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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Free choice home raised grass hay, no grain or supplements. He's 3 lightly ridden.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Free choice grass hay, soaked alfalfa pellets in the am with THE Muscle Mass-ulcer prevent, hair & coat, joint, gluchon. 1 flake of alfalfa in the summer in a slow feed hay net while he is in the barn out of the sun. Pasture at night. I never use any coat spray. 5yrs old appendix QH, lightly ridden.
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| I feed a 14% pellet (about $13.75 a sack), Platinum Performance, and a handful of salt. My broodmares do not like Platinum so they get Gro Strong minerals--free choice. I have tried every supplement out there and have used each for 6-12 months so I have given each a fair chance. Platinum seems to work best for me. That is it.FEED, PLATINUM, SALT. My horses look fantastic. I will have to look for some before pictures because I have basically fed this for years. I took an old broodmare to the vet and everyone in the clinic said "Wow" when she walked in. There were about 10 people there that had come from the track. Just took my 19 year old gelding to the vet and the vet could not believe the horse was that old. I have had him about 14 years. I would say my feeding program works. Guess I better add that I do feed a quality coastal hay in the winter (square bales). I have enough grass in the summer.
THE used to advertise that Bob Baffert used their products but he has a picture of American Pharoah and a testimony in the Platinum magazine. Guess he jumped ship.
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| ETA- I raises this mare, so now before pics!! 24/7 turn out in pasture, Tractor Supply mineral block, round bales in the winter. Little bit of Sweet feed when it gets really cold. Not the greatest pics but:
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| Oats, free choice salt and mineral unless it's really cold, then we put a scoop of the mineral in their feed to make sure they get it/encourage drinking. When it's cold cold we do free choice hay in chix nets grass/alfalfa mix, otherwise they get 2-3 flakes 2x's a day.
I'm debating supplements for mine when we start going hard again...just not sure what I want to do/need to do and don't want to just throw money away.
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Location: Phoenix | Flake of alfalfa + Bermuda morning and night. 1 lb Renew Gold plus Platinum Performance.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | streakysox - 2017-01-13 10:11 PM I feed a 14% pellet (about $13.75 a sack), Platinum Performance, and a handful of salt. My broodmares do not like Platinum so they get Gro Strong minerals--free choice. I have tried every supplement out there and have used each for 6-12 months so I have given each a fair chance. Platinum seems to work best for me. That is it.FEED, PLATINUM, SALT. My horses look fantastic. I will have to look for some before pictures because I have basically fed this for years. I took an old broodmare to the vet and everyone in the clinic said "Wow" when she walked in. There were about 10 people there that had come from the track. Just took my 19 year old gelding to the vet and the vet could not believe the horse was that old. I have had him about 14 years. I would say my feeding program works. Guess I better add that I do feed a quality coastal hay in the winter (square bales). I have enough grass in the summer. THE used to advertise that Bob Baffert used their products but he has a picture of American Pharoah and a testimony in the Platinum magazine. Guess he jumped ship. He didn't jump ship, he uses both and who knows how many others. To quote someone that works on the track "race horse get a little bit of everything."
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | wyoming barrel racer - 2017-01-14 12:54 PM streakysox - 2017-01-13 10:11 PM I feed a 14% pellet (about $13.75 a sack), Platinum Performance, and a handful of salt. My broodmares do not like Platinum so they get Gro Strong minerals--free choice. I have tried every supplement out there and have used each for 6-12 months so I have given each a fair chance. Platinum seems to work best for me. That is it.FEED, PLATINUM, SALT. My horses look fantastic. I will have to look for some before pictures because I have basically fed this for years. I took an old broodmare to the vet and everyone in the clinic said "Wow" when she walked in. There were about 10 people there that had come from the track. Just took my 19 year old gelding to the vet and the vet could not believe the horse was that old. I have had him about 14 years. I would say my feeding program works. Guess I better add that I do feed a quality coastal hay in the winter (square bales). I have enough grass in the summer. THE used to advertise that Bob Baffert used their products but he has a picture of American Pharoah and a testimony in the Platinum magazine. Guess he jumped ship. He didn't jump ship, he uses both and who knows how many others. To quote someone that works on the track "race horse get a little bit of everything."
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Location: Opelousas, LA | Used to feed Omnis, now I feed alfalfa and renew gold, having about the same results with both. This was a mare that was headed to the sale barn, took about four months to get her back looking good.
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| wyoming barrel racer - 2017-01-14 12:54 PM
streakysox - 2017-01-13 10:11 PM I feed a 14% pellet (about $13.75 a sack), Platinum Performance, and a handful of salt. My broodmares do not like Platinum so they get Gro Strong minerals--free choice. I have tried every supplement out there and have used each for 6-12 months so I have given each a fair chance. Platinum seems to work best for me. That is it.FEED, PLATINUM, SALT. My horses look fantastic. I will have to look for some before pictures because I have basically fed this for years. I took an old broodmare to the vet and everyone in the clinic said "Wow" when she walked in. There were about 10 people there that had come from the track. Just took my 19 year old gelding to the vet and the vet could not believe the horse was that old. I have had him about 14 years. I would say my feeding program works. Guess I better add that I do feed a quality coastal hay in the winter (square bales). I have enough grass in the summer. THE used to advertise that Bob Baffert used their products but he has a picture of American Pharoah and a testimony in the Platinum magazine. Guess he jumped ship. He didn't jump ship, he uses both and who knows how many others. To quote someone that works on the track "race horse get a little bit of everything."
Like I said I have have used them all. Used THE for a couple of years and when I switched to Platinum about five years ago I just I got better results. I do not blanket and my horses are shiny even with long hair. Broodmares get Gro Strong minerals and everyone at the vets could not believe how good my 20 year old mare looked and everything at the vet's that day was a thououghbred from LA Downs. Really, the point is that I don't add much to what I feed. |
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Location: ND | I keep things really simple, all my horses have access to loose salt & mineral, pasture during the summer & really good grass hay during the winter. That is ALL that most of them get.
During the summer when I'm riding hard & competing Quigley, my shooting horse gets oats & MagRestore every day.
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Location: Montana | Fat, LOL. No current pics, been too cold. But I just feed good hay, very little grain, and a good salt/mineral block (and I switch back and forth between two different kinds of mineral blocks to make sure they get what they should). Then in the summer they get free choice pasture, no added hay with little grain. |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | I usually feed whole oats with a vitamin, salt, beer pulp, flax and coco soya oil, but right now I'm switching a new one over from
Seminole wellness a 14/12 to oats. Mine get alfalfa cubes at night for water intake (have one that won't drink) free choice salt/mineral blocks, lots of coastle hay in a slow feed hay net and one flake of alfalfa or t&a.
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Location: Oklahoma | I don't like posting this picture. This mare was sucked dry by her filly and we weaned the filly at 4 months because of it. 1st picture is the mare right after foaling (May 2016), then August 2016, and then Nov 2016. We feed free choice bermuda round bales and alfalfa pellets twice a day. While she had the filly on her side she was getting Safe Choice Mare and Foal and alfalfa pellets and we couldn't keep weight on her.
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Mare: Alfalfa cubes, free choice grass and coastal. (She gets fat on air...)
Gelding: Orchard grass hay, free choice coastal, free choice grass, Renew Gold, & ulcer preventative. (Hard keeper, rode lightly 2-3 times a week.)
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Location: NE Texas | Alfalfa twice a day, whole oats once a day with either BOSS, Flax, or Rice Bran, and Cur-Ost Total Support.
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Location: MN | So the first pic is a before pic, what he usually looks like. Next two pics are before and afters. Top pics are the effects of the Anaplasmosis. He looked horrible. Lost all of his topline and most of his muscle and definition. Poor thing had such a hard time recovering from that. He had been on Triple Crown Complete and Alfalfa. The next 2 before and afters : 1lb Purina Enrich +, Exceed 6 Way and unlimited alfalfa/grass hay. Middle pic was 3 months on Exceed and the 3rd pic was a full year on Exceed. Im pretty happy with the comback he's made :)
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | We feed the race horse feed from Big V and LOVE IT!! It's a 14/10. We feed a good grass hay during the winter and Animal Element supplements and mega oil from oxygen. Our horses might be treading the fine line of too fat- especially right now with me on baby leave! LOL! Butttt, on a regular day my fiancé saddles one at 5 am and drags in after dark, Big V maintains them even when we make a living on their back all day. |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | GrahamKayleigh - 2017-01-16 10:43 AM
I feed 14% Big V all stock pellet, Race bran & alfalfa twice a day. If I have one under weight or needing a little more weight I put them on DuMor fat supplement from TSC. I de-worm every 2 months.
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | Has anyone been told not to feed a horse alfalfa because it makes them "HOT"? And can anyone back this theory up, I have fed alfalfa forever and have never seen it make a difference with my horses..... |
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| I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct.
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| RnRJack - 2017-01-16 11:55 AM
Has anyone been told not to feed a horse alfalfa because it makes them "HOT"? And can anyone back this theory up, I have fed alfalfa forever and have never seen it make a difference with my horses.....
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 12:01 PM
I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct.
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| cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 12:01 PM
I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | GLP - 2017-01-16 1:22 PM cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 12:01 PM I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct. How much do you feed of the peas and pumpkin seed?
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| cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 12:01 PM
I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct.
Where do you get you pumpkin seeds? And how much do you feed?
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Location: Mississippi | I feed Pro Force Fuel, free choice hay at all times, T.H.E Muscle Mass and just started adding DAC oil. I have had this gelding a little less than a year and he was extremely underweight (bought him from photos/videos only that obviously were not recent - my own fault). The top pic was him after being at my place and fed good for 3 months  and the bottom was him last Wednesday. He is 5 and still needs to fill out more but I think we are on the right track. I do have to say that had I gone to actually look at him, I probably wouldn't have bought him but he is turning out to be my favorite horse and starting to have some really nice runs.
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I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct.
That is one good looking mare!!!! What's she bred
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| GLP - 2017-01-16 1:22 PM
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I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct.
How much do you feed of the peas and pumpkin seed?
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| Southtxponygirl - 2017-01-16 1:29 PM
GLP - 2017-01-16 1:22 PM cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 12:01 PM I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct. How much do you feed of the peas and pumpkin seed?
The peas are dried split peas and the pumpkin seeds are raw I suppose you could feed roasted as well . I just tried it because they are suppose to be good for the gut and even a natural wormer to some degree. I buy from several places like our health food store , grocery store and you can find them online. I am hoping to buy some from local farmers this year. The pumpkins seeds I get at health food store and several places on line. |
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| cheryl makofka - 2017-01-16 1:50 PM
cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 12:01 PM
I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct.
Where do you get you pumpkin seeds? And how much do you feed?
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 9:32 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-01-16 1:29 PM GLP - 2017-01-16 1:22 PM cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 12:01 PM I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct. How much do you feed of the peas and pumpkin seed? The peas are dried split peas and the pumpkin seeds are raw I suppose you could feed roasted as well . I just tried it because they are suppose to be good for the gut and even a natural wormer to some degree. I buy from several places like our health food store , grocery store and you can find them online. I am hoping to buy some from local farmers this year. The pumpkins seeds I get at health food store and several places on line.
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| cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 9:34 PM
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I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct.
Where do you get you pumpkin seeds? And how much do you feed?
Thanks Cheryl
My total ration is 3lbs still kind of working on it but 2.5 ounces of peas 1.5 ounces pumpkin seeds. There are lots of places on line and local stores usually have them as well.
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| Southtxponygirl - 2017-01-16 9:37 PM
cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 9:32 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-01-16 1:29 PM GLP - 2017-01-16 1:22 PM cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 12:01 PM I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct. How much do you feed of the peas and pumpkin seed? The peas are dried split peas and the pumpkin seeds are raw I suppose you could feed roasted as well . I just tried it because they are suppose to be good for the gut and even a natural wormer to some degree. I buy from several places like our health food store , grocery store and you can find them online. I am hoping to buy some from local farmers this year. The pumpkins seeds I get at health food store and several places on line.
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| cheryl makofka - 2017-01-16 10:13 PM
cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 9:34 PM
cheryl makofka - 2017-01-16 1:50 PM
cutnrunqhmt - 2017-01-16 12:01 PM
I don't have any before and afters. We had a brutal year with our horses health and made changes to our program to get everyone healthy. I now feed oats, hay pellets, peas and pumpkin seeds. I use several different herbal formulas that I either make up on my own , curost or THE products. I also use hemp seed oil rice bran oil, and ACV. They are on a mix of grass and alfalfa or straight alfalfa. They are coming along really nice and have only been on it since Sept. The mare in the picture nearly died in March when she got peritonitis . They are all healthy again. This picture is mid Oct.
Where do you get you pumpkin seeds? And how much do you feed?
Thanks Cheryl
My total ration is 3lbs still kind of working on it but 2.5 ounces of peas 1.5 ounces pumpkin seeds. There are lots of places on line and local stores usually have them as well.
Have you done a fecal test since starting the pumpkins?
My vet told me they are a natural wormer, that's why I was curious on how much
You can feed 2 ounces a day I just have to do a little less right now . The horses love them. I have not done a fecal but my weanlings have been on it and I have not noticed any signs of them being wormy. I wormed before winter and usually get some round worms showing up but not this time. I planned to check them this spring and see if it is working. |
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 Warrior Mom
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| I recently put mine on nice quality alfalfa, 2 big flakes twice a day. They have access to a coastal roundbale when turned out. They pick at it but mostly go out and forage the pasture for what little grass has come up. Two get blue bonnet nature's blend performance once a day with fastrack and THE MM added in, the older guy is getting strategy once a day too. Thinking about ditching all the grain and going with whole oats instead and adding equipride (if I can get my hands on some good whole oats out here) I'm pretty satisfied with how they look, even with their fuzzy winter coats on. |
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Location: North Dakota | Our horses are currently wintering on free choice alfalfa/bromegrass bales. This 6 yr old mare was on Ultium and Forco when she was in heavy open/futurity competition this past year. She's being ridden consistently, but isn't competing very often, so she's been cut off grain as she's been wintering well. This photo was taken yesterday and her current winter body consists of a small handfull of wheat midds to mix with her Forco.
This 5 year old mare is on Ultium feed and I'm about 3 weeks into a trial run of MVP Exceed 6-way. Prior to that she was on Forco as a supplement along with Simply Equine herbs.
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 Half-Eaten Cookies
Posts: 2076
Location: Fort Worth / Springtown | Good non-GMO Alfalfa. turned out in a lightly grassed pasture. Apple Cider Vinegar in water.
This is October of his 20 year old year.
Good non GMO alfalfa, turnout in lightly grassed pasture (I don't remember if I had ACV in her water at this time (they seem to get a richer color to their coat,I've tested it for 2 years at different times of the year)
She's 4 years old in this pic
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 I Love the Oldies
Posts: 3767
Location: Central Washington | Fat....they all look Fat. LOL
Alfalfa, Haystack Blend and free choice blocks.
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
Posts: 5271
| My children are fat at the moment! This is my 23 year old appendix gelding. I'm thinking he'll give birth around March 1. LMAO The other one is 16 this year, and this is an old pic, but one of my favs. Will try to find a couple others.
They are Purina Senior Active, THE Muscle Mass with Ulcer, Hoof, and digestion, and probably 80/20 Alfalfa/grass hay.
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