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.
Does your otherwise healthy horse have trouble keeping pounds on? Here are 5 tips to consider when feeding the mature, healthy hard keeper.
An equine nutritionist offers alternatives to soaking hay for horses that live in subfreezing climates during winter.
Learn how to craft a diet for the horse with painful lesions in his stomach.
An equine nutritionist explains how to rectify common mistakes owners make while feeding easy keepers.
Can hay nets affect a horse’s weight or body condition score? Do they damage equine teeth? Researchers answer these questions and more.
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.
Find out how you can influence your horse’s behavior through feed management.
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.
An owner asks for help feeding her mare who needs to gain weight but is proving to be a picky eater. An equine nutritionist shares some advice.
Get advice on encouraging a hard-keeper to eat more. The first step? Rule out health problems.
Follow these 5 tips for feeding horses with recurrent colic while awaiting a diagnosis or targeted treatment.
Horses can consume hay pellets or cubes rapidly. How can we slow them down to increase their time spent chewing?
Find out how you can keep your metabolically efficient horse healthy when he’s laid up with an injury or chronic illness.
Is one grass hay variety more palatable than another? Should I feed my horse the first or second cutting of hay? Equine nutritionists answer these questions and more.
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