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PHILOSOPHIES AND MUSINGS FROM OUR FORMULATOR

Tigger’s thoughts on food, animals, the earth, life, and ideas.

Ghosts of Christmas Past | BioStar US

Ghosts of Christmas Past

One of my favorite holiday movies as a child was the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol (starring Alastair Sim) ...
Puppy Chronicles: Surviving the Velociraptor | BioStar US

The Puppy Chronicles: House Training, Toys, and Surviving the Velociraptor

God grant me the serenity to accept that I buy my puppy too many toys, courage to buy fewer toys, ...
Bringing Home a New Puppy | BioStar US

Bringing Home a New Puppy

In the last six months I have lost two beloved dogs: Thunderbear and Kemosabe. I will forever miss them. No ...
Walking with Grief - Thunderbear | BioStar US

Walking with Grief

Last week, quite unexpectedly, I lost one of my Aussies, Thunderbear. He was only 9.5 years old. He was diagnosed ...
A Few of Tigger's Favorite Things 2022 | BioStar US

A Few of My Favorite Things (2022)

I spend an inordinate amount of time researching raw materials, and I often come across new supplements, formulations, and products ...
Chester at BioStar Labs

Formulation: Behind the Scenes at BioStar

From BioStar’s humble beginnings to the present, we have always done our own formulation research and made our own products ...
Tigger Montague and BioStar Interview

Tigger Montague and the History of BioStar

“In making medicine, in making something helpful and wholesome and nutritious, you have to be very focused. You've got to ...
Bridging Eastern and Western Medicine in Chi Solutions by BioStar US

Connection: Bridging Eastern Medicine and Western Science

In 2001, a friend gave me a book on Ayurveda called The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies by Vasant ...
Things you can learn from Puppies by BioStar US

Five Things You Can Learn from Puppies

NOTES FROM PUPPY-PALOOZA LAND! Currently I have a litter of 6 Australian Shepherd puppies that are 7 weeks old. This ...
Ask Tigger - Grumpy Mares | BioStar US

Ask Tigger: Help! I Have a Grumpy Mare

Dear Tigger, Lately my horse fits the grumpy mare stereotype more often than not, but she used to be much ...
Girl in nature

Tigger’s Stress-Busting Tips

Before jumping to some unique and effective stress-busting tips, let's reflect a moment on where we are today: The infamous ...

Let Go of the Reins

Recently, a friend in the horse industry told me that her anxiety during this time of the Covid-19 pandemic had ...
Creative Quarantine Shopping | BioStar US

Creative Quarantine Shopping Ideas

Self-impose social distancing and staying at home has forced me to be more creative in finding necessities online. From my ...
Lionheart

When Goodbye Comes

Lionheart had a good summer.  He had a new companion, a feisty 20-year-old mare I adopted from a rescue. His ...
Intuition

Open to Our Animals: The Art of Intuition

In our world of high-tech connections and megabits per second, we tend to forget about the other mode of communication ...
The Otter Whisperer | BioStar US

The Otter Whisperer

For the second year in a row, I have had close encounters with sea otters in Kachemak Bay, Alaska.  The ...
Seeds for Kindness Taking the Leap at BioStar US

When It’s Time to Take a Leap…

Tigger describes the inspiration behind Seeds for Kindness, and gets into the details of what we can expect in its ...
Seeds for Kindness is an upcoming project by BioStar US to promote kindness and support Mother Earth

Seeds for Kindness

The inspiring origin story for Seeds for Kindness... Several years ago I read a book called The Diamond Cutter by ...
Alaskan brown bear

The Alaskan Wilderness in Photos by Tigger

Tigger has returned from her exploration of the Alaskan wilderness. We're so glad she's back, and we're honored to share ...
BioStar's Favorite Products

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 ...