Does anyone have any ideas on how to save money on feed bill without compromising nutrition in the horse? I use Purina Horse Chow, a grain mix that I have mixed at our local feed mill (Handy Feed – Millstadt IL), Beet Pulp, Good quality hay, and supplements for our babies. I keep my...
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Here is Scotty working in the round pen and also under saddle – little guy never moved a muscle when I put the saddle on him and pushed him around the round pen. I only push him for a short period to try and get some muscle tone built up on him. He is...
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Here is Scotty working in the round pen and also under saddle – little guy never moved a muscle when I put the saddle on him and pushed him around the round pen. I only push him for a short period to try and get some muscle tone built up on him. He is...
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A friend of mine, Hi Andrea, asked me if I had any suggestions on getting stains out of manes/tails on white/grey horses. This is an excerpt from Equine Tightwaddery on that very subject: Stain Removers When you see (H) next to the name of a recipe it means that it is also for human...
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A friend of mine, Hi Andrea, asked me if I had any suggestions on getting stains out of manes/tails on white/grey horses. This is an excerpt from Equine Tightwaddery on that very subject: Stain RemoversWhen you see (H) next to the name of a recipe it means that it is also for human use...
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Here is a fun recipe and the horses absolutely LOVE them! Supplies:Mixing bowlCookie sheet Ingredients:1 cup dry oatmeal1 cup flour1 cut chopped carrots1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon sugar2 teaspoons vegetable oil1⁄4 cup molasses InstructionsPreheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.1. Chop the carrots.2. Mix in the oatmeal, salt flour and sugar.3. Mix in the chopped carrots.4....
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Here are two of several Fly spray recipes from my book Equine Tightwaddery. We keep these in our trailer and each horses stall has their own fly spray bottle – that way you don’t have to hunt them down – just have to make sure you put them back. I like to use the...
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Does your horse have a dry mane/tail? Pete and Banks are prone to dry mane and tail so I make a hot oil treatment that helps to put the shine in their mane & tail! ****Note that this can also be used for Humans as well! Banks’ & Pete’s Tonic for dry hair (H)...
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Here is a great recipe from my book that your horses and horse friends will LOVE! I hand these out as gifts at Christmas – they are pretty easy to fix and I use them as fundraisers for horse events as well! These are similar to popcorn balls – only difference is you use...
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Hi, well we now have a new addition to the family and I will try and get some pictures up with him shortly. I hope to find a forever home for him. He is very very skinny – I warn you the pictures are not pretty. He has been severly neglected – I bought...
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