Simple common-sense steps to your own perfect health
How many of us focus our time and attention on getting our animals healthy, and ignore our own health? I still remember the day my holistic veterinarian looked me in the eye and said “Carrie, when are you going to…
Prebiotics, Probiotics and Gut Health
Both beneficial and harmful bacteria are always present in the digestive tract of animals and people. Bacteria are able to go dormant when conditions are not right for them to flourish (this is how bacteria evade antibiotics). In a healthy…
Copper revisited, and a bit more about chelates and compounds for you science folks
Copper revisited, and a bit more about chelates and compounds for you science folks by Carrie Eastman In order to talk about supplementing goats with copper, let’s first understand what copper is and then how the goat’s body uses and…
Salt for goats
Salt For Goats by Carrie Eastman Salt. One of the key supplements for goats. And so often misused, underused, overused, or used in ways the goats cannot utilize. So, let’s learn about salt.
Adding Muscle & Fat to Goats
Adding Muscle & Fat To Goats by Carrie Eastman Folks talk about putting weight on a goat. First let’s talk about what they really mean. Adding weight can mean adding fat, or can mean adding muscle. The strategies for adding…
Updated annual nutrition program for my horses, including monthly checklist
Here is my updated annual checklist of products for my horses. Please contact me and visit the link at the bottom for my favorite brand. Jan – March: amino-acid chelated mineral and vitamin mix* free choice amino-acid chelated calcium-phosphorus* in…
Goats & Copper supplementation
I frequently get questions about copper and goats. This is a topic of much debate and discussion, and there has been less research than on the copper needs of sheep, cattle and horses. In Europe, copper needs for dairy goats…
Tips For Endurance & Competitive Trail Horses
As many of my clients have endurance or competetive trail horses, I have gathered together all the tips I have found over the years into one program. For the off season/winter:My favorite pelleted grain ration or organic corn/oats/barley to maintain…
Foster and DSLD
[updated September 2020] DSLD is short for Degenerative Suspensory Ligament Desmitis. My husband’s horse Foster has DSLD. Foster is a 13 year old Clydesdale/Appendix Quarter Horse cross gelding. He came to us overweight with pasterns that were horizontal at rest.…
My yearly Dynamite program for my horses
I’ve had requests for an annual checklist of Dynamite products for my horses. Jan – March: regular yellow-label Dynamite vit/mineral free choice 1-1, 2-1, NTM salt and Izmine DynaPro Stop all supplements in feed except DynaPro one day per week…
