Feeding Guide

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MIX THRIVE WITH NORMAL HORSE FEED. USE IT ALONE OR LEAVE IT ALONE!

This feeding guide assumes you would be feeding at least 1lb of good quality forage per 100lbs weight per day. Horses need the throughput of bulk in their diet to make their digestive system work correctly, just like ours does. Thrive is always going to be a secondary adjunct to roughage, designed to support a healthy horses nutritional needs when they are greater than grass alone can provide. It would be arrogant and foolhardy to even begin to dictate exactly how much feed you need to feed your horse. Variations in the amount fed are large and individual. I suggest that you watch your horses weekly condition and adjust the feed accordingly. I know some small adult horses that only get fed two pounds a day with great hay, they are easy keepers. Some of my customers have horses that get no supplementation at all and live on just great quality hay, and I endorse that concept if you can do it. My main ideal is to create great horses, not to sell as much feed as possible. Thrive is there if you need it and if you don’t need it, that wonderful, half your luck, wish my own would just be content eating grass, they are so spoiled.

The quality of a foal at birth is dependent on how well the mare is nourished during pregnancy, and mares give all to their foals at their own expense, a maternal sacrifice seen in mammals as a whole. What happens after birth depends on many casual factors as well, and that’s where Thrive excels. By allowing the digestive system to develop unhindered by starch in normal feeds, the foal gets supplementary nutrition to support growth and pristine development. I have personally witnessed foals grow to become outstanding horses by using this technique of early life supplimentation.

Mares nursing a new foal really have their job cut out maintaining condition. The ability to supply that added energy needed to keep the weight on, and condition where it’s desirable is a blessing to owners and breeders alike.

Feed up to 10lbs a day broken in to multiple meals and watch carefully as the mares condition is going to dictate just how much you settle on as a target amount.

There is no problem feeding foals Thrive as soon as they will eat it. It is not uncommon to see the little guy’s munching away when they are less than a week old, but usually they are really into it by the time they are three weeks old and eat every meal with their mother. Mostly they will just eat out of Momma’s feed bucket if you put it down low, preferably at ground level. They are fine eating as much as they like in the early stages, and because Thrive is so digestible it can be offered free choice. The foal on the right is a Highbrow Cat baby one month old. You be the judge as to how he looks.

Horses grow in distinct stages or growth spurts, it’s not just a linear process. Especially around the 12 month mark a substantial increase in growth is often evident. The beauty of feeding THRIVE is that you can safely vary the feed quantity without risking colic or any food intake based problems. The quality of nutrition is so profound that your babies grow to be the best they can be, right through to adulthood. Strong bones, beautiful feet, powerful muscling. It’s all available just for the feeding.

The commencement of training places demands on young horses that are best met by sound nutrition. The place I start my advanced training program is in the stomach. Feeding for a calm disposition makes so much sense to me, and I regularly get horses to training milestones in at least half the time it normally takes trainers using other feeds, it makes that much difference. Mind you, the training program has a lot to do with it as well.

What is it worth to you to have a horse you can count on to do the job, every time. For me it’s mandatory, but many horseman just put up with less than excellent behavior and accept it as “just the way he is”. NOT SO. If you want excellence out, you have to put excellence in. As the years pass, and your horse stays sound, healthy in both mind and body, you reap the rewards of making an investment in quality nutrition, it’s a logical and wise move.

Feed companies would like you to believe that a horses gut changes as the mature. Wrong! Their teeth may have been bad and worsen with age, but their gut stay’s basically the same. What changes their digestive system for the worse is long term eating of inappropriate feed rations, just like those touted as being best for your horse. Raw starch plays constant havoc with a horses gut, making excess acid and changing the whole metabolism. The reason Thrive is appropriate for any age horse is that its supports normal gut function whilst supplying extra energy and nutrients needed to perform.

Large horses really put their laminae to the test. Hoof integrity is so important in horses getting up past 1200lbs. Thrive supports fantastic hoof integrity and quality hoof growth. The horse in this picture is Avalon, and he is around 1350lbs. He is now 8yo and has never had one sore foot day, no laminitis, no founder, no colic. (He is the horse that managed to break into a truck carrying my feed and eat three bags overnight. That’s 120lbs by himself) Did he colic, naaaaa, just slept it off all day and was ready for dinner that night. And no, he did not get dinner, just hay.

There is nothing better in the World to feed starved down horses than THRIVE.

As the economy bites into peoples hip pockets, their luxuries are cast off, and in many cases that means horses. In Texas, the attributes of Thrive are well known by the workers in the Humane Society Of North Texas and other rescue organizations. The very low digestive impact of Thrive allows horses in an emaciated state to be fed without fear of colic or negative repercussions. There is no better way known to nourish horses in desperate need of feed.