Most horses are happiest living in a pasture and most minor injuries will heal just as well with the horse turned out. Occasionally, however, serious horse injuries require stall confinement. Prolonged stall confinement can lead to stomach ulcers or vices such as cribbing or weaving. Here are 11 ways you can keep your confined horse … Continue Reading »
I have my equine dentist, Gregg Mckee, in this week and we have been busy floating horses. Gregg specializes in performance horses and horses with problem teeth and mouths. He still believes in using hand floats to do the majority of the work but have power tools for balancing molars and reducing the incisors. … Continue Reading »
First of all it is just plain rude to put down another person’s business. I do not have a problem with making legitimate comparisons with your company and another but I got off the phone yesterday hopping mad after my company, product and founders were attacked by a distributor from Tahitian Noni. The sad … Continue Reading »
I saw a Metal horse temperament mare last week and it was interesting to see how she handled her first foaling experience. Ramona is a 16 year old retired Warmblood jumping horse. in preparation for her foaling her owner spent quite a bit of time handling her and making sure she is OK with lifting … Continue Reading »
One of the biggest challenges for anyone in network marketing is to get people to take those first steps. I have heard the analogy many times of how starting your network marketing business is like a plane taking off. It takes a lot of effort to get off the ground but once you are in … Continue Reading »
Cerise, my Fire horse, is a very finicky eater and she is even more so when I take her away from home. Last weekend I took her to a 4 day clinic and she ate almost nothing for the first 3 days. She even turned her nose up at alfalfa. I was not too worried … Continue Reading »
I spent the last few days at a Buck Brannaman clinic with both Remi and Cerise. This clinic was made especially significant by the death last week of Buck’s mentor, Ray Hunt. I never got to ride with Ray but I did drive all the way from Texas to Florida a few years ago to … Continue Reading »
I am continuing to experiment with the chaffhaye as a feed for my horses and they are each reacting differently to it. To my surprise, Cerise likes it the best but Tess and Lady are very unimpressed. As I increased the amounts Tess and Lady refused to eat their feed with it mixed in.. Remi … Continue Reading »
Many times when I talk to new potential business partners for my network marketing business I get the response that they don’t want to sell. I ask them, “Does owning a McDonalds franchise make you a hamburger salesman?” I think not. Even if people know you own McDonalds franchises they are not likely to come … Continue Reading »
We have been in a 100 year drought here in south central Texas and I have never seen it so dry. Finally, yesterday afternoon and last night we got over 2 inches of rain. I was supposed to go on a trail ride yesterday afternoon and I did not even mind missing it. I spent … Continue Reading »
I have been thinking a lot lately about how grateful I am to have found network marketing. Even when people are tightening their belts to deal with the slow economy I have not seen that much decrease in my monthly volume of orders. It took me 15 years to build my group with my first … Continue Reading »
I read an interesting article in Trainer Magazine, issue 11, on amino acid supplements for race horses. The article stated that protein must be high quality so that it can be broken down in the small intestine where amino acid absorption occurs. The article talked a good bit about tryptophan, which is a precursor for … Continue Reading »
I have been so concerned lately about my horses not having any fresh feed. I have always had the luxury of pasture even if it was never enough to meet all their needs. Because of the extended drought my horses have not had any fresh feed in about 18 months. It is typical for pasture … Continue Reading »
I am continuing in a dialog with my newsletter subscriber who was concerned about my use of pergolide. Her experience was with an insulin resistant horse that did not respond to supplements but did respond to the Floth horse supplements from Dr. Thomas. She was very happy with the individual coaching she received from the … Continue Reading »
I have continued to work with the goats and get into a milking routine. Sally is getting much better about being milked but she lets me know in no uncertain terms when she is done. I was starting to get 10 to 12 ounces and day and with the longer milking time I found my … Continue Reading »
I wrote my newsletter the last 2 months on a laminitis horse case study. In this case of a cushings horse with elevated ACTH on blood work and severe laminitis I used a drug called pergolide to treat her. In the past I have not wanted to use pergolide because it can cause side effects … Continue Reading »