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Grass Length Matters
Lush grass has a high water content BUT because it is mainly leaves and not much stem it still lacks fibre and won’t fulfill daily fibre requirements.

Jenny Paterson
5 days ago2 min read
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Forage vs Fibre
A healthy horse depends on a healthy microbiome which is reliant on the FIBRE content of the FORAGE .

Jenny Paterson
6 days ago2 min read
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Confidence is Precious!
Feed more FIBRE – the more hay the horse eats and the less grass, the better for the horse’s digestive system – and for you ...

Jenny Paterson
Jun 62 min read
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Sudden Changes in the Grass...
A sudden change from shorter grass to lusher grass is just like someone put petrol into their diesel motor!

Jenny Paterson
Jun 52 min read
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Balancing your Horse’s Diet
It is not possible to balance to forage rendered unsuitable by excesses unless they can be substantially reduced by limiting short or lush grass intake in some way.

Jenny Paterson
May 232 min read
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Histamines & Gastric Ulcers
...another role of histamines is stimulating stomach acid secretion.

Jenny Paterson
May 202 min read
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What is ‘Natural’ for Horses?
It is natural for horses to be able to graze - it is WHAT THEY ARE GRAZING that is not natural forage for many domestic horses globally...

Jenny Paterson
May 152 min read
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Autumn Grass can Cause Accidents
People are getting thrown off their horses in all sorts of unexpected ways and means...

Jenny Paterson
May 142 min read
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Ensuring Resilience
‘Under-supplementing’ is feeding your horse the bare minimum to keep him ‘out of deficiency’.

Jenny Paterson
May 92 min read
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Get Grass Smart – Teff Hay Pointers!
Teff is a warm season grass like kikuyu so is generally lower in NSC’s than cool season grasses...

Jenny Paterson
Mar 72 min read
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Adrenalin and Potassium
This is for people who struggle with more extreme issues and who also struggle to understand what their horse's forage has to do with it

Jenny Paterson
Mar 72 min read
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Knowledge Heads Off Trouble
Neither clovers, nor lucerne are GRASSES so are not suited for horses who evolved as Graminivores (Grass eaters) – a vital point...

Jenny Paterson
Feb 213 min read
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Get Grass Smart - Does the Colour of your Hay Matter?
Yes it does for some horses. What is fantastic here in NZ these days is that companies (for example - Jones Hay, Northland and Highfield...

Jenny Paterson
Feb 173 min read
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Be Pro-active!
If your horse is out on fresh pasture of any sort, whether short and green, or lush and green then you need to supplement more fibre into

Jenny Paterson
Jan 302 min read
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It's All About Management!
Calm Healthy Horses addresses the various issues affecting domestic horses as MANAGEMENT issues not HORSE issues.
Cathy Dee
Jan 133 min read
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A Change in the Weather...
Dry summers make life easier for horse owners; wetter summers need more vigilance and attention to management...

Jenny Paterson
Dec 23, 20243 min read
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Protein Lumps
These raised areas can persist for a few hours, or several days. They might be in one area or scattered over the body.
Cathy Dee
Dec 16, 20242 min read
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Cool Season Grasses
These are 'cool season' grasses, all in the 'high production' category compared to the finer, shorter sward, low nutrient density grasses li
Cathy Dee
Dec 11, 20243 min read
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Grass from where horses thrive!
About 6 weeks ago Sue (UK) was in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. She managed to get a sample of the forage the 'Yilki' horses of Cappadoci

Jenny Paterson
Dec 11, 20242 min read
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Why these are Great Equine Grasses!
Brown-top, Sweet Vernal, ‘Goose’ grass (Poa Annua), Crested Dog’s Tail...
These are all ‘non-production' grasses which have NOT been select

Jenny Paterson
Dec 11, 20242 min read
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