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Thank you for the welcome Dr T. My apologies for the very late response. I’ve been away interstate in New South Wales buying my ‘dream’ horse who will allow my elderly much loved ASH to eventually step back a bit and enjoy semi retirement once the young gelding is able to be safely taken to riding clinics and events.

Now that I’m back and…

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If that is the case, then why do we see positive external effects from horse owners feeding chia seeds? Ex: The shinier coats.

Doc T here with an update to those who have listened to this and may have gotten a little lost. I have a podcast scheduled for next week where I have the principles of this drawn onto a white board in real time as I talk. Helpful for those visual learners. But I have more ideas to break this into components.

Understanding these pieces will…

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I searched for “exercise” in the search bar and the list became too long to see. But then I went to the forums “Home” page (you can see this in the menu above) and went there. In the middle of that picture of the horses running in the field you will see a search area with the words “Search forums…” I entered “exer” and it filled in the 2…

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I feel stupid, I have spent 30 min trying to find the info you wrote on EMS and Exercise, I started reading it a few days ago, wanted to re-visit, and ummmmm

There are other protein sources but SBM (soybean meal) has a long track record. More importantly, SBM also has a complete amino acid (AA) profile. It is important to use these words before the word protein: “poor quality,” “good quality” or “high quality.”

SBM is a high quality protein as it has all the AA’s while all hay and mono-grass…

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I have not seen proof that there is a deleterious effect of not feeding a horse for 12 hours. For a long time I also told people that without a gall bladder the horse needed small meals throughout the 24 hours. However, in the artificial world horses live in today, the horse is being fed glucose (starch, sugar, carbs – all the same)…

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It is a common misconception that the SBM needs to be “prepared.” We have always fed it “out of the bag.” And what the horse spills, the dog cleans up!

Doc T: I thought it wasn’t good for the horses gut to leave them without forage for more than 6+ hours? Because of the absence of their gall bladder they need multiple small meals during the day and if the stomach is empty too long aren’t they at risk for colic or ulcers?

Wow! Beautiful (: Didn’t know you can feed the soybean meal dry… I’ve always soaked it until it’s oatmeal consistency.

I have heard of many people using chia seeds to help maintain healthy skin/coat, reducing fly bites, which I feel is important for the horse. I am unsure if Chia is okay for the no grain diet though. You can’t get rid of flies and pests entirely unfortunately, but when it becomes a health issue to your horse (Sweet Itch, bug bite sensitivity…

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March 16, 2021

It has been a while since my last “weekly” update. I have been to several snow covered states as well as dozens of barns to float a bunch of horses. I’m also experimenting with several sleep apps on my phone and wrist to figure out my sleep cycles and to smooth them out as I go from hotel room to hotel room.

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Ahh, I thought that was you! I’m hugely impressed. I’m lucky enough to have a trainer who teaches all her pupils and their horses as if they were aiming for GP. Her daughters are both FEI GP riders and have ridden Internationally. Although we all mostly manage the movements that is a world apart from putting them all together in a test!