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 ND Sweetheart
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Location: In My Own Dream Land | Does anyone use this feed? What can you tell me about it? I've done some research and am thinkin about trying it. Thanks! |
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I have and loved it. I feed a little bit of everything here it seems, just depends on who and what they get. I used it on my barrel horse the last 3 years. It's great, I was only feeding 4lbs and he looked and felt great.
You might do a search on here, there have been several posts about it. Some really like it, some don't and some think it is too spendy. I was paying $14 a 40# bag 3 yrs ago, now it is $17 and that is dealer cost from my friend. |
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 Super Bumper
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Location: At the Brownderosa | Feed it to both my horses. My 19 yr old gelding & my 9 yr old mare. 19 yr old is on "vacation" but looks absolutely amazing on it. He's always been an easy keeper but he doesn't look fat at all. Makes my 9 yr old mare look phenomonal & gives her that extra oomph without making her hot. I love it. |
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 Always Off Topic
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Location: ND | i was gonna ask that too......i'm not sure if it's worth the expense........esp if you have access to cheaper protein and fat sources to supplement good hay and alfalfa.....although i think if you are looking to supplement some of the nutrients in there, you could probably be just as good off to feed it 2-3x/week......
the supplement that i have thought about that may actually be worth the money on a horse that's in training and competition is Lubrisyn.....i think the data is getting pretty good on HA..... |
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 Double Standards Don't Fly
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Location: At the barn | Great feed. Have 14 on it now. All levels of training and ages. Its been a great feed for me. Saved my 30 yo as he had completely ;stopped eating and was going downhill. Its no higher and cheaper than she of the Purina and nutrena feeds and much better quality. |
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Location: Kansas | wyoming barrel racer - 2013-12-10 2:34 PM I have and loved it. I feed a little bit of everything here it seems, just depends on who and what they get. I used it on my barrel horse the last 3 years. It's great, I was only feeding 4lbs and he looked and felt great.
You might do a search on here, there have been several posts about it. Some really like it, some don't and some think it is too spendy. I was paying $14 a 40# bag 3 yrs ago, now it is $17 and that is dealer cost from my friend.
It's $17.50 here from a dealer, my best friend feeds to her 9 HORSES.....goodness she has too many.
She likes it, the horses look great and are always fat. |
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| It was inconsistant for me. My rope horse was top notch on it. Husbands horse turned into a crazy nut! started setting back at the trailer and rearing in the box... made him WAY too hot.
Young horses were the same, some dropped weight on it, some turned into butterballs.
The 26 year old gelding did well on it.
Have everything on Ultium now and it is very consistent for us.
I really think it depends on your horse. |
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 Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | I had my barrel horse on it for a little over a year. Have friends that had quite a few training horses on it as well. Fed it with corn for weight & energy. Weight did fine, but the energy not so much.
I think it's a good feed with a good nutrition profile and I like the fact that it's alfalfa based. However, I think you have to feed a whole lot more than the recommended amount to keep weight on even with a decent amount of hay, and I don't think it does a whole lot on it's own for energy on horses that need a good bit of help. JMO. |
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Location: Illinois | Both my horses have been on Total Equine for quite some time. Can't say enough good things about this feed. Love that 4lbs keeps my senior horse in great weight and my barrel horse is as trim as he's ever been. It totally eliminated my horses' hay bellies and even filled in my senior horse's topline while trimming down his lower belly. Cuts down on hay intake as well. I have had full profiles run on both horses since they've been on it and everything came back perfect with no deficiencies and they eat 4lbs per day of the TE and between 10-15lbs of hay per day. I used to have my barrel horse on SafeChoice plus CoolCalories 100 for extra energy and now he's running better and harder than ever. I switched because it is recommended for ulcer prone horses so that is why I switched to it. Its $22 a bag where I'm at so it does get a bit pricey, but balances out a lot with the decreased hay intake.
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 Ima Fickle Fan
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Location: Texas | We've fed it for at least four, maybe 5, years. It's really filled out the topline of our horses and made them look/act great. Hasn't made our horses hot. The only other things we add to it are Super 14 and in the summer Bug Check and electrolytes.
We've had great luck with it for every horse we've put on it. My father-in-law also switched his horses to it.
There is an adjustment period. Not all horses take to it immediately. And for the first month, they may look like crap before coming around on it. |
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Location: Texas...where dreams come true | I love it I have my 2 year old on it and my 2 barrel horses and brood mares. Their coats are healthy I haven't had to worm them. Good feet I totally suggest trying it |
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 Cinnamon Honey One
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Location: between here and there | I've recently started my horses on it, too. My colt didn't take to it right away, but after leaving him without any grain for a day, he went right into it and has not missed a pellet since. I'm anxious to see how it does on mine. A friend was using it on her drafts, QH mares and colts and they've all come along so nice on it. She has a huge hay bill monthly plus the drafts are used regularly and had issues between weight loss, anxiety and loss of energy. She's seen all that change rather quickly with them. The one anxious horse is standing quietly now and not jerking into the harness. Pulling steady, looking so much better with his top line in particular and the clyde has so much more energy! She's sold and she's feeding them the 4 lbs daily too - not more! |
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| I put my 6 yeard old and our 25 year old kids horse on it...was not impressed...It did better for our older horse but my young guy were were feeding almost double the recommendation just to keep him at a base line....and at $19/ per 40 pound bag that was nuts...we have swithced them back now... |
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Location: South TEXAS | i love it. Been feeding it for a year now and its great for my program. when I first bring one onto it I feed 6# per day because 99% of them are going to "go downhill" during that time because this feed pulls all the fat off and puts on lean muscle. after 30 days none of mine get over 4#. some get 3# per day and still very healthy. I actually tried this feed for 30 days 2 years ago and refused to keep going because my pretty "fat" horse dropped wt fast, but after studying and seeing plenty others do the same thing and start to blossom at 60 days I gave it another try and love it. im paying $18-19 for it in south Texas.
I have 4yr oldS (1/2d and rodeo) and 18yr olds. both do great on it
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 Queen Boobie 2
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| I feed Patriot 14% pellet that is 6% fat. I had one 6 year old that was not looking as good as the other 12 or 13, so I put him on Total Equine.
He had always been a "hard keeper". He dug into the Total Equine the first day and looks so much better than he did before.
My boyfriend saw the difference in him, and decided to give it to his 19 year old calf horse, who looked fine....well....in about 2 weeks you could see positive differences in the 19 year old. His withers were less pronounced, overall muscle tone improved and his haircoat (which I didn't think was bad to begin with) improved.
If I wasn't having to give $21 a bag for it, I would feed it to more to see what it would do for them. |
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 Friendly horse swapper
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Location: Buffalo, TX | I just started my retired 35 yr. old mare on it a few weeks ago, but I also add a 10% fat oat mix with it that I get from Shawnee feed. I have to get the Total Equine at S&S feed and I pay $18 for 40#....it's high....I won't know if I see a difference in her for awhile, but she eats it good, and she had gone off her feed for several days, plus she's a picky eater, which prompted a change.....glad to see some positive comments here.... |
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | I also pay 22$ a bag...need to get a pallet from you guys that pay 17$. I use it on my very nervous hard keeper. Its the only thing I have found that works to keep weight on her when we are using her hard on the ranch.
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Borger, Tx | LOVE IT!!! My 17yr old looks better than he ever has before and is running harder too. All of my colts look amazing as well as my 3 seniors. We pay $18.50 for a 40# in the Texas panhandle.
As others have said though it effects all horses differently. I have a friend that swears by Safe Choice, I tried it a few years back and all of my horses went to hell on it. |
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| We use it and love it! We have a gelding who is always on the skinny side and his whole topline is always sunken in even though he is young, put him on TE and he looks like a whole new horse!  |
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ND Sweetheart
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Location: In My Own Dream Land | Thank you for the replies. I watched a segment on it on RFD and am thinking about putting my rodeo horse on it. He isn't ulcer prone, but when I haul him hard he pulls off feed a bit. He's also 17 this year and hasn't been ran since July 2012, due to foot issues. |
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