We chat with Tawana Weicker from Harvest Clean soaps and shampoos; in Patipedia we learn how to introduce dogs to infants and small children; in Critter Nutrition we review which horse calming supplements to use when; and in Coffee Klatch we ask: if your dog or cat could read a magazine, periodical, or graphic novel, which ones would he or she read? Plus, Hedwig the Talking Pomeranian shares her daily reading list.
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Guests and Links for Episode 118:
- Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here
- Co-Hosts: Tigger Montague from BiostarUS and Pati Pierucci from from Pierucci Dressage
- Guest: Tawana Weicker, Founder of Harvest Clean
- Guest: Hedwig
- Guide to BioStar’s Horse Calming Supplements
- Ask Hedwig on Facebook
- Learn more about Whole Foods for Horses and Dogs
Co-host Tigger Montague advises listeners on which horse calming supplements to use when:
“Calming powders or pellets added to daily meals tend to last longer in the horse’s body. Paste calmers administered by syringe, along with many calming horse treats, go to work more quickly but the effects tend to not last as long.
Horses that experience long-term stress, such as being laid-up or confined, those who worry a lot, or who struggle periodically with training, may benefit more from a daily powder or pelletized calmer.
Horses that experience short-term acute stress from events like showing, shipping, or farrier work may benefit from a paste calmer given as needed.
Horses that are stress-prone at home and then experience a stressful event, such as going to a show, can benefit from both a daily feed-addition and a paste calmer when competing.
BioStar’s calming supplements for horses address the mind-body-stress axis. Although calming supplements that work on the neurotransmitters to induce a calmer state can be very effective, they do not address the root cause: stress, specifically cortisol…”
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