Hey z(?) – saying Hi to everyone – figured good neighborly practice 😁. Great to have like-minded folk in one place.

Hi Sandra – saying Hi to everyone! Couldn’t agree more re: the great effort of pulling this together. Looking forward to virtual connections & appreciative of all your experiences.

Hey Jenny – I’m from the bulgy bit on the west side (Wales)! Let’s do a virtual cuppa sometime!

Hi Sandy – feel likewise overwhelmed – so much to learn! Figure I’m taking it ‘one bite at a time’ 😁

Hi Kathy – always good to hear the no-grain positive experiences. I went grain free to help my enormous TB who stops sweating once the temps get to 95 deg. Helped short-term but not entirely fixed – there have been other complicating factors. My other guys went GF too and they are happy & healthy.

Hey Rosie – love the zoo!

Hey Chrissy – welcome! Looking forward to hearing about your experiences!

Thanks Sandy_K for taking the “leap of faith.” Now we need more details.

1) What is the form and amount of exercise (riding, lounging, treadmill, ponying, etc)? Please include amount of time (45 min, etc) and the frequency (3x per week etc). Do you monitor the heart rate of the horse and if so, how? Do you work him into a sweat / hard…

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Welcome Chrissy! I love this part: ” I found looking for information on google/face book overwhelming/contradictory and confusing.” So true!

Sorry about the time difference but hope you can join us this Sunday at 8pm New York time to discuss “Aerobic exercise and its effect on insulin resistance.”

We are a small group today but we are a group…

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This article misses critical points that I will go over this Sunday in the Zoom meeting. In essence, there are 2 ways to get glucose into cells: insulin dependent and insulin independent. Exercise triggers the independent pathway. Further, increased body fat leads to the development of intracellular fat in the muscle cells. This is the first…

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The link for the signup is above, and it should be the same link to get in, if for some reason there needs to be a new link I will post it, and I will include the replay link when it is available after but be sure to try to join us live if you can so you can send in a question or you can email contact@thehorsesadvocate.com your question in…

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Great thanks!

Yes Kathy is correct the replay link will be emailed out to those who are registered and it will also be posted here in the first post when it is available. After the call it does take some time to process and upload but should be within a few hours and not more than 24hrs later.

Hi Zbear!

Personally I like the shotgun. I keep blasting away. Even though it isn’t very effective, I just feel better afterwards!

This is my way of saying how difficult it is to get flies under control on a horse farm. Let’s start by dividing the farm into 2 areas: inside the barn and outside the barn.

Inside the barn – The most effective…

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