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| I'd love to hear what your thoughts are on it? Before/after photos?
I've switched my mare to it as sort of a guinea pig before using it for everyone else and she looks phenomenal, but I want to know what luck others have had on it. I want to make sure it isn't just the spring grass that's making her blossom.
I'll get before/after photos of her. She also seems to be a lot less anxious. Previously on Strategy. |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | The horse in my avatars is on TE. He was on it when I bought him and I tried to take him off of it 3 times because it's a little harder to get and I have had hoof problems every single time. All my others are on the same 4 pounds of Strategy and they all look comparable and they all get a lot of compliments. The draw back I see is that you may have to feed more forage with it for a hard keeper, and it doesn't give them a lot of energy if you need that. But I like the fact that it's alfalfa based. I feed a rice bran/flax mix with it, 3 pounds of alfalfa cubes, free choice rescue mix hay when they're up during the day. We don't have spectacular pasture. |
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| Fairweather - 2015-04-18 10:14 AM
The horse in my avatars is on TE. He was on it when I bought him and I tried to take him off of it 3 times because it's a little harder to get and I have had hoof problems every single time. All my others are on the same 4 pounds of Strategy and they all look comparable and they all get a lot of compliments. The draw back I see is that you may have to feed more forage with it for a hard keeper, and it doesn't give them a lot of energy if you need that. But I like the fact that it's alfalfa based. I feed a rice bran/flax mix with it, 3 pounds of alfalfa cubes, free choice rescue mix hay when they're up during the day. We don't have spectacular pasture.
Thank you! We are very lucky to have fantastic pasture, so she really only gets a Bermuda/fescue mix hay in her stall during the day. (Night turnout)
During the winter, I've noticed, that for whatever reason, she comes off of her pasture and doesn't want to graze as much, despite having good grass through the cold months. She's blanketed heavily to avoid her burning any more calories, but I just wasn't as happy with Strategy for her.
Because she tends to be a nervous nelly, I try to avoid anything with lots of sugar/starch to avoid any gut irritation and was pleased with TE's ingredients. She's gotten a lot calmer on it, but seems to have plenty of energy.
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| Here she is just being started on TE. Its a flattering photo, IMO. She was healthy, but low in muscle ton and just not where she should be.
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| This is her from a couple weeks ago, after being on it for a few months. She seems to have started to fill back out through her hips and back and really looks like she's gained some mass.
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Location: between here and there | I've been using it for probably 2 yrs. now. I don't have before pics as we started in the summer anyway. Nothing was looking "bad" but wanted something for my broodmare and baby. This is a pic of him from last fall and one from a couple weeks ago, I think. He still has some of his winter coat & darn mud from all the rain. He is 2 now. I am very pleased and his feet are doing quite well with this feed! |
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| I can't see your photos :-/
Not sure if they're loading or not. |
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Location: between here and there | Have to resize. Dang. I'm used to being on FB and not having to! I'll be back shortly!! sorry. |
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| wimpyb - 2015-04-18 10:35 AM
Have to resize. Dang. I'm used to being on FB and not having to! I'll be back shortly!! sorry.
lol I get that
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Location: between here and there | I cannot get the program to resize the pics. If you want, I would be glad to send some to you.
Found one small enough! This was the recent one. He doesn't have the shiny nice summer coat yet - obviously.
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| I have used it for about 2 years now and absolutely love it. Mine are on TE, alfalfa, F1 noni blue label and my daughter's horse gets THE MM. All of my horses have great bloom, awesome muscle tone and they aren't high on life. |
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| Great to hear! I'm excited to see how she hold up with it through the summer. I've been happy so far. Just curious about long term |
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Location: Iowa | Does the Total Equine seem to have enough fat for your hard keeper horses? I have strongly considered switching from Ultium because I have heard such great things, but I am nervous he will either loose weight or I will be feeding more pounds than I feed Ulitium. Also, do you feed alfalfa with it since it is already composed of alfalfa? Thanks! I will take all the info I can get on it! |
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Location: oklahoma | my husband & I have started calling it Total Decline. If you have great pasture & hay & horse is a fairly easy keeper then yes it will work. We switched about a year ago on a couple of horses. Mine - is not really a go getter anyways but had no energy at all. So it took her off after a few months. The other we left on b/c she can be hyper & not focused - it did help with those things but this winter when the grass is not good she really fell apart. She was getting decent hay. Not the best but same as our other horses & she looked the worst. We took her off & she is finally looking good. I am currently looking for something better. IDK what I will switch to but I am not a fan of this product. |
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| jewels - 2015-04-20 1:10 PM
my husband & I have started calling it Total Decline. If you have great pasture & hay & horse is a fairly easy keeper then yes it will work. We switched about a year ago on a couple of horses. Mine - is not really a go getter anyways but had no energy at all. So it took her off after a few months. The other we left on b/c she can be hyper & not focused - it did help with those things but this winter when the grass is not good she really fell apart. She was getting decent hay. Not the best but same as our other horses & she looked the worst. We took her off & she is finally looking good. I am currently looking for something better. IDK what I will switch to but I am not a fan of this product.
agree...horses come in on it for training and they have NO energy! Owners are all jazzed up about keeping them on it until they see them start to look better after switching for just a month. Their horses also have poor hoof growth and no shine to their coats. Never fed it myself but 3 different owners and horses and this was the case. |
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| It is like every other thing out there, you either love it or hate it. I love it. My horses always looked good before but after I started feeding total equine they look even better. It promotes lean muscle mass. Some horses will loss some weight at first, because thay are lossing fat, but then they gain back that lean muscle. My horse do have a little more energy, but if a horse feels better they are going to have more energy. It also saves me money, it is cheeper then the feed I was feeding (purina), and I do not have to feed as much of it. |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Rausch_Jessica - 2015-04-20 10:14 AM Does the Total Equine seem to have enough fat for your hard keeper horses? I have strongly considered switching from Ultium because I have heard such great things, but I am nervous he will either loose weight or I will be feeding more pounds than I feed Ulitium. Also, do you feed alfalfa with it since it is already composed of alfalfa? Thanks! I will take all the info I can get on it!
Imo, no it does not. So you'll have to up the fat and calories somehow. You can feed more of the feed and add some alfalfa but it's not a calorie/fat dense feed. |
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| Thank you guys! This mare isn't an easy keeper and not a hard keeper. Shes just somewhere in the middle. I just wasn't a big fan of strategy and feed diversity isn't easy to come by here. Especially something that is low starch. |
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| We've had two horses on it and quit using it. The horses looked fine while on it. They also looked the same after we switched to another feed. We feed our's alfalfa twice a day and gain once a day. When our horses were on TE, they acted like they were starving to death. We feed the alotted amount, but the horses never seemed satisfied. They would gobble up the TE and then be searching for more. After we switched to a 12% sweet feed, our horses seemed satisfied and content. It also cost more to feed the TE than our sweet feed. |
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Location: The Republic of Texas | jewels - 2015-04-20 12:10 PM
my husband & I have started calling it Total Decline. If you have great pasture & hay & horse is a fairly easy keeper then yes it will work. We switched about a year ago on a couple of horses. Mine - is not really a go getter anyways but had no energy at all. So it took her off after a few months. The other we left on b/c she can be hyper & not focused - it did help with those things but this winter when the grass is not good she really fell apart. She was getting decent hay. Not the best but same as our other horses & she looked the worst. We took her off & she is finally looking good. I am currently looking for something better. IDK what I will switch to but I am not a fan of this product.
I have to totally disagree, I have a 22 yr old and even he did great on it with plenty of muscle and fat. he can get pretty hot on almost anything so it worked well for him. I have had only one horse that didn't do well on it, but she didn't do well on hardly anything.
fyi: this is stalled except one hour turnout everyday with decent hay. but I am picky like that so...IMHO |
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Location: Central Washington | We use it & like it.....even for hard keepers. We have a 25 yr retired head horse and he does just fine on it with quality grass/alfalfa hay. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | astreakinchic - 2015-04-20 11:21 AM jewels - 2015-04-20 1:10 PM my husband & I have started calling it Total Decline. If you have great pasture & hay & horse is a fairly easy keeper then yes it will work. We switched about a year ago on a couple of horses. Mine - is not really a go getter anyways but had no energy at all. So it took her off after a few months. The other we left on b/c she can be hyper & not focused - it did help with those things but this winter when the grass is not good she really fell apart. She was getting decent hay. Not the best but same as our other horses & she looked the worst. We took her off & she is finally looking good. I am currently looking for something better. IDK what I will switch to but I am not a fan of this product. agree...horses come in on it for training and they have NO energy! Owners are all jazzed up about keeping them on it until they see them start to look better after switching for just a month. Their horses also have poor hoof growth and no shine to their coats. Never fed it myself but 3 different owners and horses and this was the case.
I had similar issues with it. Horses didn't really look bad, but they were easy keepers. But they had no energy. I have a friend that feeds it and recommend it to everyone and her husband is a dealer, yet they always need to keep them on a fat supplement. I liked some things about it, but with the cost and lack of overall WOW in my horses, I switched. I'm kind of inbetween feeds now. I would love to try Blue bonnet, but have only found 1 dealer in CO and she is about 4 hrs from me. |
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