Spotted Pony Ranch

06/04/2024

https://www.standleeforage.com/podcast/episodes/ep-081-what-type-of-salt-does-my-horse-need

Listen to Ep. 081: What Type of Salt Does My Horse Need? from the Beyond the Barn podcast presented by Standlee

06/01/2024

06/01/2024

Been there done that many times. Never gets easier, but has to be thought about and plans made. Quality of life and least amount of suffering for the animal makes you never wrong in your decisions….

06/01/2024

Something to know.

06/01/2024

Safety always.

06/01/2024

Some more good info.

06/01/2024

Good information!

05/02/2024

Peanut is a little over 30 days old now. Today he had his first trailer ride, hoof trim, and being tied up to mom. He did great!!🥰

04/15/2024

And cute little Peanut is a Silver Black aka Silver Dapple. 🥰

04/15/2024

Blonde’s color results are Silver Bay as well.

04/15/2024

Just got color results back on Buck from UC Davis. He is a Silver Bay.

03/25/2024

Vet came out to do an IgG on baby to make sure he got plenty of antibodies from moms colostrum. Once that blood test comes back we will know if he needs plasma IV or not. (Leroy had to have plasma, if they don’t have a high enough level, they will get an infection of any kind and die). So crossing our fingers. 🥰 vet had to take some selfies. 🥰❤️💕

03/25/2024

Leroy had an appointment today for his wolf teeth removal, teeth floating, microchip, and coggins. Look at the size of that one wolf tooth!! He’s happy to be back home. That was also his first solo trip in the trailer. My boy is growing up!!🥰

03/25/2024

Baby looks to be a silver brown color with no white markings.

03/25/2024

Buck watching this all unfolding across the isle and giving mom encouragement. 🥰

03/25/2024

It’s a boy!!

03/25/2024

And looky here what happened at 3:15 a.m.!!!!

03/03/2024

Ms. Blonde still not interested in releasing her little hostage just yet. Ugggg, I’m an impatient Granny lol!

12/17/2023

The right ponies are absolutely precious!

12/17/2023

Getting all dressed up for Christmas!

12/17/2023

Little Miss Blonde. She and Buck are almost identical. 🥰

12/17/2023

Buck, stands a a whopping 31 1/2 hands. He sure did get the hair gene! Mane comes down to his knees. 🥰

12/17/2023

Two new additions to our riding Remuda. Blonde a 12yo mare pony (in back) and Buck a 21yo miniature (the smallest). Blonde is in foal, due to drop around April.

12/17/2023

Leroy wearing a saddle for the first time ever. Won’t be long until he will be old enough to start riding.

12/17/2023

Family heirloom here. My mom, aunt, sister (and her two boys)and I all rode this saddle as kids. Dropped it off with Amish Eli Miller’s son, Jacob, to check it all out and refurbish anything necessary in order to getting it back into action. My aunt, as a child, remembers going with her mom (my grandmother) to purchase it used. So we know it’s in the 70-80 year range old. It’s a 13” seat and my grandkids will be the next to get use out of it!!

12/17/2023

More riding with Spot. 🥰

12/17/2023

New kitties dropped off down at the road. 😖 They’ll be some good mousers come springtime at the barn!!

12/19/2022

Thankfully I don’t use these! But heads up folks…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning horse owners not to feed recently recalled Top Of The Rockies brand alfalfa cubes. The cubes are being investigated for suspected botulism contamination linked to illness and death of horses in C...

12/12/2022

Very cool to see!

11/30/2022

Why does vitamin E need vitamin C?

Vitamin E is a common antioxidant used in horses with EPM or muscle dysfunction. However, by supplementing vitamin E without vitamin C, you may be providing less than optimal protection for your horse.

Vitamins C and E work synergistically to protect lipids (fat), proteins, and membranes from oxidative damage (hence the name antioxidant 🙃). Vitamin C is needed to regenerate vitamin E by reducing vitamin E radicals formed when vitamin E scavenges oxygen radicals.

Basically, when vitamin E does its job to neutralize free radicals, it becomes a free radical itself, until vitamin C comes along to neutralize it.

It is well established that supplementing vitamin E and vitamin C in combination lowers the concentration of oxidative compounds in the body and significantly reduces the production of pro-inflammatory molecules produced by lipid metabolism in the body. A reduction in pro-inflammatory molecules is especially important for horses needing additional vitamin E because it makes the entire supplementation program much more effective, lowers the predisposition to insulin resistance, and reduces the production of pro-oxidation molecules.

The form of vitamin E is also important for effectiveness. The chemical name for vitamin E is tocopherol which exists in eight different forms. The most common is dl-alpha tocopherol (synthetic), which is the form most vitamin E supplements contain. However, d-alpha-tocopherol (natural) utilized by the body much more effectively compared to dl-alpha-tocopherol, therefore, horses needing additional vitamin E are much better off receiving d-alpha tocopherol. A third form of vitamin E is d-gamma-tocopherol which has proven to be even more effective in regard to supporting cellular immunity and anti-oxidative activity in the body.

Current National Research Council (NRC) daily recommendations for vitamin E are 1 -2 IU/kg body weight (500-1000IU for 1100lb horse in good health), with an upper safe limit of 10,000IU per day. Generally, 10,000IU is only recommended short term for horses with EPM, with 2,000-5,000IU daily more commonly used in horses with muscle dysfunction. However, establishing a vitamin E deficiency through blood work is recommended prior to supplementing vitamin E beyond minimum requirements.

Stride Animal Health’s Vitamin E/C is the only vitamin E in combination with vitamin C product currently on the market formulated specifically for horses. Vitamin E/C contains d-alpha-tocopherol and d-gamma-tocopherol for maximum effectiveness.

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