3 - STEP SUPPLEMENT SHOPPING

When choosing a nutritional or health supplement for your horse, make sure you understand the options available.

Buying a supplement for your horse doesn’t seem complicated. Visit a store, open a catalog or browse the Internet for a few minutes, and you’ll find an array of options in a variety of price ranges, all ready to be sprinkled over your horse’s ration or dropped in his feed tub.

But, of course, there’s more to it than that. If you don’t do a bit of research beforehand, you might end up with the wrong supplement for your horse’s needs. That, at best, is a waste of money. At worst it could create nutritional imbalances that adversely affect your horse’s health. “Trial and error” may work for buying some things, but it isn’t the way to go when purchasing a feed supplement for your horse.

This doesn’t mean, however, that supplement shopping needs to make you feel anxious or overwhelmed. Proceed with confidence by breaking the process into three simple steps: Identify the need, educate yourself on ingredients and compare your options. Follow these steps, and you’ll end up with the best supplement for your horse and avoid wasting money or creating nutritional imbalances.