Re: Purina Athlete

["Mary Rose" <sloryder@fix.net>]

Hi Jerry & Mary,
I have fed Purina Athlethe for about a year. I started feeding it because I
also had a hard keeper and had tried everything...
My vet sugesseted I the athelethe as their clinic had great sucess with
feeding it to anemic horses and post laminitis cases as wellas hard keepers.
The stuff works great. Doesnt make the horses high, put on weight and a
great hair coat.
I also feed Purina Complete Advantage a beet pulp based feed with athlete in
it, then add more athlethe as i need more calories.
Several of my friends that are serious endurance riders turned me on to the
Complete Advantage and all their horses are competing better
then ever.

Mary Rose
(Wanna be, learker)

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry & Mary Fields <fields@mesh.net>
To: Olympian06@aol.com <Olympian06@aol.com>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Saturday, January 02, 1999 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: Purina Athlete


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>> Hi all....on one of my treks to the feed store I came across a new
product
>>(new to me atleast) called Purina Athlete.  I have never heard about this
>>product and was wondering if anyone has had any experience with this food?
>> I started feeding this because my Arabian has tendency to drop weight
when
>he
>>is racing.  I feed a good quality grass hay and they receive oats and
sweet
>>feed.  I do not feed alfalfa because of various reasons. I need to put
this
>>weight on my horse and the amount of oil he would need would be impossible
>to
>>feed him.  SO....this feed has a lot of fat and protein, it goes like
>>this.....
>>Crude protein not less than...............14%
>>Crude fat not less that ......................14%
>>Crude fiber not more than..................4.0%
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>>All I am wondering is if anyone can see any problem with this feed, or has
>>heard anything about this, either good or bad.  I greatly appreciate any
>>information you might have and can give.  Thank you all so very much!!!
>>
>>It is so warm here lately that all of the horses are shedding,
whoopee!!!!!
>>
>>Johnna Robb
>>Arizona
>>Olympian06@aol.com
>Johnna,
>    I have discussed this feed with a Purina nutrition expert from our
area.
>I am considering it seriously to put weight on my gelding. He hates corn
>oil. He won't eat rice bran or beet pulp. He reluctantly ate FatPack, but
>then developed pulse hanging problems which quit when I took him off
>FatPack.. I feed Omalene 200 and crimped oats along with all the coastal
hay
>they want. I supplement alfalfa when competing. I would like to hear how
>your horse responds to Athlete. I am confident that it is a good product
>from looking at the literature and talking to the representative. The other
>suggestion she had was Purina Senior.
>Mary Fields
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