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[RC] - Alice Yovich

This horse has been in work, but not recently and while off work was still
fed the same ration. I have only recently got him and he's out on pasture
and will be back working, but brought back slowly. I board and all the
horses get a meal. I can make it a small meal, but they still eat. I have
him on daily wormer and a glucosomine supplement. His coat is not as shiny
as I'd like and I can tell that he needs "something" The vet is coming
Friday to do a complete work up and see what we need to be doing with/for
him exactly. He's sound, but has some muscle tightness from years of hard
riding. he will be a pony club horse for my daughter and I will not be as
constrained by use of anti-inflammatories as I would be in endurance or
NATRC. I'm wanting to get him on MSM (an example of one of the supplements)
Plus, I've learned he's almost impossible to catch without a little
"encouragement" So far the lowest calorie options I've been given are
straight oats (by the feed guy at thes store) and beet pulp, though his
previous owner tells me the beet pulp is what made him so fat in the first
place, so it seems contraindicated to feed it.




I'd be curious as to which supplements this horse "who is

overweight....needs to eat".

The horse is overweight, isn't working and shouldn't some nice grass hay
and
fresh, cool water be enough?  Then, when the horse starts a work  schedule
the diet could be adjusted, should it really need be..

It can be discussed as to low thyroid, supplementation, etc...but, perhaps,
finding a way to "reset" the horse's metabolism could be a way.  It seems
to
work with humans, albeit not quickly, but through a dedicated and focused
work routine with appropriate feeding.

Time and appropriate work and a reevaluation of the horse's feeding program
might be the way to go.

Frank


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