Elite Equine Health & Performance

12/20/2025

💥 Here’s your spicy gut truth of the day:

If your horse is on acid blockers long-term (👀 lookin’ at you, omeprazole)...
and still eating grain...
and already showing signs of gut issues...

🚨 You’re not fixing the problem—you’re fueling the fire.

Let’s break it down:
Your horse needs stomach acid to digest food and protect the gut. Block that acid for weeks or months, and what happens?

❌ Poor breakdown of nutrients (think protein, calcium, magnesium… aka everything your horse needs).
❌ Undigested starch slides past the stomach and small intestine...
🔥 Straight into the hindgut, where it ferments like a bad brew and sets off acidosis.

If your horse already has hindgut ulcers (spoiler: a ton of them do), this extra acid load isn’t just irritating—it’s damaging.

➡️ We’re talking inflammation, a disrupted microbiome, leaky gut risk, behavioral changes, poor performance, and weight loss... even colic.

And let’s be clear:
Acid blockers were never designed to be a lifestyle. They were a band-aid. A short-term patch. Not a nutrition plan.

🌱 That’s why our program doesn’t rely on acid blockers or buffers. We focus on feeding the gut what it needs to heal itself—starting with fiber, balance, and a formula that supports digestion through the entire GI tract, not just masks symptoms.

💡 If the gut’s already hurting, don’t shut down its natural defenses. Help it recover—naturally.

12/19/2025

Hindgut ulcers and why they are worse

12/19/2025

💃 Sore, Stiff, and a Little Salty?

Your horse might be dealing with joint inflammation.

And let’s be honest — if you were pounding around on frozen ground in steel shoes while eating a high-carb diet… you’d be cranky too.

Here’s the tea:
Joint inflammation isn’t just about wear and tear — it’s about internal chemistry, too. And yes, what you feed matters. 🧪🔥

🐎 Signs your horse’s joints are over it:
✔️ Slow to warm up
✔️ Stiff steps, especially in cold weather
✔️ Swelling or heat
✔️ Cranky under saddle (same, honestly)

💡 Let’s feed smarter:
✨ Omega-3s (coconut, chia, camelina) — reduce inflammation
✨ Vitamin E — helps combat oxidative stress in joints
✨ High-quality protein — to rebuild tissue, not just fuel
✨ Low starch, low sugar — because sugar fuels inflammation like lighter fluid
✨ Gut support — because bad bugs = bad joints. It’s all connected.

🚫 Tossing your horse a joint supplement while still feeding sugary grain is like putting aloe on a sunburn while tanning. Looks helpful. Isn’t.

🔥 Bottom line:
Support their joints from the inside out — with the right fuel, not just another scoop of hype.
Because nobody’s got time to be stiff, sore, or salty.

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12/19/2025

🎄Winter update: Your horse is now 50% fluff, 30% hay, 10% sass, and 10% mystery gas.

Yep, it’s that time of year when your sweet gelding grows a yak coat, your mare turns into a dragon, and everyone on the internet is arguing over the sacred question:
TO BLANKET, OR NOT TO BLANKET?! 🧣🛑

Here’s the deal — your horse isn’t made of marshmallows. That floof isn’t just for looks — it’s part of their built-in thermal system, designed to trap heat and keep them toasty. BUT...

🧊 If they’re clipped, skinny, old, or look like they’d rather be in Florida — throw a blanket on.
🔥 If they’re a fat, fuzzy tank with a hay buffet and shelter? Let ‘em be a horse.

✨ Bonus tip: Don’t skip the nutrition part. Forage is your horse’s true heater — not grain. That hay you’re feeding? It ferments in the hindgut and keeps your horse warmer than any blanket ever could.

So before you add another layer of polar fleece, ask:
🔹 Is my horse actually cold?
🔹 Or do I just feel cold and guilty?

Either way, make sure they’ve got:
✔️ Free-choice hay
✔️ Clean, unfrozen water
✔️ Proper nutrition
✔️ And maybe… a little less drama from us humans 😂

Stay warm, stay sassy, and remember — no one argues about blanketing donkeys. Just sayin’. 🐴🎅

12/19/2025

We care because ingredients matter

12/17/2025

Holidays got you down?
🤣😬

12/17/2025

What's in your gut?

12/16/2025

If you can't pronounce it don't feed it.

12/16/2025

We all know it's coming 🤣🤣🤣

12/15/2025

Chronic inflammation is slowly degrading your horses gut, joints and lungs. Theres a better way.

12/11/2025

When you choose the red pill...🤣 seriously though we're cheering everyone one and praying for fast safe clean runs tonight!