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HomeTag "nutrition"

Dangers of Overfeeding

Mar 14, 2019 by Pete Butler Category: Equine Soundness, Horse Care, Horsemanship 0 comments Tags: basic farrier training, Butler farrier schools, Butler horseshoeing schools, Butler Professional Farrier School, competency in equine foot care, Doug Butler, equine foot care, individual horse care, low ringbone, nutrition

Many problems with horses are caused by horse-loving people. Perhaps the most disturbing is the harmful, yet common notion, that “food is love.” There are far too many cases of young horses crippled with developmental orthopedic disease resulting in club foot, epiphysitis and secondary hyperparathyroidism. Many older horses are afflicted with low ringbone, navicular disease […]

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