Equus Article

firegurl979 · 11-03-2009, 06:23 PM

my horses would explode...

LRHenneman · 11-03-2009, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreamsrbig

I also read that. While I found it be interesting I would never do it. I guess maybe if you started them as foals but I see no reson to do it. Really if you want to go back to how a horse is made to eat they wouldn't really be getting any grain right?

Start loading foals up on concentrates and you can get cribbers.

Frankly, I was astonished at the article. I'd never do what the article advocates.

Remember, not everything one reads is really true--or can be translated for every horse.

Dawn · 11-03-2009, 08:12 PM

I'm still just in shock over this. I'm going to have to go back and read the entire thing word for word.

Blondehorse · 11-04-2009, 07:19 AM

I thought it was pretty ridiculous too. If you're basing the idea off horses' need to be browsing on something almost constantly... why not just feed free-choice grass hay? Much safer, and much more 'natural'.

Dancers Mom · 11-04-2009, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Dawn

Exactly.

I'm sure more than one horse owner is going to decide to free feed sweet feed because Equus (and Dr. Henneke, yes he conducted this study) said it's okay. No, not okay. Desirable.

Really, people would actually do that? I took my girl off if over a year ago and she has not missed it. She is now on a RB and BTW looking great since I started a month ago. She was healty but I swear her color is deeper and darker and she is shinier then before.

meljean · 11-04-2009, 12:24 PM

Makes you wonder if someone is getting something to print it?

Dawn · 11-04-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Dancers Mom

Really, people would actually do that? I took my girl off if over a year ago and she has not missed it. She is now on a RB and BTW looking great since I started a month ago. She was healty but I swear her color is deeper and darker and she is shinier then before.

I boarded at a barn years ago. Some people brought in a new horse. Horse had previously been on 24/7 turnout (no clue as to what the pasture looked like).

They stuck him in a stall with no hay and a 50 lb bag of sweet feed dumped in a muck tub

So yes, people will do it without someone telling them it's okay. Now they've gotten confirmation that it's a good thing.

calypsoscarnivl · 11-04-2009, 02:03 PM

My horses would be gigantic on free choice grain

What was Equus thinking

EVOO · 11-04-2009, 02:49 PM

I haven't seen it -- will have to make a stop at the bookstore tomorrow -- but I am really surprised Equus would publish something like this.

Fork · 11-04-2009, 02:52 PM

I can see more than one horse bloating up thanks to this article.

11-03-2009, 06:23 PM	#11
firegurl979 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Norcal Posts: 1,425 Images: 3	my horses would explode... __________________ Proud member of the Purple Sheep's Club! "Let a horse whisper in your ear and breathe on your heart. You will never regret it." ~ Author Unknown.

11-03-2009, 08:12 PM	#13
Dawn Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 37,207 Images: 1580	I'm still just in shock over this. I'm going to have to go back and read the entire thing word for word. __________________ Sexy by Christmas Challenge-r!! Goal: 11 lbs LOST CURRENT: 4 lbs LOST Starting Weight 170 lbs. Goal Weight 155 lbs. Reached! 20 pound club 2009 Starting Weight 152 lbs. Goal Weight 140 lbs. Reached!

11-04-2009, 07:19 AM	#14
Blondehorse Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,786 Images: 295 Blog Entries: 14	I thought it was pretty ridiculous too. If you're basing the idea off horses' need to be browsing on something almost constantly... why not just feed free-choice grass hay? Much safer, and much more 'natural'. __________________ PA Khavele (*Furno Khamal x Nomevelle) '95 Arabian mare AKA Val JB Nikhovelli (Zars Nike x PA Khavele) '09 Arabian colt AKA Tariq

11-04-2009, 12:24 PM	#16
meljean Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NW MO Posts: 1,017	Makes you wonder if someone is getting something to print it? __________________ "If you listen to the horse, the horse will tell you what it wants to be." Dale Pugh "You can undo in five seconds, the training it took you five years to accomplish." Wyman E. Bennett

11-04-2009, 02:03 PM	#18
calypsoscarnivl Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New England Posts: 1,679 Images: 16	My horses would be gigantic on free choice grain What was Equus thinking __________________ I am not washed and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which everything fits, but instead am wondering awed about on a splintered wreck I've come to care for~Annie Dillard Sexier by Christmas !!!! Weight lost: 4 lbs!!! I've been gobbled twice!!!

11-04-2009, 02:49 PM	#19
EVOO Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,603 Images: 8	I haven't seen it -- will have to make a stop at the bookstore tomorrow -- but I am really surprised Equus would publish something like this. __________________ Sexy by Christmas Challenge-r!! Start: Sz 14 / Current: Sz 14 / Goal: Sz 10 / lbs Lost: 5.0 ___________________ I was Gobbled by a Turkey And "Blessed" by a Snow Fairy ___________________ Note to Self: It is illegal to stab people for being stupid.

11-04-2009, 02:52 PM	#20
Fork Full Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: North Bay, Ontario, Canada Posts: 239	I can see more than one horse bloating up thanks to this article.

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