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| I am currently feeding Sentinel Senior to my 8 year old gelding, he doesn't look bad on it. He is on pasture 24/7 with access to as much grass hay as he wants. I just feel he could look and act better and cutting out grains and all the extra sounds appealing. He can be a very nervous/anxious horse so I'm also trying to prevent ulcer issues. I've been reading alot of the rave on Renew Gold and have seen Nutrena Empower Boost at the feed store and wondering how they compare? I have yet to see Renew Gold in a store near me, I know I would have to call and see where I could get it from and how much. I can currently get the Empower Boost at about $25 a bag. Does anyone have any experience with the Boost or both to give opinions/comparisons on? Thanks in advance! |
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Location: Willows, CA | These are very different products that both have some amount of rice bran and flax. Empower Boost contains corn and soy bean oil, and has a higher amount of NSC. Renew Gold uses no corn or soy products, and uses Coconut for it's antibiotic and anti-inflamitory properties. They function very differently in the horses system. Empower can provide additional calories if that is your goal. RG reprograms the digestive system for more complete use of what the horse eats. |
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Location: Texas | Love my Renew Gold... even at $33/bag! |
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Location: Ellensburg, Washington | How long does a bag last? |
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Location: Willows, CA | Most people feed one pound per day. High stress or young growing horses in training may be at 1.5 pounds per day. This usually replaces three to five pounds of conventional performance horse feed. This means that one bag of Renew Gold will last 20 to 30 days.
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Location: The Frozen North | I've used both. Love Renew Gold...didn't care for the empower (I just didn't get results with it) |
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| I have been doing a lot of research because I would like to tweak our young horses ration, and Renew Gold is something I am looking into. Here is my very dumb question that I am too embarassed to call the company and ask:
IS THIS A SUPPLEMENT OR MEANT TO FEED ALONE? Honestly I have read labels and all over the internet and I cannot find where it says whether or not this was meant to be fed alone or supplemented with grain? |
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Location: Willows, CA | SoFast - 2014-10-18 8:06 AM
I have been doing a lot of research because I would like to tweak our young horses ration, and Renew Gold is something I am looking into. Here is my very dumb question that I am too embarassed to call the company and ask:
IS THIS A SUPPLEMENT OR MEANT TO FEED ALONE? Honestly I have read labels and all over the internet and I cannot find where it says whether or not this was meant to be fed alone or supplemented with grain?
This is the most asked question, and the answer is yes. It is a feed or a supplement. It depends on the quality if your roughage, hay or pasture. Renew Gold improves digestion of the whole diet, but, we can only get what is there. If the roughage is of high quality then most people do not feed additional feed. If quality is low, additional concentrate can be used, but at a much lower rate than before that then fits the digestive system better. Call us, we are real horse people who love to help. |
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| winwillows - 2014-10-18 10:01 AM
SoFast - 2014-10-18 8:06 AM
I have been doing a lot of research because I would like to tweak our young horses ration, and Renew Gold is something I am looking into. Here is my very dumb question that I am too embarassed to call the company and ask:
IS THIS A SUPPLEMENT OR MEANT TO FEED ALONE? Honestly I have read labels and all over the internet and I cannot find where it says whether or not this was meant to be fed alone or supplemented with grain?
This is the most asked question, and the answer is yes. It is a feed or a supplement. It depends on the quality if your roughage, hay or pasture. Renew Gold improves digestion of the whole diet, but, we can only get what is there. If the roughage is of high quality then most people do not feed additional feed. If quality is low, additional concentrate can be used, but at a much lower rate than before that then fits the digestive system better. Call us, we are real horse people who love to help.
Ahh, thank you! I will certainly call, and look forward to speaking with someone further about this. Thank you for making me feel better about my "dumb question" too. Ha! |
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| Any else have any suggestions?? I like the empower horses look great but I hear such awesome things about renew gold?? |
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| Barrelhorsehelp1 - 2017-02-21 11:07 AM
Any else have any suggestions?? I like the empower horses look great but I hear such awesome things about renew gold??
I recently switched from Nutrena to Renew Gold. My mare struggled with digestive problems for a good while. She'd been on supplements to help, and they did, but switching to RG gave her the extra push she needed to make her look and feel 100%. She got comment after comment on how much better she was working this past weekend, and I got asked what I had changed. The only change from the last run she made to this last weekend was the feed switch. I'm sold on RG. |
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| Feeding Senior feed to a young horse is not recommended. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | I fed Empower for quite some time. My horse had a very bad case of ulcers and I changed my whole feed program and just feed RG and hay. Thought I was going to starve my horses, but they look awesome. I use it as a feed not a supplement. I feed 1 pound per day.  |
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| streakysox - 2017-02-21 12:27 PM Feeding Senior feed to a young horse is not recommended.
this isn't OP... I just rebumped the thread to see some more answers... I'm thinking about switching my 7 yr old to renew gold instead of empower boost. |
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Location: West Texas | Empower Boost has less than ideal ingredients in my opinion. The flax content is more there for looks than anything. It serves almost no purpose.
As far as the Senior feed deal mentioned above, there is no special nutrition needs for a senior horse. Life stage feeds are basically a marketing ploy. Senior feeds work the same for all classes of horses.
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| TBone - 2014-10-17 10:31 AM
Love my Renew Gold... even at $33/bag!
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| What do you suggest for an ulcer prone horse currently on r g alfalfa hay and Redmond salt? The horse was treated with gastro guard |
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| I also wanted to see what WinWillows thought about adding Manna Pros rice bran pellets or nuggets to the renew gold feeding...my hard keeper during running season needs a few more calories, looks pretty darn good on RG, however we are limited to pasture, and mostly grass hay, so I was thinking of adding either Alfalfa cubes or stabilized rice bran or both? |
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Location: Beggs, OK | tin can - 2017-02-21 7:52 PM What do you suggest for an ulcer prone horse currently on r g alfalfa hay and Redmond salt? The horse was treated with gastro guard
A good digestive supplement will help more than anything. |
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| I just started buying Renew Gold. What sort of attitude changes have people been seeing? I too am interested if you can add a bit of extra rice bran. We have a senior who needs some extra calories so would this be a good way to do that rather than grain..? Thanks! Also for a pound measure.....how "big" is that? 1 lb. Margarine tub size? I need an easy measure.... |
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