Looking forward to your reports in the forum!

@AngelaM Remember you cannot build a building (muscles, connective tissue) without enough of the right materials (all the amino acids in enough amounts).

1 pound of soybean meal = 174g (approx) of high quality protein that includes the branch chain amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, valine) as well as lysine required in every protein. Add… Read more

Thanks @DinahC for your kind words. It is thrilling (and humbling) to know that so many around the world are reading and applying my ideas in reducing chronic systemic inflammation and replacing lost protein with high quality protein in the diet. These notes help fuel me to keep going in the New Year! Doc T

NOTICE!! RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY JANUARY 3RD AT 8 PM EASTERN TIME.

@JillB Matt will get back to you ASAP but in the meantime, I clicked on the link above and got the registration page. You will need a Zoom account which is free at zoom.us

Please try again and if what they are asking is to have a zoom account then get one and try that. From what I can see here, you are a current member of THA. Let us know. I… Read more

Melissa and I have noticed this as well this year and we are perplexed. It is the first time we are noticing this and I have done this a long time. However it is not seen everywhere or at all barns. There must be something being added (or not added) recently but I can’t figure this out – but I have a hypothesis.

There was no mention in my text… Read more

HAY

This is a very interesting question and maybe I should stay out of this only because I will disrupt things – as usual 😉

AngelaM raises some good points that I want to add to. The forage used for producing hay has gone through a lot of selection by agricultural scientists to provide varying amounts and ratios of things (sugar,… Read more

Thanks for becoming the advocate for your horses!! Welcome!

I have not written much about feeding the foal though I have mentioned it in podcasts and in replies. I may need to add hash tags for the search engine.

The most important thing about feeding foals is to NOT over feed them. Forage is the basic form of feed and it looks like you… Read more

See if there is a contact phone for the manufacturer on the bag. If not ask for it from the feed dealer and call them. Most manufacturers will say “dehulled” on the tag but on the other hand, the word “meal” may imply it.It should also say “oil extracted” and indicate if it was pressed or solvent extracted. Again, the word “meal” may imply it.… Read more

With temperature swings come changes in barometric pressure and I think that is the culprit- or both. Either way, when a horse is balancing between feeling good and feeling bad (ie, chronically inflamed, bad people, bad environment, hates their job, etc) it doesn’t take much to go over the edge. In other words, the catch phrase “colic” may… Read more