Equine Nutrition Essentials
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This 4-week self-paced video course removes the guesswork, headaches and concerns around properly feeding your horse.
You'll learn how to properly feed your horse based off their body condition, performance, goals and current life stage
Focus on supplements and learn if you’re wasting money or spending wisely
Straightforward teachings designed for any level of horse owner
Expert instruction from Dr. Rachel Mottet's 25+ years of industry experience
As a BONUS, your enrollment gets you free access to the Equine Nutrition Education presentation vault with 50+ hours of content from equine PhDs
At the end, earn a Certificate of Completion and select feed with certainty!
Lifetime Course Access (Including all future content updates)
Inside the course, you'll get LIFETIME access to everything below - and more! Each week includes 3-4 hours of self-paced learning.
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MODULE #1: The Equine Body
The first thing we'll do is teach you how to set a realistic goal for your horse’s peak condition based on your specific horse’s body type. You'll learn about the digestive tract in order to understand how the nutrition program you're going to implement works within the body.
✔️ Body Condition Scoring
✔️ Conformation
✔️ Foregut & Hindgut Digestive Anatomy & Physiology
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MODULE #2: Dietary Approaches
In the second module, you'll learn the important details about nutrients and how to approach different types of feeds. (what’s not in any textbook!) By the time you're done you'll know how to navigate different products in a feed store and make a smart decision about what type of feed your horse needs to reach it's optimal body condition.
✔️ Nutrients at a Glance
✔️ Digestion Basics
✔️ Nutrient Requirements and Balancing
✔️ Feed Tags De-Mystified
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MODULE #3: Best Feeding Practices
In the third module, I'll show you my top tips for feeding the 5 most common categories of horses (maintenance horses, easy keepers, hard keepers, performance horses and seniors).
✔️ Maintenance Horses
✔️ Easy Keepers
✔️ Hard Keepers
✔️ Performance Horses
✔️ Seniors
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MODULE #4: Supplements
Module 4 is dedicated to supplements. Most horse owners waste hundreds of dollars every year on supplements that have no scientific support and/or don’t fulfill a nutrient requirement. I'll show you everything you need to know on which supplements you need, what ones you don't and how to save hundreds of dollars on the best products.
✔️ Common Categories and Ingredients
✔️ Gastric Supplements
✔️ Joint Supplements
✔️ Salt and Electrolytes
✔️ Labels and Regulations (Guest Training with Dr. Thunes!)
✔️ Proficiency Test