Tracie Seavey Audette Professional Page

21/06/2024

17/06/2024

Thank you, Oregon Cowboy Dressage for such a fun weekend of learning, teaching, and showing. I loved every minute of it and the COFFEE was fab!

21/05/2024

Thank you, Riley, Anna, and Robbie for show prepping your horses with me this week!
Dusty, Jesse James, and Brody look fabulous.
Best of luck at the show in Oklahoma City this weekend.

10/05/2024

Contact me for more information on this amazing sport.

Photo Credit: Maria MarriottIn recent decades, two new styles of Dressage have been introduced to the equestrian world, starting in the U.S. and spreading rapidly across the globe. They are known as Western Dressage and Cowboy Dressage. Often times they are referred to interchangeably, but they are,...

10/05/2024

Beginning to book for 2024!
It’s going to be the best year ever.

30/04/2024

I am teaching and judging in Oregon in June!!
Looking forward to it.

29/04/2024

Gangster Chex 2004 AQHA Stallion (Gangster Chic x Fritzin Jose Miss), turns twenty today.
He is the best partner ever.

23/04/2024

It’s birthday week!
Maggie (L) is 34 years old today. And Remey (R) is 35.
They have been supplements with Dynamite Specialty Products since they joined the family.
For Maggie, that’s been 29 years, and Remey for its been 24 years.
Thanks for being, my lovelies. ❤️

21/04/2024

I have been impatiently waiting for a patience pole.
It will be ready to go after another day of curing.
If you’re in central OK and want one made up. I know a guy…
It’s fab! Video in comments

14/03/2024

Getting ready to order tonnage Dynamite Dog Food Let me know if you want in on it by Monday.
Central Oklahoma

16/01/2024

I sure don’t miss the mess!
www.haywisefeeders.com

12/12/2023

I first posted a video of these two fillies using one of my Hay Wise Feeder, SEVEN years ago. Never a colic or a hint of digestive upset this whole time. And they are still using the same grate. www.haywisefeeders.com

02/11/2023

EDIT: Please feel free to use this pattern -and all the measurements-to get one made for yourselves. That’s why I included them.

So I did a thing this week.
Having very old horses, you never know when they may need help getting up from a nap.

Here is my version of an assist sling.

It is a commercial grade tarp, and rather maxed out my commercial sewing machine, so don’t judge the sewing job too harshly.

A super simple sling idea to use with your tractor, and give you peace of mind.

It adjust from 34” to 48” in width.
The finished length is 10 feet.
The straps are used 2” cargo straps.
The rod is 1-1/16” cold rolled steel.
The chain is 3/8” with appropriate pins.
The lifting eyes are hand made out of 3/8” plate.
The chest strap is double D rings (with spacer bars) on both ends, for easy on and off. I will add a fleece girth cover to it for comfort. The strap is 32” down from the top edge of the sling.
I will add a breeching strap as soon as I figure out where it needs to go. It will be the same as the chest strap.

26/10/2023

Happy National Mule Day.
It was truly love at first sight.

21/10/2023

In a world that needs more cowbell, nobody will have as much as I do, when I’m sitting at “C”.
Thank you ever so much, Clay and Phyllis Scott.

13/10/2023

I am now able to get price quotes for shipping
Hay Wise Feeders
As Estes Express continues to recover from the hack

08/10/2023

𝑽𝑶𝑳𝑼𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑵𝑬𝑬𝑫𝑬𝑫!
Angela Sisk Gentry
Volunteer and Silent Auction Coordinator
Click link below👇for Volunteer Opportunities & to contact Angela!
https://cowboydressageworld.com/all-horse-shows/volunteer-opportunities/

Thank you to those that signed up to attend the Cowboy Dressage World Gathering and Finals in October. We are excited to see all the folks that will be coming. As you know, it takes a whole clan to put on a show of this magnitude. We hope we can rely on everyone to help in some way by volunteering for a half or whole day.

Email Angela and please include in your reply the volunteer's name, phone number, email address and job desired. You can select from the following positions. A first and second choice of positions would be great.

⭐️ Scribe
⭐️ Runner
⭐️ Gate Person
⭐️ Office Help/Score posting
⭐️ Set up Friday afternoon for evening event
⭐️ Set up Sunday morning for awards
⭐️ Clean up Sunday after awards
⭐️ Court set up/tear down and daily court set up.

For positions during competition, we will use the schedule to give you a job assignment that does not conflict with your ride. If you volunteer half day or all day, you get lunch plus "Volunteer Bucks" good for next year's shows. For a more detailed description of each volunteer position, please Click Here for Volunteer Opportunities!

Thank you and I look forward to seeing you all at the Finals!

28/09/2023

Watch for these Dynamite partnerships at the Morgan Grand Nationals!

Best of luck Robbie, Riley, Anna, Dusty, Jesse and Brody.

I am honored to be a part.
I’ll be cheering you on.

27/09/2023

I will be shipping to Klamath Falls, Oregon very soon !
If you want to get Hay Wise Feeders and split freight costs , now is the time.

16/09/2023

Looking forward to some new adventures!

15/09/2023

It’s time to start scheduling for 2024!
I will be available for off site Cowboy Dressage and horsemanship clinics, wellness and bodywork seminars as well as judging for Cowboy Dressage.
For more details, PM me here.
Or, email: [email protected].

09/08/2023

I was so looking forward to judging for them, this weekend!
But, in the greater scheme of things, please be safe, Oregon.
We will catch up when the time is right.

𝘼𝒕𝙩𝒆𝙣𝒕𝙞𝒐𝙣
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐎𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 due to local Forest fires!! Stay tuned for updates.

20/07/2023

This is an article from KP Equine
The importance of full time forage.
My Hay Wise Feeders make it so fun and easy.

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For all of my friends that own, train, or care for horses. This is a MUST READ...

What is the longest a horse can safely go without food?
Answer from a veterinarian-
More and more I see horses and ponies stood for long periods of time with no hay or haylage. Usually under the guise of a “weight control diet”. So how long can a horse be without food before damage is done? And what damage is done?

For those with a short attention span, I’ll give you the answer to begin with - 4 hours, maximum.

Why?

Horses are grazers. They are designed to eat constantly. They have no way of storing their acids and digestive enzymes, they’ve never needed to. They have no gall bladder to store bile and their stomachs release acid constantly, whether or not there is food in the stomach and intestines.

A horses stomach only holds approximately 8-15 litres. Depending on the substance eaten, it takes on average 4-6 hours for the stomach to completely empty. After this, the acids and enzymes start to digest the inside of the horses stomach and then the intestines. This causes both gastric and intestinal ulceration. It has been estimated that 25-50% of foals and 60-90% of adult horses suffer from ulceration. But I won’t go into detail about this, there is a lot of information around about ulcers.

So is that it? Are ulcers the only concern?

No, having an empty stomach is a stress situation for a horse. The longer they are starved, the more they release stress hormones, cortisol predominantly. Cortisol blocks insulin and causes a constantly high blood glucose level. This stimulates the body to release even more insulin, and in turn this causes fat tissue to be deposited and leptin resistance. Over time this causes insulin resistance (Equine Metabolic Syndrome). All of these mechanisms are well known risk factors for laminitis and are caused by short term starvation (starting roughly 3-4 hours after the stomach empties). Starving a laminitic is literally the worst thing you can do. Over longer periods, this also starts to affect muscle and can cause weakness, and a lack of stamina so performance horses also need a constant supply of hay/haylage to function optimally.

Let’s not forget horses are living, breathing and feeling animals. We talk about this stress reaction like it’s just internal but the horse is well aware of this stress. Door kicking, box walking, barging and many other stable vices and poor behaviour can be explained by a very stressed horse due to food deprivation (we all have that Hangry friend to explain this reaction). Next time you shout or hit a horse that dives for their net, remember their body is genuinely telling them they are going to starve to death. They know no different.

But surely they spend the night asleep so they wouldn’t eat anyway?

Not true. Horses only need 20mins REM sleep every 24 hours (jealous? I am!). They may spend a further hour or so dozing but up to 22-23 hours a day are spent eating. So if you leave your horse a net at 5pm and it’s gone by 8pm, then by 12am their stomach is empty. By 4am they are entering starvation mode. By their next feed at 8am, they are extremely stressed, physically and mentally.

Now I know the many are reading this mortified. I can almost hear you shouting at your screen “if I feed my horse ad lib hay he won’t fit out the stable door in a week!!”

I will say that a horse with a constant supply of hay/haylage will eat far less then the same horse that is intermittently starved. They don’t eat in a frenzy, reducing the chance of colic from both ulcers and over eating.
Don’t forget exercise. The best way to get weight off a horse is exercise. Enough exercise and they can eat what they want!

Written by Vikki Fowler BVetMed BAEDT MRCVS

A few edits for the critics-

Firstly, feeding a constant supply does not mean ad lib feeding. It means use some ingenuity and spread the recommended amount of daily forage so the horse is never stood with out food for more than 4 hours. I am not promoting obesity, quite the opposite, feeding like this reduces obesity and IR. This can be done whilst feeding your horse twice a day as most horse owners do. Just think outside the box. Hang a hay bag or hay net*is one solution. Every horse/pony and situation is different, but this is a law of nature and all horses have this anatomy and metabolism. How you achieve this constant supply is individual, the need for it is not.

*the use of hay nets in the UK is very very high. I’d estimate 95% of horses I see are fed this way and very very few have incisor wear or neck/back issues as a result. Yes, feeding from the ground is ideal, but a constant supply, I feel trumps this. Again with ingenuity both can be safely achieved.

Final finally 🤦‍♀️ and I feel I must add this due to the sheer number of people contacting me to ask, feed your horses during transport!!! I am astonished this is not normal in other countries! Again in the UK, we give our horses hay nets to transport. We don’t go 10 mins up the road without a haynet and a spare in case they finish! Considering we are a tiny island and we rarely transport even 4 hours, we never transport without hay available. I have never seen an episode of choke due to travelling with hay available. If you are concerned, use a slow feeder net so they can’t take too much in at once.

If you get to the end of this post and your first thought is “I can’t do this with my horse/pony, they’d be morbidly obese”, you haven’t read the advice in this post thoroughly.

Thanks Trish!!

07/07/2023

I’m taking 12 more feeders to the freight terminal in OKC, today.
Some are headed to Nebraska,
But, most of them are off to a beautiful hunter/jumper/dressage facility in Maryland.
This will make 24 feeders for them.
To say I am both flattered and thankful for their continued patronage would be an understatement.
The fact that the green feeders match their facility colors perfectly, is just another bonus.
Thank you, Wyndham Oaks, and Wyndham Oaks II.

27/03/2023

Next up for Hay Wise Feeders is a week at Lazy E Arena for the Bob Feist Invitational! March 29 - April 4.
It’s my first booth at a major roping event. I am looking forward to it.

I will be available for equine bodywork by appointment, and as time allows.

15/03/2023

Getting set up for Equifest Of Kansas in windy and beautiful Salina, Kansas!
Stop by Tony’s Pizza Arena, Thursday through Sunday, and say hi.

06/03/2023

GREAT Advertising for my other “life”, done by the good people at Equifest Of Kansas.
Stop by and say hi!
March 16 to March 19.

Looking for a better, less waste, hay feeding solution? Who isn't! Horses can be wasteful!
Be sure to stop by and check out the Hay Wise Feeders booth in the Great Plains Manufacturing Convention Hall!
Tony's Pizza Events Center side of Equifest of Kansas brought to you by Kansas Horse Council
Coming at you...like next week!
🌻🐴🤠
2023 Equifest of Kansas March 16-19th in Salina, Kansas