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| yet another Renew Gold post....
I have been reading up on Renew Gold and thinking of giving it a try. I know that I need to call and talk to the company but I also want to hear what 'real' people have to say, not just a sales pitch. But for those of you that already feed it, tell me about it. Please don't just tell me that it's a great feed & you love it. I really want to know specifics.
* Are you feeding it only to your performance horses or are you also giving it to your retired horses too.
I have horses ranging from 20 yrs down to 5 yrs and also two babies due in the spring. Some are retired & some compete.
We have barrel horses, cutting horses, and rope horses.
Do you feed it to your mares that are in foal?
* what are the differences that you're seeing? And how long did you feed it before seeing them?
attitude, appearance, etc.
Am I going to see any difference in the retired horses?
*what other supplements are you feeding with it?
*what do love so much about it?
* anything else you can tell me - I'd greatly appreciate it. TIA
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | I don't have time to answer all of your questions right now but I feed it and like it as I've never believed in feeding a lot of grain so it fits into my program perfetly. My horse looked great before changing to this feed and still does. I do need to start cutting back as he is getting too fat. |
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| My feed program is renew gold, 707 essentials vitamins and minerals, soaked molasses free beet pulp (just a cup in the summer and more in the winter), alfalfa, amount depends on how fat they are- which is always too fat. The beet pulp is just a medium to put the vitamins and renew gold in, I do like the mositure and fiber it provides. I do not feed any grain. Right now I put them up after noon during the heat of the day and that is when they get their alfalfa. They are out 24/7 except for weather, 80 acres during the day and a 10 acre pasture at night. I feed it to my performance horses. I have a retired pole horse that was just getting the beet pulp and vitamins, not working so no supplements. He has been recruited to run poles at the ANHA so I started giving him the renew gold the first of July. All my horses look great, bright shiny coats, tons of enery. I have noticed that the pole horse, who is black, that has been on it 2 months now has a dark dapple black coat when usually he is faded out from the summer sun. He is also full of energy. I like feedinga more natural program the way horses were intended to eat. I like the simple ingredients of renew gold and feel it helps them digest and more efficiently metabolize whatever they eat.
Edited by rodeomom3 2014-08-27 12:31 PM
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | It didn't work for me or my program and there are a few others. I fed it for 6 months and spoke with the gentleman that formulated it a couple different times to try and add in soaked alfalfa and it just wasn't sucessful with my horses. I have a 3 YO, a 4 YO, and an aged gelding. All three of mine lost weight on it, go ribby and were lethargic. I know i'm in the minority, but that's my story on it.
I sure like the thought process behind it, but unfortunately I didn't get the results I was hoping for. Put my horses back on my old program and they bloomed, their eyes got bright again, and they looked and acted healthy again. |
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Expert
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Location: Willows, CA | Call us, no sales pitch, just an assessment of your horses needs and how we might fit in. You can take if for what it is worth. 530 518 8254 direct number. |
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I just read the headlines
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| I use it on one horse. Like others have said the main attraction is less to no grain. Oats fire him up and processed feeds caused him to lose his top line. One thing no one else has mentioned is I have noticed he has a lot less gas on Renew gold. Also his ulcer points were getting sensitive but I have noticed that has lessened also. |
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Location: Outside of Larryville, KS | I feed it to all of my horses. i mix 1 bag of alfalfa pellets with 3 bags of renew gold and feed 2lbs of this mix a day. They are on pasture 24/7. I feed FORCO with it. I have 2 rope horses, 1 barrel horse and 1 soon to be barrel horse that is an of the track race horse. They have all kept their weight nicely, coats are super shiney. Temperments are the best they have ever been. My barrel horse had ulcers and used to be on Omeperazole, since feeding the Renew Gold I no longer use the Omep., his gate issue is tremendously better and his ulcer points used to test at a 5-6, now test at a 1. I even think his hooves have gotten thicker and less cracks. I have been feeding it for about April. I had a 30 year old that was ribby and I put him on it and he gained weight. I did a lot of research before I switched to it, talked to the owner, talked to others on it, i was a die hard strategy fan for 10+ years. I love it! I highly reccommend it! |
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| I feed it to (1) 2yo, (1) 3yo, (1) 5yo and (1) 10yo. I feed THE supps to the 5yo and 10yo. I give MSM to the 3yo. All of the horses get Liquid 747 twice a day (vits & mins). They all get free choice grass/hay.
The 2yo is getting double what the bag says to feed. I think she has ulcers and I think that's why I'm pouring the feed/ hay/ grass to her without the results I want. She looked fantastic (almost to fat) on the renew gold for the first 3 mos then all of a sudden after being turned out into a herd of horses that not only did not accept her but kinda beat her up, she started to lose her shine and weight. I'm going to put her on ulcer meds and alfalfa and see what happens.
The 3yo gets 1lb a day and looks and feels like a million bucks.
The 5yo gets 1.25lb a day and is almost fat but she is normally such a hard keeper I'm afraid of her not being fat. She also gets THE muscle mass, ulcer, arthritis and Nutrawound blend. She has done amazing on this feed.
The 10yo was in bad shape (skinny) when I got her. The renew good has put a shine and some fluff on her like no other. I haven't seen her look this good since she was about 4. I have her on THE Nitroxide for her navicular.
All of my horses have done great on a small amount of grain and look and feel awesome. The 2yo is the only one that is not as fat as I would like. As I said I feel it's ulcers and her teeth need work in the worst way.
All of my horse are what I would consider "performance horses." The 5yo is laid up right now but everyone has been ridden regularly on that feed. (accept 5yo and 2yo currently)
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Location: South TEXAS | I feed it to my 5 yr barrel mare, started mid January and was giving her about 1.5# as she needed some wt and bloom. she was also struggling with ulcers. we treated the ulcers and kept her on RG. I was originally feeding some oats with it but didn't feel they were helping the ulcer situation so I took her off that and started adding soaked alfalfa cubes(half plastic scoop dry) twice a day. this really seemed to help. I have played with the amounts and mixtures and she is now on a little less than 1/2# RG 2 x day, 3 cups before soaked beet pulp 2x day, 4-5# alfalfa, and plenty coastal. she is fat and has filled out a good bit. the RG works well for her at this point.
I will say I did try it on 3 others that were more pasture horses(we have no grass tho) at the rate of 1# per day and they were getting coastal hay 24/7 but they all dropped off and it didn't work well for them. I feel to get the real benefits of this feed it needs to be fed with alfalfa from what I have seen. |
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Location: Willows, CA | starkfarms - 2014-08-27 3:29 PM
I feed it to my 5 yr barrel mare, started mid January and was giving her about 1.5# as she needed some wt and bloom. she was also struggling with ulcers. we treated the ulcers and kept her on RG. I was originally feeding some oats with it but didn't feel they were helping the ulcer situation so I took her off that and started adding soaked alfalfa cubes(half plastic scoop dry) twice a day. this really seemed to help. I have played with the amounts and mixtures and she is now on a little less than 1/2# RG 2 x day, 3 cups before soaked beet pulp 2x day, 4-5# alfalfa, and plenty coastal. she is fat and has filled out a good bit. the RG works well for her at this point.
I will say I did try it on 3 others that were more pasture horses(we have no grass tho) at the rate of 1# per day and they were getting coastal hay 24/7 but they all dropped off and it didn't work well for them. I feel to get the real benefits of this feed it needs to be fed with alfalfa from what I have seen.
Feeding Texas horses that are on coastal hay only is a challenge when you are trying to eliminate large feed concentrate inclusions and get the digestive system into a fully functioning state. If you look at my post on the tread below on Texas feeding programs you will see how to do this. Some alfalfa is of value with coastal, but more because it slows down the hind gut so it has a better chance of breaking down the coastal that moves through so fast. If the teeth are cared for so that the horse can chew coastal completely, and three of four pounds of alfalfa is added to slow the hind gut down, you would be amazed at how efficient a coastal program can be with just limited concentrate support. I do feeding programs all over the country, and like the coastal / alfalfa program as well as any if done properly. While individual horses differ enough that one product is not going to be the answer for every single one, if RG did not work on one there is usually something in the overall program that is getting in the way. |
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Location: Where the buffalo roam | I feed Renew Gold to one of my three. She is the youngest and started feeding it because she did not need any help with being hot from grain. I like that it gives her everything she needs, but keeps her level headed as she has a tendency to buck occasionally and more so on regular grain. Her coat is super shiny (even when she has long MT winter hair) and I always get compliments on her. I do feed it with alfalfa. I have one horse who I tried to feed it to both by itself and mixed with some TC Senior and he just doesn't like it. He will pick it out if I mix it so I just gave up on feeding it to him. |
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 Winner winner chicken dinner
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Location: California | I feed it to my 6 year old that I run barrels on and I love the results, but will give you some comments on feeding it to retirees. A few months back, my old (30+) horse stopped eating her grain (beat pulp and alfafa molasses) which is not uncommon. It's almost like she gets bored with her grain mix after awhile, and I'm constantly having to switch it up. Anyways, the only thing I had in the barn was Renew Gold, so I gave her a small scoop. She is a very picky eater, but she gobbled it up. I've been giving her 1/2 a pound morning and night and she loves it. It's the first feed she actually nickers for! The biggest change I've noticed in her is her hair coat. It is extremely soft and shiney, especially given her age and the fact that we're at the end of summer. My vet was just out and commented on how nice it looked. I can't say that she has gained any weight, but she definitely has not lost any weight or condition. I am really happy with the product, and so is my old girl! |
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Location: the end of the rainbow | My 24 yr old mare does well on a pound a day. As do my 2 yr old, my 3yr old and the 7yr old mare I am riding. I feed alfalfa as that is the easiest and cheapest hay for me to get. I started renew gold in December. Picked everyone up through the winter without me having to increase the amount of feed I was feeding. I saw a huge improvement cement in their hair coats. I do feed THE products as well but have been feeding them since before I started renew gold.
Here's something odd that happened recently. I could not get RG for about 3 weeks (dealer issues). My old mare is paint. I usually struggle with sunburn over the summer. This year I had not one spot of sunburn on her until she had been off the RG for about a week and she got a spot on her shoulder that pinked up. After 3 wks w/out RG my palomino and my bay (3yr old and 2yr old) had noticeably started to fade. Within a week of being back on the RG I was able to stop putting sunscreen on my old mare and the pink spot on her shoulder has not come back.
I should also add that when I started feeding RG it took at least 3 weeks to get my 3 yr old to decide she liked it well enough to clean up the measly cup and a half she gets per feeding. Now she loves it and will gobble it up no matter what I mix with it.
Edited by willrodeo4food 2014-08-28 8:26 AM
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Location: Nashvegas | I feed it and I love it. I feed 1 lb a day, with a good bermuda grass mix hay and my horse has access to a micro mineral block. I started about 6 months ago and he looks amazing on it. Also, his energy is more, cool I guess you could say. He is alot less sensitive to things but responsive when asked. He is 4 year old that is worked 4 -5 days a week and turned out at nights on a good pasture along with hay for the day time. He only gets 2 flakes of hay a day though. Basically I changed nothing other than his feed when I started feeding Renew Gold and I have loved the results. I tell everybody about it because I get compliments on my guy all the time. Love it! |
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