How to Train Your Human
Every single dog is born with the TH Gene, better known as the Training Humans gene. In many ways, our survival over thousands of years has depended in part on this particular genetic component....
Category: GI Tract
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...
Formulator’s Corner: The Equine Stress Factor
Stress is an emotional and physical pressure that animals and humans both experience. Horses and dogs, just like people, can be either internalizers or externalizers of stress. The internalizer may mask stress by behaving...
Stressing Me, Stressing You
Holidays seem to be the collective stress time: humans are stressed, and because our animals are so intuitive, they in turn become stressed. Often times stress in dogs and horses is not obvious; the...
Gold Star EQ: Camelina Oil for Horses
Camelina (Camelina Sativa) is a plant native to Europe; it has been used for thousands of years as food for both humans and livestock. In fact the Tollund Man, discovered in a bog in...
Top Five Immune Support Foods for Horses
We know that the health of the horse begins in the GI tract. The gastrointestinal system plays a central role in immune system homeostasis, ie: balance. What we feed has an impact on not...
Five Steps to Complete Canine GI Support
Keeping our dogs healthy begins with what we feed them. After all, the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the foundation of health and well-being, and plays a central role in immune system balance. But...
Metal Toxicity and the Foods That Fight It
With regard to metal toxicity and other ecological contaminations, Researcher Dr. Gregor Reid recently wrote in the Journal of the American Society for Microbiology that “the exposure to environmental toxins is a 21st century...
Introducing Toppers: Real Whole Food Enhancements for Mealtime
How do innovative whole food supplements for dogs and horses go from idea to reality? A little backstory is in order… One morning in the kitchen as I prepared various vegetables, fruits, and nuts...
What Horses Used to Eat: Feeding Horses in 1856
A veterinary surgeon named John Stewart, professor of veterinary medicine in Glasgow, Scotland, wrote a book that was published in 1856 called The Stable Book: Being a Treatise on the Management of Horses. With...
