Mother is the necessity of invention.  That is certainly true in this case.  I have made my own horse treats for years.  We have yet to find a horse that doesn't like my horse cookies, and thus, went into the business.  Today they are "The Best Horse Cookies", and they come in several flavors.  They, too, are made with all natural ingredients, all of which I buy at my grocery store, so all of it is 'people quality' food ingredients.  The Best Horse Cookies do not have any cheap fillers in them, like alfalfa meal, which so many horse treats today do. 
   All is well.  Then.... my Morgan, Elvis, (WickedGoodKnightKiss) is very cresty.  He has always been an incredibly 'easy keeper'.  I have joked often about how I could keep Elvis on asphalt.  Honestly.  He's a typical Morgan, about 14.2, short backed, round, tends to be fat.  Ok.  We try dry lotting him.  We put him on 'Lite' feed, and little of that.  He slowly loses some weight.... but he is still crested.  and Elvis has always been a bit prone to laminitis.  He's only 8 years old.  So, I do not even go down the road of 'Cushings'.  He sheds out beautifully.  But, this cresty neck is concerning me.  So, I start hunting information, and discover that Elvis is probably 'IR'  insulin resistant.  It's apparently something like type 2 diabetes in people.  Which is the kind you control with diet.  Ok.  Gotcha now.  Everything I read pointed to this.  IR horses, like Cushings horses, and EPSSM (Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy) and RER (Recurrent Exertional Rhabdomyolosis) horses have a problem with carbohydrates, which is the basis of most horse feeds.  So, the diet deal kind of stinks.  It's not easy to find 'low carb' stuff, which includes the 'sugars'.  Not just white sugar, but the sugars that are in: molassas, (virtually everything fed to horses, especially treats, has got some molassas in it), corn syrups, and all the fruit sugars that are found in apples, carrots, raisins, banannas, etc.  
   Geez!  There is a task for me.  Figure out a way to make horse treats out of nothing horses enjoy.  Ok.  No problem.  Ha!  Believe it or not, I DID IT!
   I have developed a horse treat that can be fed to our 'problem carb' horses.  
It is the only 'RICE BASED" horse treat I can find, and  I think it may be the only one out there.   My Natural Horse Treats do not have any: Corn - the highest ranking NSC (Non-Structual Carbohydrate) or Oats, also NSC high, or Molassas, Sugar (Not white or brown), or any fruits/fruit sugars.
   Natural Horse Treats are rice based horse cookies, with just enough flour to bind them together, and hold in the flax seed, which is fabulous for ALL horses, as it's loaded with those great Omega essential fatty acids. I make them here at my house, by hand, they are oven baked til crunchy, and all our horses seem to love them as much as the other horse cookies I make.  They come in 3 flavors:  Vanilla, Maple (NOT from maple syrup but only maple flavoring) and Cinnamon Spice.  
   They are the same price as The Best Horse Cookies, only $2.00 a pound.
   I do not make the treats until your order comes in, so they are literally as fresh as you could 
   possibly get.  

                             
  The treats/cookies           in my oven                          
   You can buy Natural Horse Treats and The Best Horse Cookies at
   Mountain View Equine Hospital
   309 Old B and O Road
   Steeles Tavern, VA          (540)  377-5700       they are right outside of Lexington,
                                                                        just off I 81

   Or order them directly from me.  It's easy.
Please simply email me with your order, or if you have any questions.  
You pay the actual cost of shipping/mailing the treats. Check the shipping info page, and that will give you an idea of the cost. 
        I would love to hear from you.  You can also call  (540) 837-1550 or my cell (540) 533-8535
    Thanks for visiting.

        Lori

               formyquarterhorse@hotmail.com


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                                                      Elvis is the black horse
      We have got El on low starch feed, plus I give him a magnesium supplement as well
      I also feed all my performance horses, and my performance prospect babies "Source."
      I believe it's good stuff.  Really.

                                       Me on JD Freckles  2005 Quarter Horse Congress