Cheese Doodles, Chocolate Bars and Candy Won’t Hurt You
When is it OK to eat sugar? Enjoy this comical video which basically explains how sugar is necessary for body functions and is OK even in abundance at…
Author: Doc-t
A Better Approach To Parasite Control
Parasite control is being debated within the profession. The worry of resistance is real. But the truth of controlling parasites lies in how your moth…
Decomplexicating Horsemanship – Eliminate Fear
Fear alone stops most people from becoming connected with their horses. This describes how one person's fear affected a horse and how that changed wit…
ECEIM Consensus Statement On Equine Metabolic Syndrome
The European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM) issued a statement on a problem affecting horses called Equine Metabolic Syndrome. I summariz…
Weed Killer In My Beer And Wine
There are a lot of you who drink beer and a lot who drink wine. Some drink both. Today’s newspaper has some bad news for you. There is weed ki…
Thank You
This is just a "Thank You" to all who invite us to your farm to help with your horses. We feel so blessed. No national holiday needed. While "booty" i…
A Question About Soybeans
The objections to using soybean meal in horses as a protein source are addressed here: GMO, glyphosate, feminization. How SBM is made and my conclusio…
Disrupters
I discuss what an "altruistic disrupter" is and how they can benefit your horses in health and well being. While not easy for the horse industry, it i…
My Christmas Wish 2018
Root causes of horse diseases. How food triggers genetic disease expression. We need to start advocating for horses and not how marketing is telling u…
How We Perform Equine Dentistry Matters
Discovering the various ways equine dentistry is performed and the divide between what is good for the horse and what is good for the practitioner. Di…
The 2018 AAEP Meeting – A Summary
The shortcomings of the 2018 AAEP meeting. Doctors spending more time testing than looking at the patient. I don't hold back my frustration.
A Chilling Walk In San Francisco
A chilling look at the state of America as I saw it. I walked a mile from the 2018 AAEP meeting site seeing what we don't see on our farms. I was shoc…
Feeding Senior Horses
When do horses become "seniors?" Why have I never found "senior feeds" for squirrels or other wild animals? Could "senior feeds" just be a marketing g…
Honesty – A True Story
When the words of this man I met settle into your consciousness you will either be shocked or say that this is the problem with the world (and our hor…
Protein For Horses Revisited
I need to revisit what I wrote about protein in horses 2 years ago. Things need updating because the feed companies have reformulated their protein su…
Feeding The Horse As Simple As 1-2-3
This is for horse owners who just want to know how to feed horses in a simple action set. Step 1) stop inflammation, Step 2) add protein, Step 3) writ…
The Story of David
This is a true story that has nothing to do with horses. It's about the connections in this universe. All horse owners have these experiences. They ar…
Jimi Hendrix
This is a true story that looks at the cosmic connections we have all had at some point in our lives. The ending is thought provoking as we mystically…
Betrayal
We are told to trust the experts mainly because we cannot be all experts in everything. We need to become experts in how to feed horses because how th…
Horse Nutrition – Lectins
Lectins are found in the outer coverings of seeds, fruits and leaves of all plants. Animals have adapted to these toxins in many ways. Horses have l…
Summary – Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 12 of 12
The final installment of the series on feeding horses. Dig in deeper by enrolling in the Horsemanship Nutrition Course. Congratulations on reading all…
Lectins – Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 11 of 12
Lectins are plant proteins made to discourage animals from eating their seeds by making the animals sick. Insidious over years, they confuse the other…
Supplements – Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 10 of 12
Feeding supplements to horses fill a void in their nutrition. But are they necessary and effective? Are there guarantees to their quality or their qua…
GMO, Pesticides and Fertilizers – Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 9 of 12
An objective discussion about feeding horses with GMO foods treated with pesticides and herbicides. Why to worry and why we should not worry.
The Importance of Protein – Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 8 of 12
Protein in the maintenance of horses is not appreciated. It is not complicated. Our training of feeding horses has ignored the importance.
The High Fat Diet – Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 7 of 12
Where do horses get their fat if all they eat is ground plants (pasture and hay)? The answer is from bacterial digestion of cellulose. Here are the de…
Carbohydrate Dependency – Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 6 of 12
Feeding sugar every day in excess of horse's needs creates a dependency no different than drugs and alcohol. This blog explains why.
Mitochondria and Making Energy – Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 5 of 12nut
Inside every car is an engine needing fuel and inside every cell of your horse are engines called mitochondria. They both need maintenance.
Gut Inflammation – Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 4 of 12
The digestive tract of the horse has a 1 cell thick lining with an army of defense cells behind it. Attacks on this cause the immune system to respond…
Gut Microbes – Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 3 of 12
You are not feeding the horse but you are feeding the trillions of microbes within their gut and they, in turn, feed the cells of the horse. Happy gut…
The Basics of Sugar, Fat and Proteins – Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 2 of 12
The similarities and differences between sugar, fat and protein. It is essential to understanding how these interact in the health of horses.
Grazing Not Browsing -Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 1 of 12
All equids graze ground plants. They avoid taller plants with more woody cellulose (lignin). Ruminants browse eating short and tall plants.
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition – Introduction
Complexicate - to complicate things to make people look more intelligent and feel more significant and usually agenda based. I decomplexicate horse fe…
Complexicate
Horses are becoming too complicated to keep as I watch everyone try to better others as to why their theories are better. So I made a new word - compl…
Cheating On The No Grain Diet
I need to come clean with all of you. I have been cheating on the no grain diet. Please forgive me but I and Melissa have been put into an impossible…
Nothing
Nothing about dentistry, nutrition or horses. I take a break. We all should once in a while to rejuvenate my senses. Photography is how I do this. Jus…
What Is The Cause Of EOTRH In Horses?
The cause of EOTRH in horses is based on the current thought that it is an autoimmune disease. Lectins without mucous leads to leaky gut at the gums.
Horsemen, Surgeons And Equine Dentistry
Within veterinary medicine are recognized divisions (surgery, medicine, ambulatory) and within these are hidden divisions. Do these affect horse owner…
Why Do I Bother?
Attending the 2017 AAEP meeting offers the small but guaranteed chance of learning something that will last a lifetime. Here is one of those times fro…
Rhubarb Pie, The Orbiting Earth and Your Horse
Our beliefs are based on what we've been taught by trusted sources. But is the knowledge we gain from mentors with no experience or with agendas reall…
Constantly At War
In every moment of life in our horses, there is a battle between the body and the invading organisms surrounding them. To win, the immune system needs…
Lectins
Lectins are plant proteins developed by plants to protect their seeds from being eaten and killed by animal digestion. They cause autoimmune disease, …
Symbiosis And The Horse’s Gut
Symbiosis is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms. Horses cannot live without the micro…
An African Breeze
Hurricanes, floods, fires and ice bring anxiety along with preparation work. Similar natural disasters occur everywhere. Here are links for help in th…
Decay Of The Profession
An 80 year old client lost his mare because he could not get adequate veterinary care. The reasons are disturbing and reflect badly on this profession…
Doughnut Hole
Our horses digestive tract is a tube running through the body. This is a fundamental principle to understand. The hole in the doughnut isn't part of t…
Comfortable
People are comfortable where they are - unwilling to make the effort to connect with each other or their horses. People pass opportunities when they s…
No Sweat!
Horses living in climates with high temperatures and high humidity are often affected by anhidrosis (non-sweating). This is a highly effective cure th…
The Best Interest Of The Horse
Integrity is a trait assumed to exist in all professionals but they are only human. The stories here and my first hand experiences indicate the associ…
This Client Just Says “Easy” to Equine Dentistry Without Drama™
The "modern" way of horse dentistry is jacking the mouth open and automatically sedating the horses. The traditional way is more difficult using horse…