At Honos Nutrition Co., I’m passionate about horses, science, and doing the best we can do for our equine best friends, while empowering others to do the same. With this blog series, my goal is to support like-minded individuals and convey the importance of compassionate, evidence-based horse care, while coming back to the passion & curiosity that is driven by the love of the horse. I could not be more excited to introduce you to this week’s guest blog feature. Lifelong horse nerd, long-time...

"I'll admit, I do feed her treats, I hope that's okay." Time and time again, I have clients who are nervous to admit to me that they feed their horse (all sorts of) treats. Here's the thing - feeding treats is 100% okay with me! As someone who uses a lot of +R, force-free and clicker training methodology with my own animals, I'm never going to be anti-treat as a nutritionist. What matters when we're feeding treats are the same things that matter when we feed anything to our horse: Safety -...

FFWS, or free fecal liquid, have 2 manure phases: one solid phase and one liquid phase. While the cause behind FFWS remains to be identified, nutritional support may play a key role in clinical signs. A 2013 case report from Italy (Valle, Gandini and Bergero, 2013) focused on 5 nutritional considerations: Rebalancing the diet to ensure nutrient requirements are met. It's not uncommon for horses with digestive disorders to also be experiencing diet imbalances. While these imbalances alone are...