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Ep. 81: Horse Salt Explained: How Much, What Kind & When to Use Electrolytes

How much salt does your horse really need? Are salt blocks enough? When should you feed electrolytes and do you actually need them if you're already feeding salt? In this episode we answer your biggest questions about horse salt, electrolytes, and hydration,...
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Ep. 12: Winter Strategies for Managing Equine Respiratory Health

How and what we feed horses with equine asthma matters. Barn air quality is also a major factor in equine respiratory health, especially during the winter months when horses spend more time inside. Dr. Clair and Michelle talk about the importance of lower respiratory system health in performance and ways to support horse’s with respiratory allergies and/or compromised lungs through nutrition and management. Respiratory health is a major performance in all horses, and management early in horse’s lives can help them avoid complications as they age. This episode will be of particular interest to horse owners of horses with equine asthma, heaves, COPD and RAO. Ride along as we discuss tips and tricks to managing these conditions.

Thanks for riding along with us!

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Ep. 11: Our Favorite Things – Gifts for Horse Lovers

With Thanksgiving behind us we are now in the Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa Countdown. To keep you company while you slowly lose your mind, we decided to do our favorite things episode.  Michelle and Clair share a few products that bring them delight, everything from hoof picks to hay balls to...

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Ep. 8: Equine Cushing’s Disease (PPID) in Horses: Signs, Testing, and Management

In this episode internal medicine specialist Laura Javsicas, VMD, Dipl. ACVIM, of Rhinebeck Equine, in New York, joins us to discuss pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID, or more commonly “equine Cushing’s disease”). This syndrome results from an enlargement of the middle lobe of the...

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Ep. 4: Hay Now! Why Forage is the Foundation of the Equine Diet

Hay, equine nutrition gets complicated quickly! So, to keep things simple, we're taking a step back and covering the basics. In this episode, we discuss why forage is the most important part of a horse's diet.  Forage comes in several forms. Most commonly, horses consume forage as baled hay or...

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