In Episode 15 of the Grand Meadows Fireside Chat Video Series, we wanted to talk about two of the issues affecting horses a great deal these days – Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) and Cushings. At Grand Meadows, we believe that the growing problems with these two diseases can be directly attributed, in many cases, to […]
“To grain or not to grain that is the question” In this episode of the Fireside Video Series we start a dialog about what we see are the problems inherent in feeding a grain heavy diet and the fact that we see more and more trainers reducing or even eliminating grain with no ill effect […]
In recent years digestion has leapt several places up the ladder in terms of horse owner’s concerns leading to all kinds of new products and marketing gimmicks to drive customers to a particular brand e.g., FREE colic insurance for all! If we tried to go address all the different elements affecting digestion in one blog […]
In this video we talk about hoof supplements and the key ingredients that need to be in them and the correct levels. There have been a number of products coming on the market with excessive levels of biotin to supposedly make them more effective but in fact end up as expensive urine. Making sure you […]
In our final episode on the digestive system we wanted to break down how different supplement products address the three key segments of the digestive system and to also try to explain from our perspective the differences between prebiotics and probiotics. We have received a lot of questions through the episodes dealing with the digestive […]
