* Feeding Horses – The Frequently Asked Questions
The most frequently asked questions about feeding horses asked in emails, comments and in social media. These equine nutrition questions are the bare …
Category: Nutrition Topics
A Question About Soybeans
The objections to using soybean meal in horses as a protein source are addressed here: GMO, glyphosate, feminization. How SBM is made and my conclusio…
Aerobic Exercise And Its Role In Insulin Resistance – Rounds With Doc T
The cause of insulin resistance (IR) is discussed from the cellular level, and the effect aerobic exercise has in circumventing the blockade of glucos…
AMA February 16, 2023 – Rounds With Doc T
“Ask Me Anything” - The following questions were submitted (copied and pasted from the Q&A section in Zoom or from emails), along with any posted …
AMA January 19, 2023 – Rounds With Doc T
“Ask Me Anything” - The following questions were submitted (copied and pasted from the Q&A section in Zoom or from emails), along with any posted …
Anhidrosis (Non-sweating horses)
No one has determined why some horses in the same environment stop sweating while others do sweat but we know that every horse is different with diffe…
Ask Me Anything – Rounds With Doc T
Questions asked include the following: swollen head, dentistry, soybean meal, dysbiosis, feeding oil and fat, and sugar in the pasture.
Barclay (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "He still has some Barcleyisms but is much more relaxed and calm."
Beau and Renew Gold® (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "Taking this old horse off of grain caused him to lose weight so Renew …
Betrayal
We are told to trust the experts mainly because we cannot be all experts in everything. We need to become experts in how to feed horses because how th…
Body Condition Score
The Henneke horse body condition score was published by a professor at Texas A&M University in 1983 and is named after him. He wanted to use a simple…
Calm In A Barn Of Six (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "Apollo, the nervous TB gelding that you thought was bitten as a colt s…
Carbohydrates (Sugar)
Carbohydrate is a word that describes sugar. Other words include saccharide, monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide, glycogen, starch, cellulo…
Cheating On The No Grain Diet
I need to come clean with all of you. I have been cheating on the no grain diet. Please forgive me but I and Melissa have been put into an impossible…
Cheese Doodles, Chocolate Bars and Candy Won’t Hurt You
When is it OK to eat sugar? Enjoy this comical video which basically explains how sugar is necessary for body functions and is OK even in abundance at…
Chronic Protein Deficiency In Horses
An introduction to the biggest health issue in horses today. Due to modern feeding, horses are consuming their own protein PLUS they are being fed eno…
Chronic Protein Deficiency In Horses – HorseTalk Webinar
Chronic protein deficiency in horses is at the root cause of many injuries and illnesses I see in horses. This 2016 video presentation is from my Hors…
Concentrate Feeds
Concentrate rations are the opposite of forage for horses. They developed a while ago when people moved from the country farms to the industrialized …
Constantly At War
In every moment of life in our horses, there is a battle between the body and the invading organisms surrounding them. To win, the immune system needs…
Crimson Feather Farm Diary (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "Challenge complete. Juniper is more calm in hand. Noticed difference …
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Introduction 1 – Complexicate
Horses are becoming too complicated to keep as I watch everyone try to better others as to why their theories are better. So I made a new word - compl…
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Introduction 2
Complexicate - to complicate things to make people look more intelligent and feel more significant and usually agenda based. I decomplexicate horse fe…
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 01 of 12 – Grazing Not Browsing
All equids graze ground plants. They avoid taller plants with more woody cellulose (lignin). Ruminants browse eating short and tall plants.
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 02 of 12 – The Basics of Sugar, Fat and Proteins
The similarities and differences between sugar, fat and protein. It is essential to understanding how these interact in the health of horses.
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 03 of 12 – Gut Microbes
You are not feeding the horse but you are feeding the trillions of microbes within their gut and they, in turn, feed the cells of the horse. Happy gut…
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 04 of 12 – Gut Inflammation
The digestive tract of the horse has a 1 cell thick lining with an army of defense cells behind it. Attacks on this cause the immune system to respond…
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 05 of 12 – Mitochondria and Making Energy
Inside every car is an engine needing fuel and inside every cell of your horse are engines called mitochondria. They both need maintenance.
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 06 of 12 – Carbohydrate Dependency
Feeding sugar every day in excess of horse's needs creates a dependency no different than drugs and alcohol. This blog explains why.
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 07 of 12 – The High Fat Diet
Where do horses get their fat if all they eat is ground plants (pasture and hay)? The answer is from bacterial digestion of cellulose. Here are the de…
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 08 of 12 – The Importance of Protein
Protein in the maintenance of horses is not appreciated. It is not complicated. Our training of feeding horses has ignored the importance.
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 09 of 12 – GMO, Pesticides and Fertilizers
An objective discussion about feeding horses with GMO foods treated with pesticides and herbicides. Why to worry and why we should not worry.
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 10 of 12 – Supplements
Feeding supplements to horses fill a void in their nutrition. But are they necessary and effective? Are there guarantees to their quality or their qua…
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 11 of 12 – Lectins
Lectins are plant proteins made to discourage animals from eating their seeds by making the animals sick. Insidious over years, they confuse the other…
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 12 of 12 – Summary
The final installment of the series on feeding horses. Dig in deeper by enrolling in the Horsemanship Nutrition Course. Congratulations on reading all…
Deeper Contact (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "No longer reactive ground work is really getting so much better. I fee…
Diarrhea Is Gone (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "The diarrhea is gone. Stopped by the end of the first day off grain."
Doughnut Hole
Our horses digestive tract is a tube running through the body. This is a fundamental principle to understand. The hole in the doughnut isn't part of t…
ECEIM Consensus Statement On Equine Metabolic Syndrome
The European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM) issued a statement on a problem affecting horses called Equine Metabolic Syndrome. I summariz…
Fats
It is not necessary to feed a fat source or supplement to horses. The reason for this is based on understanding what a fat is and where the horse get…
Feed By Weight, Not Volume
Horse owners feed by volume which most will call a “scoop.” This is irrational. If we all decided to pick one size for a “scoop,” would th…
Feeding Salt To Horses
All horses need salt but what is it, why do they need it and how do we get it in them? Is a lick enough or should it be added to the food? Can excess …
Feeding Senior Horses
When do horses become "seniors?" Why have I never found "senior feeds" for squirrels or other wild animals? Could "senior feeds" just be a marketing g…
Feeding The Horse As Simple As 1-2-3
This is for horse owners who just want to know how to feed horses in a simple action set. Step 1) stop inflammation, Step 2) add protein, Step 3) writ…
Feeding the Suckling, Weanling, Growing and Senior Horse – Rounds With Doc T
This is a fast paced review of feeding horses from embryo to senior ages. If it helps, download the pdf to follow and take notes.
Food Does Not Equal Love
The purpose of eating is to survive. How sugars are used, the development of uric acid and the association of disease in horses is discussed and a sol…
Grain Based To Forage Based Diet (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. A video - "Grain Based To Forage Based Diet"