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That's why I only eat Hebrew National, since "they answer to a higher boss" ;-)
Bette
Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of Bunny and 16.2h TLA Halynov
who lives on through his legacy Hal's Riverdance!
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com

"Life is not  a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely
in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming --WOW-- what
a ride !! "


bobmorris@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> As they say about sausage, It is delicious but you do not
> want to see it made!
>  
> Bob
>  
>  
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> Bob Morris
> Morris Endurance Enterprises
> Boise, ID 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol
> Suggs
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 11:08 AM
> To: Dabney Finch; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC] RC: Alfalfa Pellets
>
>
> Don't shoot the messanger here please.  Years ago I visited
> a processing plant (which I will leave un named) for a field
> trip and saw that some of waste on the floor (hay debris,
> some bugs, some rodent poop ect) was being swept up and then
> dumped back into the processing for pellets.  That was
> pretty ichy for me.  Not trying to panic anyone out there
> about this, but just be mindful about what you are feeding
> and for me this made me only want to feed certain feeds that
> come from manufacturing facilities such as Purina where in
> they only have a few select plants around the US and they
> are all screened very carefully.  
>  
> Carol-Mariposa
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Dabney  <mailto:dabneyesq@xxxxxxxxxxx> Finch 
> To: Carol Suggs <mailto:limofunder@xxxxxxx>  ;
> ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 9:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [RC] RC: Alfalfa Pellets
>
> I, for one, would be interested in knowing why you asked if
> anyone had seen how pellets are made and then finished with
> that cryptic "out of sight out of mind."
>  
> Would you share the Rest of the Story?
>  
> Dabney--Murrieta, CA
>  
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Carol  <mailto:limofunder@xxxxxxx> Suggs 
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 8:51 PM
> Subject: [RC] RC: Alfalfa Pellets
>
> Dressage barn that I trained at in Los Gatos years ago used
> these routinely as their main feed source.  Horses were all
> stalled and turned out once a day to a dry individual
> paddock area.  When I asked my trainer why they used the
> pellets her reply was simply: easier to handle and store
> than hay.
>  
> Problem is that a horse is meant to spend the majority of
> their day eating.  I fear that horses that are kept on such
> a restrictive diet will develop other vices because they
> have too much time on their hands (or hooves!).  Plus I have
> seen horses choke on cubes and pellets before and that is
> very scary.  
>  
> I would only use these when we go high country camping or on
> a road trip, making sure that my horse was accustom to
> eating them prior to our travels.  Soaking has been
> mentioned, which is a great idea, especially for the cubes.
> I personally would not recommend them for the only source of
> food, although I do know a lot of folks that feed it.
>  
> Have you ever been to a feed plant and see how they make
> some of these pellets?   But then again, out of sight out of
> mind.
>  
> Carol-Mariposa, CA
>  

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