Tigger Montague

Tigger Montague

Tigger Montague

Tigger Montague | BioStar USTigger Montague is BioStar’s owner and formulator.  She is an expert on equine nutrition and supplements, with over thirty years experience as a rider, researcher, formulator, and author of Whole Foods for Horses.

The daughter of a baker, and the granddaughter of a dairyman, she has inherited the same passions as her family about real food. With over 30 years experience in the equine and human supplement industry, Tigger knows nutrition from the synthetic side as well as the whole food side. She started BioStar in 2006 with formulas she created in her kitchen.  Before she started the company, she was an avid rider and competitor with eventing and show jumping, until she got hooked on dressage in the late 1980’s.  She has competed on horses she’s owned and trained all the way from training level to grand prix.

Tigger’s blog posts are a rich variety of fun-loving stories, profound philosophical musings, and scientific research.  Enjoy!

 

Equine recovery foods

Feeding for Recovery

Daily training exerts stress on the body and increases cortisol, which breaks down muscle rather than building it up.  To ...
BioStar's new line of unique horse poultice products

What Makes a Horse Poultice Unique?

There are lots of choices in regards to horse poultice products, but neither the equine nor canine industries have seen ...
Nutritional Support for Lyme Disease | BioStar US

Nutritional Support for Lyme Disease

Most of what we hear about Lyme disease focuses on the danger to humans, but it's our canine and equine ...
Turmeric: one half of the Turmeric and Boswellia Dynamic Duo

Turmeric and Boswellia: The Dynamic Duo

When we think of dynamic duos, we may think of Batman and Robin, Thelma and Louise, or Butch Cassidy and ...
Dried cabbage for ulcer-prone horses

Dried Cabbage for GI Ulcers in Horses

This article on the benefits of feeding dried cabbage to ulcer-prone horses was written by John Seaman for Harmony House ...
As 'all natural' as it gets...

When is Natural Really Natural?

A recent study (April 2014) conducted by Consumer Reports National Research Center showed that 59% of consumers check to see ...
Stall mucking, before and after enlightenment

Still Mucking After All These Years

It occurred to me the other day as I lifted yet another fork full of manure and dumped it in ...
Without optimum joint health, this isn't possible.

Feeding for Joint Health

Several years ago, a friend of mine had a total knee replacement.  He had osteoarthritis from the bangs and blows ...
Healthy hooves

Feeding for Healthy Hooves

Before Tigger first formulated BioStar's Ultra Hoof EQ, she had already spent quite a painstaking period researching everything a supplement ...
BioStar US Hemp Seed Oil for Horses

Hemp Oil for Horses: The Seed of Well-Being

There are many oils that are commonly fed to horses. These include corn oil, soy oil, canola oil, flax seed ...
Feeding the Hindgut Ulcer Horse

Feeding the Hindgut Ulcer Horse

Hindgut ulcer development and hindgut acidosis have become almost as prevalent as gastric ulcers in horses.Causes behind colonic ulcers include ...
Water: the vehicle of hydrosols

Hydrosols: One Summer’s Obsession

Hydrosols are distillates from the ancient process of steam distillation. When we think of distillation, of course we think of ...
Probiotics for dogs, probiotics for horses

Probiotics for Dogs and Horses: Live Performers for GI Health

Before jumping into the well-established benefits of probiotics for dogs and probiotics for horses, we need a little backstory. Let's ...
Locomotion EQ for equine muscle support

Do the Locomotion With Me

BioStar’s new Locomotion is the first horse supplement to provide equine muscle support by addressing the dual biological challenges of muscle ...
It's your world, change it

For Best Results, Take Action

For several years, BioStar has focused on getting information out about GMOs, the herbicide glyphosate (Roundup), the plight of the ...
Heavy metal and arsenic levels in our food and water are on the rise.

Arsenic and Heavy Metals: Risky Business for Horses, Dogs, Humans…

A rare type of kidney disease (CKD) in humans has killed thousands of agricultural workers along Central America’s Pacific Coast, in ...
Terra Biota K9 Probiotic for Dogs

Terra Biota K9: Probiotic for Dogs

Terra Biota K9 is a full-spectrum probiotic for dogs that combines and balances the ecological community of symbiotic microorganisms within ...
Likes cats, walks on the beach, organic dog food...

Chow Time: A Personal Feeding Journey with My Dogs

Dogs have been a part of my life since I was an infant. Over the course of my life, I ...