Rooted In Equine Wellness & Nutrition

10/31/2024

This girl is the driving force behind my desire to pursue equine nutrition! Her name helped form my business name, and she is the poster girl for said business!

Roo got her body clip for winter today! She is always a little on the hefty side (she eats from a super slow feed hay net, she goes out muzzled, and she is on a balancer, so we are always TRYING to lose extra pounds, lol), but I think her body condition looks pretty decent here, AND THE SHINE, under crummy lighting...something is going right under the surface!!!!!!

Send me a message or get in touch if you are interested in a custom-made program for your equine partner!!

09/13/2024

Meet Jack, a 27 year old quarter horse gelding. He just finished up a 90- day nutrition program with me, and he is looking great!

These are his before and after pics! He still has a little more weight to gain, but his mom and I are both very pleased with his progress!!

If you think your horses nutritional program might need a makeover, give me a call!!

05/14/2024

03/06/2024

Do you know how to determine your horses ideal body condition score?

Body condition influences everything in your horse’s life, from reproductive efficiency, to performance, to good health. By using Body Condition Scoring (BCS), you can find out what kind of shape your horse is in, and work to improve the score. Scoring focuses on critical areas of the body, based on palpable fat and visual appearance.

The ideal body condition for "most" horses falls between a 5-6.5 🥰

This chart gives good examples of what a BCS of a 1-8 look like.

If we book a session one of the most important things we will make sure you can do is accurately body score your horse! It is CONSTANTLY changing, and it is vital that you can ascertain your horses ideal condition!!

Thank you KER for such a good BCS chart!

12/17/2023

Here is Roo getting some massage work done by Anja at InSync Equine LLC. Get your horse an early Christmas present 🎁...a nutrition consult with Heather and some bodywork, somewhere! The 1-2 punch in wellness ❤️

10/04/2023

What do you know about Vitamin E?

•Is your performance horses diet meeting their required needs for vitamin E?

•Did you know that Vitamin E serves as an antioxidant in tissues, protecting cells from oxidative damage done by free radicals.

•As your horse’s exercise load increases so does the number of free radicals produced, resulting in the need for more vitamin E.

•Not all Vitamin E is created equally! There is natural vitamin E and synthetic vitamin E. Which one are you using, do you know?

•Do you need help determining if your horse’s diet is providing an adequate amount of vitamin E for their workload? Send me a message. I’d love to work with you!

08/26/2023

**HOW DOES IT WORK?**

What happens if you are interested in a consultation? What can I do for you and your horse?

Well, here are the nuts and bolts of what my service looks like!

Did you know that there are basic nutritional requirements based on your horses weight and lifestyle that are already set up in a database called the NRC? Everyone has access to it! The NRC database will tell you what your horses digestible energy needs are, their crude protein needs, and what many different vitamin and mineral requirements are, as well as lysine, the number 1 limiting amino acid! Do you know what that means??

I am able to look at your hay/forage analysis as well as your feed tag, then compile your horses current diet to determine whether or not his/her basic feeding requirements are being met by their current diet, and if they are not, then we put a plan in place to do so!!

I will teach you to understand body condition scoring so that you, the owner, can regularly evaluate your horses current body condition, and if it is not appropriate for your animal we will set a goal together and a nutritional program to help your horse get there! This is done by adding or cutting calories from their current diet in a very specific way so that weight loss/gain is done at a slow and consistent rate.

If necessary, sometimes we also need to take special circumstances into account, like EMS, HYPP, muscle myopathies, f***l water syndrome, senior horses, dentition problems, etc.

If you would like any more info, prices or would like to set something up please give me a call at (330) 340-6113

08/19/2023

Horse friends...I did a thing!! I have become a certified equine nutritionist!! Business cards have arrived, a website has been created and this page is a work in progress!!

My little red mare is the motivation for my business name, Rooted In Equine Wellness & Nutrition 🥰 Her illness issues over the past few years (and eventual MIM diagnosis) prompted this entire journey, because I feel that a combination of nutrition and bodywork quite literally saved her life, and now it is allowing her to continue with our journey and education under saddle ❤️!

I would love it if you could take a moment to checkout my website, and if you or any of your friends ever have the need for a nutritional consultation for your horse or farm, please don't hesitate to contact me!

Below are pics of my home page, a picture of my business card and a picture of my case study during my coursework. He a 3 year old TB who came to me a bit under conditioned, needing weight. We had a 90 day plan in place but he was sold after 60 days, so these pics are 60 days apart...the top pic was day 1 and the bottom Pic was day 60.

Link to my website: https://rooted-in-equine-wellness-nutrition.square.site/

Call or text me at (330) 340-6113 if you want to chat about your horses nutritional program!

08/15/2023

Business cards are in!! 🤩

08/10/2023

Meet Banks... my first client horse! I had a 90 day plan in place for him but the owner sold him after 60 days 🤣. Anyway, here is a picture from the beginning of our journey and another one 60 days in!

08/08/2023

Those of you who know Roo know of her past health issues. What you may not know is that it was a deep dive into nutrition (and bodywork) that got her well!! Through that journey I have developed a passion for equine nutrition and I want to help people help their horses be their best through science-based nutrition!

Here is a picture of Roo at her worst, AND BEST...let me help you do the same for your horse!

Until I have a business phone 🤣 you can message me through this page about rates and programs!