: “It depends on the reasons you’re adding omega-3s.” That was as clear as mud, wasn’t it? There...
Category: GI Tract
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...
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...
What’s the Poop?
Horse people are unique in many ways, and among all our various and interesting quirks is our obsession with poop. Typical is a non-horse person coming to a barn, wrinkling their nose, and asking,...
Turning Down the Heat: Cooling Foods and Cool Star EQ
It’s summertime, and keeping horses cool requires stall fans, electrolytes, mineral salt blocks, and lots of water. Did you know that there are foods that can actually help a horse’s body cool down? In...
Managing Gastric Ulcer-Sensitive Horses
It can be challenging to manage a horse that tends to act ulcery for days, weeks or months after gastric ulcer treatment. The horse goes back onto ulcer medications, gets better, is taken off...
Trees, Mice and Lyme Disease
Two researchers in the Hudson River Valley* have identified an early warning system for Lyme disease; they can predict how many cases there will be a year in advance by looking at one key...
Aloe Vera: The Healing Plant for Horses & Humans Alike
Aloe vera has a long history of use as an important and highly beneficial medicinal plant. The Egyptians used aloe topically, and to embalm their dead. It was known as the “plant of eternity”. ...
Kemosabe Gets Buff…with Organic Seaweed
This past autumn, I was put on a diet after a visit to the vet indicated that I was a bit too…ample. The blood work showed my thyroid levels and all else to be...
Tweaking Formulas: Thera Calm EQ Adds Haritaki for GI Support
Admittedly, I have a compulsion to tweak, adjust, and mess with everything — kitchen recipes, my GPS’s opinion on directions, and BioStar formulas. I have this nagging little voice in my head that says...
