Horses
Year end work at the farm is typically pretty crazy. There are a lot of loose ends to tie up with paperwork, and on top of the paperwork we have a bunch of horses to take care of. This time of year in our part of the country is kind of tough on the horses because of big swings in temperature and the amount of moisture that we get, so the normal workload is amplified to make sure all of our horses are happy and comfortable! Most businesses slow down or take a break for the next couple of weeks, but for us it is just business as usual- research projects to work on and horses to take care of. Because we run full staff on holidays we try to make the most of the holiday season by having a little fun here and there. In the picture above, Santa (aka Chubby) is visiting Charlotte (one of our weanlings). He brought her all kinds of good stuff including some Ultium Growth and Nicker Makers. Chubby is a 16 year old quarter horse that does treadmill and palatability work for us. Charlotte is also a quarter horse that has been doing some growth and development work for us by eating Ultium Growth while we measure the rate at which she is growing. Every horse here has a job, whether it is growing young horses, or older horses. They all help us understand more every day about how to make products that can make a difference for you and your horse. So from all of us here at the farm, Happy Holidays!
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Ok, I admit it. Even after a year of working with the Budweiser Clydesdales, I am still the worst stereotype of a horse-crazy tourist—taking pictures with my phone of the horses, the dogs, the wagons, me with the horses, and the dogs, and the...
- Happy Thanksgiving From Our Farm To Yours!
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- Avalanche!
We are getting into the thick of it now, there are eight foals on the ground for us. We have two more mares that are due in the first part of April, so we might get a short break of checking mares all night! All are doing quite well so far, and they...
- Sneaky
When you work with horses surprise is never in short order. At the last check around midnight neither of the mares we suspected yesterday (Patty or Snakey) was looking much different, and this mare (Lucy) was just kind of hanging out. Lucy is actually...
Horses
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- Happy New Year, Happy New Barn!
Happy New Year everyone! You may have noticed that we didn’t have a lot of blog posts directly from the Purina Animal Nutrition Center the second half of 2013, and that is because our palatability barn looked like this: Our team was really...
- Feed Fit For A King - Purina And The Budweiser Clydesdales
Ok, I admit it. Even after a year of working with the Budweiser Clydesdales, I am still the worst stereotype of a horse-crazy tourist—taking pictures with my phone of the horses, the dogs, the wagons, me with the horses, and the dogs, and the...
- Happy Thanksgiving From Our Farm To Yours!
Holidays can be a wonderful time for rest, relaxation, and time with family and friends. But if you have horses, it can sometimes seem like any other day! As you know, the horses don’t know it’s a holiday, they expect to be fed on time,...
- Avalanche!
We are getting into the thick of it now, there are eight foals on the ground for us. We have two more mares that are due in the first part of April, so we might get a short break of checking mares all night! All are doing quite well so far, and they...
- Sneaky
When you work with horses surprise is never in short order. At the last check around midnight neither of the mares we suspected yesterday (Patty or Snakey) was looking much different, and this mare (Lucy) was just kind of hanging out. Lucy is actually...