I have 4 ponies ranging in ages from a yearling up to 25 years old. I feed this to all of my guys, and really wanted it for one of my ponies who has terrible feet (always chipping and pulling shoes) and for my older cushings pony as well who is under weight with no topline. I must say it was a bit of challenge to get one of my ponies to eat it. I did try to soak it in his hay cubes, but that resulted in a no go whatsoever - complete with feed tub tipped over. I started at half dose as well and then tried to soak it in molasses beet pulp on top of his grain. He would pick at it at night and eventually finish if by the morning. Its now been 2 months and I have slowly increased it to a regular dose and I can now just toss the pellets in with his grain (no soaking or mixing with beet...

My now 20 year old warmblood mare was diagnosed with COPD 3 years ago. Until this year I was spending a fortune and trying everything I could find to get her cough under control. We tried steroids, bronchildilators, inhalers and I even bought a nebulizer. I can't even think about how much money I've spent on this disease(I love her and she is one of the family so I'm not complaining!). I was coming to terms with the thought that she would have to be retired and become a pasture pet....until I read the Dr. Kellon article on the Madbarn website. I decided to give Spirulina and Jiaogulan a go. I'm so happy that I did. This year we have not used the drugs or nebulizer once and have lost no riding days due to coughing! I do have to say that I also have her in as much of a dust free...

If the description of this product matches your goals then I recommend it, but consider repackaging it once you have received it. I noticed an improvement in the coats of my two horses but it was difficult to get them to eat it. I had to add other enticing elements to get them to eat their soaked grain with this in it. The packaging is a tall resealable bag where the product settles to the bottom causing you to have to reach in and get your hands/clothes covered in the product. It doesn't brush off easily, I have to wash it off. I put mine into a shallow, wide-mouthed container and kept the scoop outside of it to reduce the amount of messy transfer. If you or your horse are sensitive to dust in the air, I recommend taking precautions. It plumes into the air easily when slightly agitated an...

I put my horse on visceral when he had a couple impaction colick episodes within a few weeks of owning him. I purchased online and kept him on for about 3 months. Mad barn reached out by email and asked how it was going. I said great and that I was planning to keep him on the product as he was doing so well. They responded and said I didn't have to keep him on that expensive product if he'd started showing signs of improvement and suggested I switch to this product. I was shocked as it's a cheaper sale for them but I appreciate the honesty so much and switched him about a year ago. He's been great since the switch. I ran out of the product and he was off it for about a week and the difference in lack of gas and stool passing was significant. When he's on the product his guts are working ...