Ridecamp: [RC] Horse feed

One for you Susan:

I keep seeing questions about feeds, additives and
supplements for horses and wonder greatly what people are
doing. Every one wants the best for their horse and I keep
seeing comments about getting the best hay, the best
pasture, the best additives, the cleanest water etc. ad
infinitum, ad nauseum.

Has any one, Susan in particular, ever wondered about the
cause and effect, especially the effect, of out MONOCULTURE
minds. Horse owners look for the best hay, weed free and the
best looking bales. That ends up in a monoculture, one
cultivar, of hay. Little or no diversity of constituents.
All brome, or all timothy or all orchard grass. One
continuous type of forage.

Then the owners start to add things the "NATURAL HORSE"
never heard of let alone ever eats. Things like kelp, and
shark cartilage, and mega doses of vitamins. And water that
is tasteless and so clear the horse has to make it move so
they can see to drink.

I wonder why horse owners worry about these things when the
horse will tell them that the varied weedy pasture tastes
wonderful and with this varied diet they will not need the
additives and supplements. And how many have seen the horse
drink, and drink gladly, from the muddy puddle. He might
just be getting some needed minerals that way.

Just some thing to think about in this hot weather.

Bob

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID


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