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A Quarter Horse, PSSM, And Silver Linings In Place Of Sugar

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Scary Incident Leads To PSSM Diagnosis A friend of mine, who makes my new favorite halter, recently had a traumatic experience with her seven year old Quarter Horse, “Spike”. Spike is a spun gold horse (my favorite color ) with a heart of the same. The event was complete with trembling, sweating, and complete collapse [...]

How I Cut My Dog Food Bill In Half While Doubling His Pleasure

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

I diverge today from horse-related posts to one about my adventures with dog and cat food. Tails In The Kitchen Fifteen years ago I was feeding a dry dog food with the words “natural” and “choice” in it. I guess I didn’t question at the time what is “natural” about dry, highly-processed nuggets for a [...]

Horse Nutrition: A Sage Money Saving Tip

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Here is a relatively easy and inexpensive way to add some omega-3 fatty acids into your horse’s diet: buy some flaxseeds in bulk and grind them fresh yourself. The Fresher The Better Sage is now getting ground organic golden flax seeds daily and after about a month of this she has incredibly soft coat and [...]