Mounted search and rescue

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When  trailering to an area my horses get a hay bag hung in front of them 
to  munch on. It helps to keep them calm and they have food in their 
belly for  when I have to pull them and go.


I just wish my horse would eat in the trailer, I had to pull her before  
breakfast this morning and she spent over an hour in the trailer and didn't 
eat  a 
single bite. Then when it was time to work all she wanted to do was grab 
bites  along the way which is not kosher with me, her rider.
 
I am currently switching to an all hay diet, with my senior horse still  
getting some other supplements. But I too feel that a huge amount of our 
current  
horse health problems are with too rich, sugared feeds. And too hot of hay 
types  like alfalfa. I think we have lost the simpler way of feeding in 
wanting 
to feed  our horses the best, which may not be the best for them.
 
Ann Taylor
Clark County Mounted Search and Rescue