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Hoof Abscesses
The Key to NO MORE ABSCESSES in no particular order as they are all equally important...

Jenny Paterson
3 days ago2 min read
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Is Clover Good for Horses?
Consuming a small amount here and there won’t hurt most horses, but if you don’t keep on top of it, it can take over and become highly problematic.

Jenny Paterson
Aug 124 min read
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Grass and Inflammation
Grass after a drought-breaking rain is highly potent in potassium and nitrogen especially when it is fluorescent!

Jenny Paterson
Aug 13 min read
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Investing in the Future of your Foal
Your broodmare will be either well into, or progressing through the last trimester of her pregnancy.
Over this time the developing foal will double in size...

Jenny Paterson
Jul 302 min read
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EQUINE NUTRITION 101
The more FIBRE you feed, the less likely your horse will develop issues, and therefore the less supplements you'll need to fix them!

Jenny Paterson
Jul 182 min read
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Balancing your Horse’s Diet
The best way to balance your horse’s diet is to REMOVE the things that UNBALANCE it...

Jenny Paterson
Jul 161 min read
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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
Jun 102 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
Jun 92 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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