Choosing the Right Forage for Your Horse
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
December 9, 2024
Is your horse’s hay meeting his nutritional, health, and welfare needs? Learn how to make informed forage decisions.
Is your horse’s hay meeting his nutritional, health, and welfare needs? Learn how to make informed forage decisions.
As your horse ages, dental problems might develop that require changes to his diet.
Find out how to safely feed horses fat and if it’s a good weight-gain solution.
If your horse stops eating, consult a vet to rule out medical issues, check feed quality, consider behavioral factors, and use palatable options to stimulate appetite.
Cold weather often brings unwanted weight loss in hard-keeping horses. Two experts offer advice on preventing this as we prepare for temperatures to drop.
Learn how to add calories safely to a metabolic horse’s diet without putting him at a greater risk of developing laminitis.
Do you want a festive fall treat for your horse? Find out if pumpkin is a safe choice.
One’s designed to be the horse’s whole diet, while the other is meant to complement his forage ration. Which is best for your horse?
A nutrition expert offers care and feeding tips for a thin senior horse before the cold weather hits.
Follow these expert tips to correct common feeding mistakes and improve your horse’s gut health and overall well-being.
When fed and managed properly, horses can benefit from alfalfa’s high nutritive value. But is it right for your horse? Here’s what to consider when feeding this forage.
Experts describe how to help horses experience a comfortable and healthy retirement in this article from the Fall 2024 issue of The Horse.
Learn how to interpret feed tags and consider your horse’s specific dietary requirements so you can make informed decisions to maintain his health and performance.
Horses can consume hay pellets or cubes rapidly. How can we slow them down to increase their time spent chewing?
A veterinarian answers a reader’s question on why some horses have runny manure certain times of the year.
Find out how proper nutrition, including high-quality protein, could help improve muscling over your horse’s back.
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