Welcome! Thanks for the pics! They are beautiful. Love seeing everyones beautiful horses. And it is always nice to put faces to names. I hope everyone feels will feel safe enough to share here.

Howdy Emily and (husband)! Thanks for being here and adding all of your images of your “crew.” I don’t often see husbands involved in the wife’s passion / obsession with the barn and I alway like to acknowledge them when they do come out to see me, though yesterday it was only because he wanted to know more about the Tesla than to know more…

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Our eyes tell us there is a correlation between a shiny hair coat and chia seeds but is the cause of the hair coat shine the same as the shiny hair coat people see after adding soybean meal? There are so many factors at play. What other parameters should we look at? Top line development or hoof quality might be other things to look at and we…

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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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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!

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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Nice!

Yes, Unfortunately I lost my horse a few years ago. I’d love to get back yo it but I need to find the right horse.

I personally don’t like the feed through fly control though many find success with it. I tried it with my horses and one became very ill (jaundice and fever) so I never used it again. I have also had a few horses get the same illness with Strongid-C feed through dewormer. I warn everyone to look for this reaction within the 1st day or 2 but…

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