Minerals And Electrolytes
Minerals and electrolytes in horses are elements (atoms) that are NOT carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. They include the macro-minerals of calci…
Category: Nutrition Topics
Molds, Mycotoxins And Soaking Horse Hay – Podcast #031
"Should I Soak Hay For My Horse?" - Reducing the extra body fat on our horses is the best, if not the only, way to improve and eliminate metabolic syn…
No Grain Challenge
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "She is so calm now even a novice rider can sit on her. We’ve even be…
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…
Nutrition
There are two things to be said about nutrition in horses. The first is to feed horses the way they were created to eat. The second is that no one…
Nutrition In Horses – HorseTalk Webinar
Feeding horses has been learned from someone in your past. But who taught them? And who taught them? Through the chain of teacher - student the infor…
Persephone’s Diary (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "Day Fourteen 8/4: The 1st two weeks have gone by quickly & I’ve seen…
Physiology
Knowing how nutrition works in the horse down to the cellular and molecular level is important. You may not think so or you may not feel capable of un…
Protein and Gastric Ulcers In Horses – Podcast #057
"Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome" - Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome, or EGUS, is being treated in more horses today than almost any other disease consider…
Protein Bioavailability For Horses
Protein bioavailability in horses is essential in understanding the difference between crude protein (what is listed on the label) versus the actual a…
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…
Protein In Horse Diets – Podcast #110
"Protein In Horse Diets" - Proteins are the most important of all the ingredients that horses need besides air and water. When planning horse diets, y…
Protein In Horses – Podcast #027
"How Much Protein Should Your Horse Eat?" - I explain what a protein is and the amino acids that make up all proteins. Then I describe the two reasons…
Protein Sources For Horses
Here is a table with various protein sources for horses. Not all inclusive, it shows commercial mixes available in the US along with the beneficial an…
Proteins
There are about 35,000 DIFFERENT proteins in every cell of our bodies and about 1 to 3 BILLION total proteins in each cell. Protein is important.
Report on James (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "after 7 days i noticed a significant change—his itching had decrease…
Review Of Feeding Horses – Podcast #071
"No Grain For Horses?" - Over the past month, I have heard many great stories about how well the no-grain plus soybean meal diet works from my dentist…
Review Of The No-Grain Challenge In Horses – Rounds With Doc T
The primary purpose of the "no-grain challenge" is to offer horse owners a way to feed horses according to their evolutionary development. The reason …
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…
Should Your Horse Be Turned Out On The Spring Green Grass? – Podcast #005
"Horses On Spring Grass?" - Every horse owner fears the green grass of spring if they have ever had a case of laminitis. In this episode I review an a…
Starvation and Weight Loss
Starvation and weight loss follow 3 possibilities: 1) lack of food, 2) inability to consume food and 3) inability to absorb food. The results are the …
Sugar In Horse Diets – Podcast #108
"Sugar In Horse Diets" - This podcast is the first in a series that starts this process. I take one of the seven things placed inside the horse - suga…
Supplements
I don’t believe in any supplement for horses unless there is a deficiency. With the exception of starvation, mineral and vitamin deficiencies are r…
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…
The Advanced Equine Nutrition Course Overview – Podcast # 137
"What Aren't They Telling You About Feeding Horses?" - Horse owners are being told to purchase feed and supplements with the promise of improving ever…
The Calcium To Phosphorus Ratio – Podcast #006
"Calcium And Phosphorus In Horse Feed?" - Calcium (Ca) and Phosphorus (P) are two of the most plentiful minerals in your horse and are required for bo…
The Calorie Equation In Horses – Podcast #112
"The Calorie Equation In Horses" - When used to understand nutrition, "calories in equals calories out" is the message of the First Law Of Thermodynam…
The EquiSummit Conference On The Healthy Horse Gut – Podcast #021
"Gut Health In Horses" - I attended a conference called the EquiSummit produced by a major manufacturer of horse feed components and sponsored by the …
The Five Rules To Feeding Horses – Podcast #124
"% Rules To Feeding Horses" - This podcast breaks down how to feed horses into five simple rules based on what the food does, good and bad, within the…
The Flow Of Energy In Horses – Podcast # 132
"Horses And The Flow Of Energy" - I take a quick break from discussing fructose to return to the metabolism of glucose. The concept of flow (or flux),…
The Importance Of The Top Line In Horses – Podcast #045
"Is My Horse's Top Line Good?" - The top line of horses is the muscles along the back bone from the withers to the rump. It is where the saddle or loa…
The Ins And Outs Of Fat In Horses – Rounds With Doc T
The movement of fat in the form of Free Fatty Acids (FFAs) and triglycerides (TAGs) throughout the body passes freely in and out of the body fat cell …
The Key To Reducing Excess Body Fat In Horses – Podcast # 149
Published on March 11, 2025 There are two reasons for horses to become obese. The first reason is that they eat more calories daily than…
The Role Of Oils In Horses – Podcast #019
"Are Omega-3 Oils Important For Horses?" - This podcast reviews what fatty acids are especially the saturated, MUFSA’s and PUFA’s. It also goes ov…
To Fix The Hoof, You Need To Feed The Hoof – Podcast # 146
Published on January 22, 2025 Horse hooves can experience various problems that farriers and veterinarians work to address with their specialized skills and equipment. These…
Topline Score
The Top Line Score came out in other animals, primarily meat animals (hogs, cattle), as a way to determine how much meat was on the hoof. And ultraso…
Treats
Most treats fed to horses are not only filled with inflammatory ingredients but are fed for the wrong reason.
Two Days To A New Horse (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. THIS IS A MUST SEE VIDEO "6 months before this video, this owner said h…
Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) February 16, 2023
“Ask Me Anything” - The following questions were submitted (copied and pasted from the Q&A section in Zoom or from emails), along with any posted …
Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) January 19, 2023
“Ask Me Anything” - The following questions were submitted (copied and pasted from the Q&A section in Zoom or from emails), along with any posted …
Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) October 10, 2022
Questions asked include the following: swollen head, dentistry, soybean meal, dysbiosis, feeding oil and fat, and sugar in the pasture.
Vitamins In Horse Feed – Podcast #099
"Should You Feed Vitamins To Your Horse?" - I want to give horse owners a different perspective on whether to feed their horses vitamins. Most discuss…
Water
Most people don’t “think” about feeding water - they just do it. Water, along with air, is more important than food as removing either will br…
Water For Horses – Podcast #069
"How To Keep Your Horse Hydrated" - Water is one of the necessary ingredients to maintain life. Every animal and plant on Earth knows this, but becaus…
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…
Weight Control
I see weight control as two issues in horses. Either the horse remains underweight no matter how much they are fed or the horse remains overweight n…