Horse owners want to do the best for their horses either because they have invested a large amount in their purchase and training/showing or because they are guilty or worried that they are missing something important in their care. Agenda-based products have been given the responsibility of providing care as the sole mentors. Wisdom has been lost over time.

The reaction is to continually add food and supplements, hoping that whatever might be missing is now covered. Yet holes in nutrition still occur. Worse, the veterinarians and other horse professionals seem unable to help.

When I see across this country the same illnesses and lamenesses increase and worse, I see new diseases that were not in the textbooks in the 1980s, I have to ask this one question. “How is what we are doing helping our horses?

It’s time to get back to the basics. That is what The Horse’s Advocate is all about. Together, we can Help Horses Thrive In A Human World.

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