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Location: Got Lobsta? | Wild1 - 2017-02-21 9:17 PM 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?
I need to add a bit more weight onto one of my horses. He recommended the Manna Pro Rice Bran. I started with pellets but they were $5.00 more per bag - went to the grandules - no problem he ate it right up. It helped but the weight on that I needed. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | tin can - 2017-02-21 8:52 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
I have an ulcer prone horse - went through the 30 day treatment ($3000!). When I switched to RG, fed with alfalfa pellets. I still treat with Ulcer Guard when hauling but I haven't had any problems since switching to RG. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | sandygirl1 - 2017-02-22 7:51 AM 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....
People have all kinds of suggestions for the weight of the grain. I actually bought a dog food pet scoop (its not very big). On scoop is almost exactly 1/2 pound. I've bought several and all come out the same weight, works great. I remember RG used to have feed cups they would send you - maybe you can get one from Win. |
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| What have you tried I was adding horse powers gut proof but it's 100. A month ?? my for something cheaper |
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Location: South Dakota | 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?
Don't feel bad. I was so excited when our local feed store started carrying it but I wasn't sure exactly what to do with it when I got it. It doesn't seem to have the vitamins that Woody's Summer Heat does so I wasn't sure if I'd need to add something? I've got one horse in particular that I'd really like to feed it to. |
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Location: MN | gunner07 - 2017-02-21 6:04 PM TBone - 2014-10-17 10:31 AM Love my Renew Gold... even at $33/bag! I got charged $38 a bag from my feed store 
If it makes you feel better, its $40 up in my neck of the woods!  |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | Timber Creek - 2017-02-22 10:35 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?
Don't feel bad. I was so excited when our local feed store started carrying it but I wasn't sure exactly what to do with it when I got it. It doesn't seem to have the vitamins that Woody's Summer Heat does so I wasn't sure if I'd need to add something?  I've got one horse in particular that I'd really like to feed it to.
Call and talk to Win about the renew gold. He told me that it has all the vitamins they need, so unless you live in an area with a specific deficiency, they don't need anything else. |
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Location: Way up North | Kay-DRacing. - 2017-02-22 11:53 AM gunner07 - 2017-02-21 6:04 PM TBone - 2014-10-17 10:31 AM Love my Renew Gold... even at $33/bag! I got charged $38 a bag from my feed store
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | sandygirl1 - 2017-02-22 6:51 AM 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....
Find a scoop you like and weigh it on a kitchen scale empty and filled. Make a mark as needed. |
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Location: South Dakota | JLBerry - 2017-02-22 12:23 PM
Timber Creek - 2017-02-22 10:35 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?
Don't feel bad. I was so excited when our local feed store started carrying it but I wasn't sure exactly what to do with it when I got it. It doesn't seem to have the vitamins that Woody's Summer Heat does so I wasn't sure if I'd need to add something?  I've got one horse in particular that I'd really like to feed it to.
Call and talk to Win about the renew gold. He told me that it has all the vitamins they need, so unless you live in an area with a specific deficiency, they don't need anything else.
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| Love the Renew Gold...if your horse needs extra weight/protein try adding T.H.E.'s Muscle Mass - you can ask for it to be made with a flax or chia base instead of soy if you prefer.
I feed RG with Haystack Special Blend pellets and Triple Crown Flax Seed Meal. My 4 yr old gets the muscle mass as well.
Ingredients of the haystack pellets: Plain Dried Beet Pulp, Sun Cured Alfalfa Hay, Sun Cured Timothy Hay, Flax Seed Meal, Canola Oil, Heat Stabilized Rice Bran |
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Location: Willows, CA | Sorry to be slow replying to this thread. I have been in Jury Duty.
As to adding additional concentrates to Renew Gold, that depends on the quality of your roughage. We always try to do as much as we can nutritionally with the roughage portion of the diet. After that, you want to support that diet in the most compact, least disruptive way. Most of our customers do not feed additional concentrates with Renew Gold in the diet. One of the advantages of the program is improved digestive efficiency through the whole system. In addition, you get reduced inflammation through out the digestive tract, and more complete digestion of the roughage in the hind gut. Doing this brings efficiency to water soluble vitamin production, and supplies fat soluble vitamins that the horse can't make.
This is all great unless your hay or pasture is very poor. We can only help get the nutrition out that is there. In the case of poor roughage, you are better of to spend your money on better hay than additional concentrates. Hay calories are the safe, natural calories. This can be in the form of long hay or cubes. Pellets are the next choice and still better than many concentrate feeds. As long as the horses teeth care is up to date, (those of you who have talked to me know that I really stress this), and parasites are under control you should be good to go. If this does not work well for your horse, there is something else going on that we can usually identify if we have a chance to visit on the phone. We do encourage that contact with any questions.
If you simply have no availability of quality roughage, I will sometimes use straight food grade stabilized rice bran added to the diet. If I do this it is always at a very low feed rate. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | I just went into my TS and saw it went up $2.00 - its $31.99 bag |
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| Win is there a reason the price is all over the place with Renew Gold? Ive seen 1-2 dollar differences on other feeds but $10 is a lot, I understand this isn't your doing Im just wondering if you have any insight? |
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| gunner07 - 2017-02-23 10:38 AM
Win is there a reason the price is all over the place with Renew Gold? Ive seen 1-2 dollar differences on other feeds but $10 is a lot, I understand this isn't your doing Im just wondering if you have any insight?
No kidding! After I started feeding it, it went up EXPONENTIALLY, now my mare won't touch it and I have almost a whole bag I'm going to have to dump out - she won't even eat it mixed with other feed and/or oats. One day she just wouldn't touch it - and yes, she's been treated for ulcers. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | gunner07 - 2017-02-23 11:38 AM Win is there a reason the price is all over the place with Renew Gold? Ive seen 1-2 dollar differences on other feeds but $10 is a lot, I understand this isn't your doing Im just wondering if you have any insight?
I know this question was asked of Win but I can let you know my experience. When it first came out I went through a local feed store that priced it at $55.00 per bag. He was getting the supply through a distributor who was than getting it from RG so that was the mark up. I did pay the $55 a bag for quite some time, than a different feed store offered it to me for $46 a bag. When TS decided to carry it throughout their stores I got the $29.99 a bag. I've been feeding it for 2 years now on 5 horses. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | Griz - 2017-02-23 12:11 PM gunner07 - 2017-02-23 10:38 AM Win is there a reason the price is all over the place with Renew Gold? Ive seen 1-2 dollar differences on other feeds but $10 is a lot, I understand this isn't your doing Im just wondering if you have any insight? No kidding! After I started feeding it, it went up EXPONENTIALLY, now my mare won't touch it and I have almost a whole bag I'm going to have to dump out - she won't even eat it mixed with other feed and/or oats. One day she just wouldn't touch it - and yes, she's been treated for ulcers.
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| Love RG! I wouldn't say it calmed my nervous horse but has made a difference feeding that compared to grain. I add alfalfa cubes with it. I feed it to my 8 year old, 3 year old and coming 1 year old. |
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| I've found it at Tractor Supply but Fleet Farm has started selling it and it's cheaper. $29.98 plus tax. |
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