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Re: [RC] Feeding Questions - Chris PausI used to run, panicing every time I read or heard something new about feeding programs. But ya know what? Our horses generally are going to do well despite what we do or don't feed them. My horses mostly exist on pasture and good brome hay. I give them a little grain and beet pulp or equine senior, but it's not the main source of their calories. They all are in great weight, shiny coats and healthy. I've got my 21 YO stallion on Purina Senior, I'm sure it brought him back to health. When I got him, he was skin and bones and looked 10 years older. He's now vigorous and strong again. He's babysitting my weanling colts.. he's the only weaning partner they responded to. He's fine with it and shares his Senior with them. I can't separate them for feeding, and they don't get enough for it to be a big deal, so I'm not going to sweat it. I think we make it too hard. chris --- Val Nicoson <sweetmare55@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Just attended an equine nutrition seminar that is shedding new light on the feeding of horses and would thoughts on this new program from others. I may decide to go with the one-rat study on my own horse to see whether I see any improvement or not. The program is to get away from any kind of "complete" feed and go back to primary basics. Essentially Beet Pulp (yeah!), flax, plain oats or barley and a chelated one-a-day vitamin/mineral supplement. This program states that horses are unable to digest grain...period. To do so they said that any kind of grain fed (oats, fax and of course BP) should be soaked for up to 6-8 hours. When asked about heat and humidity in the summer she said that as long as you don't make it ahead by more than one feeding that it should be fine (I kinda doubt this part). Additionally, adding any supplements at all that are not chelated means they cancel one another out and does little if any good for the horse, aside from expensive manure. So...how long are you soaking your BP? What are your thoughts on this idea of lengthy soaking...to include oats, flax, etc. They felt that flax should also be soaked vs ground as the centrifugal force of grinding (even if fed right away) destroys the essential enzymes. One of the many reasons this person has created this program is the number of horses with intestinal, colic and Cushing's symptoms that have prevailed in the recent past...in addition to colic as well. Am hoping Susan G and/or any other vets or nutritionists will chime in here. The lady that did the seminar is Gabrielle Sutton from Toronto Canada..her website is www.oneadayequinesupplement.com Although she is from a Dressage background she has seen tremendous improvements in dressage horses at various barns that have gone with her program. I can't afford to go 100% on the program but thought I could tweak it to fit my budget. Oh, and she has worked closely with the ABC supplement company on this as well, and I feel that some of you use supplements from this company. Thanks for your inputs, Val __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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