EPISODES ABOUT: TIPS & TRICKS
Ep. 080: Why Every Horse Owner Needs an Emergency Disaster Plan: Expert Tips with Dr. Briana Hamamoto
Co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr chat with guest expert Dr. Briana Hamamoto about how to best prepare animals for an emergency disaster and tips for a smooth reunification...
Ep. 079: Normal vs. Abnormal in Backyard Chickens - How to Know When Something is Wrong with Dr. Geoffrey Lossie
On this episode, co-host Katy Starr and guest expert Dr. Geoffrey Lossie discuss sourcing and caring for chicks, along with common diseases through different life stages and how to prevent...
Ep. 072: How Horses Stay Warm in the Winter & Proper Blanket Management for Health and Safety
On this part two episode, co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr and guest Dr. Michelle DeBoer continue their discussion about how horses keep themselves warm and the hot topic of blanketing...
Ep. 071: Does My Horse Need a Blanket in the Winter? What the Research Says
Co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr and guest Dr. Michelle DeBoer discuss whether or not horses actually need blankets in the winter, based on scientific...
Ep. 065: What Can Happen If Horses Don’t Drink Enough Water
Co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr discuss how important water is to horses, how to identify signs of dehydration and...
Ep. 057: How to Prevent and Manage Laminitis
Co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr discuss laminitis in horses, including what is laminitis, what is the difference between laminitis and founder, causes of laminitis, how to feed a horse with laminitis and so much...
Ep. 056: How to Improve Your Horse’s Diet - Including 4 Example Horse Diets Balanced by Dr. Cubitt
Co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr discuss how to improve your horse’s diet with premium quality forage if your main supply is a local hay. Dr. Cubitt balances four example diets, as if she were working with a client’s trail riding, dressage, barrel racing, or senior horse. She also walks through an average quality local hay analysis, and what she can add to fully balance the diet to meet...
Ep. 047: How Properly Balancing Your Horse’s Diet Can SAVE You Money in the Long Run!
Co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr discuss the importance of balancing a horse's diet including: • Can horse's meet their nutritional requirements on a forage-only diet? • What are the initial discovery questions Dr. Cubitt asks horse owners to determine how to start balancing a diet? • What can happen to a horse on a high forage/low concentrate diet vs a low forage/high concentrate...
Ep. 041: You Want to Feed Your Horse What?!
Co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr discuss the non-traditional type things people like to or have heard of others feeding their...
Ep. 039: Feeding Tips for Short Travel with Horses and What It Takes to Fly Internationally
Co-host Katy Starr chats with equine nutritionist, Dr. Stephen Duren, PhD, MS, PAS about traveling domestically what international travel is like with horses, including: • What are the physiological effects of horses during transport? • Should we feed our horses the morning of a trip? • What can we do if we can’t get our horse to drink water when traveling? • How is preparation for international...
Ep. 035: Pro Tips for Getting Pastures (and Horses) Ready for Spring Grazing
Co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr discuss a jam-packed episode on horse pasture management and...
Ep. 025: How to Plan for Hay Needs and Useful Storage Tips to Avoid Hay Loss
Co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr chat about how to figure out how much hay you’ll need through the cold, winter months, how much space you need to plan for to store hay, and how long properly stored hay will...
Ep. 019: Protecting National Lands with Certified Noxious Weed Free Forage and Straw
Co-host Katy Starr chats with Dr. Stephen Duren, Ph.D., MS, PAS about what certified noxious weeds are and why are they so bad for the...
Ep. 015: How Proper Nutrition Management Can Decrease Your Horse’s Risk of Colic
Co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr chat about every horse owner’s worst nightmare,...
Ep. 014: How Can I Keep My Horse from Eating Too Much or Too Fast?
On this episode, co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr chat about what can happen if a horse overeats, how we can encourage our horses to extend eating time versus eating too fast, and how to limit stress when using slow feed...