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 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 EPSM (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: molasses, (virtually everything fed to horses, especially treats, has got some molasses in it), corn syrups, and all the fruit sugars that are found in apples, carrots, raisins, bananas, 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-Structural Carbohydrate) or Oats, also NSC high, or Molasses, 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 4 flavors:  Vanilla, Maple (NOT from maple syrup but only maple flavoring), Cinnamon Spice and Mint.  

   They are the same price as The Best Horse Cookies, only $2.75 a pound.
   I do not make the treats until your order comes in, 
   so they are literally as fresh as you could possibly get.  

    Now, it also takes me a while to make these cookies, as I do make them by
    hand.  I can only make about 3 -4 pounds a day.  They bake for hours, then 
    I let them cool at least overnight before packaging them up to be shipped. 
    I am not a 'store', and I do not have an 'inventory' or a  surplus of cookies 
    just laying around until an order comes in.  Often, I will have to go buy the 
    ingredients when an order comes in. I don't keep a bunch of that laying around
    either. I honestly don't make them 'til I get an order.
    So please be patient, and don't expect your cookies the next day after you 
    order them.  It will take me a little time to make them all.

                             
  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.

   I ship all the horse treats/cookies via U.S. Priority Mail,
   when I am finished baking your order, I will get them to
   the Post Office and  the package will arrive in 2-3 days.  Simple. Easy. Quick.

simply email me with your order,  at   formyquarterhorse@hotmail.com

You can get:  vanilla    ~    maple    ~    cinnamon  ~  mint

    Sampler pack ~ $3.00 + $4.85 shipping =         $7.85

                    6 lbs.  $16.50+  $10.50 shipping =    $27.00

                    9 lbs.  $24.75 +  $14.50 shipping =    $39.25
  
            I will make a nice mix for you, so that you will get some of each flavor. 
            There are approximately 45-50 cookies in a pound. I will make a nice mix
            for you, so that you will get some of each flavor. 
            They are about an inch across. I use a melon baller to scoop 
            out the dough, so that should give you an idea on their size, 
            per piece.  I almost always go 'over' the poundage, and I don't 
            worry about it, as I am shipping Priority, 'if it fits, it ships'.  
            So you will always end up getting a little more than what you order.
            And if I end up with a lot left over, I will throw even more extra in! :)
             
                   
            I use good ol' ziploc bags (the easy kind to seal with that
            zipper tab deal at the top, not the kind that you have to push together!) 
            ~ about 1 pound/45-50 cookies fit in a quart sized bag
            ~ about 2 pounds/100+ cookies fit in a gallon sized ziploc bag.
     
    These cookies last a long, long time. They are baked virtually dry, and they have
    no egg, dairy, fats or sugars in them to grow any molds, etc. 
    
     They have only 4 ingredients : 
                          Rice (cooked) , white flour, flax seed (ground), 
                          and flavoring.  That is it.  That is all that is in them.

    I do this out of my own kitchen, here at my farm.  I have not sent them off to a 
    science lab to be tested for the carb amounts. I do not have exact amounts
    of the carb content in these cookies. I make them by hand.
     I can tell you they appear to be about  as 'low carb' as you can get for 
    horse treats of any kind, since they have no sugars and none of the 
    high carb corn or oats. 

            I also GUARANTEE these cookies.  If your horse does not like them, 
            you can send the remainder back to me* (actually you will send it to 
            a horse rescue group) and I will refund your money, minus the shipping cost
    
    Payment: you can either paypal me at formyquarterhorse@hotmail or 
                    if you want to send me a check/money order, just tell me that in
                    your email

     
        Feel free to email me anytime with any questions, etc. or
          You can also call  my cell (540) 533-8535 *  
               *(it's infinitely easier to get me via email than by calling. 
                 I am notorious for not charging my phone!  :)  )


    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, called 'Remission.'

      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