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Horse Owner Services

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 <15 min phone call - FREE! 

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  • 1. Online Full Dietary Evaluation for your horse

    • $250/horse

    • Includes 20 min phone call

    • Determines how current diet meets your horse’s nutritional requirements based on the National Research Council’s Nutrient Requirements of Horses  

    • Report on calcium: phosphorus ratio, zinc to copper ratio 

    • Report on total non structural carbohydrate content of the diet

    • Make general recommendations to increase/decrease nutrients as needed

    • Discount if multiple (>3) horses on same hay/feeds are analyzed ($200 each)

    • Owner must provide weight estimate of horse, body condition score, activity level, health history, pictures, etc.

    • Owner must provide information and weights of all feeds and supplements offered, hay/pasture analysis (improves accuracy of the evaluation), weight of hay fed, information about pasture

    • If more help is needed, consider #3

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  • 2. In Person Full Dietary Evaluation for your horse

    • $350/horse, plus travel 

    • Physical examination of your horse to estimate body weight and condition

    • Weighing of all feeds and hay offered daily, pasture inspection, can take hay sample for analysis (cost of hay analysis not included, but I can send it in and add the cost to your invoice)

    • Receive same as Online Full Dietary Evaluation

    • Discount if multiple (>3) horses on same hay/feeds are analyzed ($300 each)

    • No mileage if horse is at a horse show at the NC Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh

 

  • 3. Diet Evaluation and Evolution 

    • $500/horse

    • 3 month package 

    • Includes all of package 1

    • Evaluates and fine tunes the diet

    • Based on discussion with the horse owner, feedback, new feeds/supplements selected, new dietary formulation and evaluation

    • Includes 1 hr of phone calls

 

  • 4. Clinical Diet Evaluation and Evolution

    • $600/horse​

    • 6 month package

    • Evaluates the diet with input from veterinarian 

    • Based on discussion with the horse owner, feedback, new feeds/supplements selected, new dietary formulation and evaluation

    • Includes all of #1

    • Includes 1.5 hrs of phone calls

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  • 5. Feeding Program Evaluation for your facility and horses

    • $250/hr site visit, plus mileage

    • Evaluation of horses and feeds available, can take hay sample for analysis

    • General recommendations for your feeding program

    • Fee waived if Full Dietary Evaluation (#2) performed on at least 3 horses

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  • 6. Educational Seminars/Webinars for your boarders and/or students of any age

    • Specifically designed for your group to meet your interests

    • $300 for 2 hr talk/discussion, plus mileage

    • Discounts for educational groups (eg. 4H, Pony Club)

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  • Other services available to suit your needs

    • Batch feed formulation (design your own feed for your barn)

    • Hay analysis interpretation

    • Supplement selection

    • Etc.

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  • Hourly rate – calls, questions, discussion of current feeding program, etc.   

    • $250/ hr

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  • Travel Mileage

    • Driving time billed at half hourly rate

    • $0.655/mile from Raleigh

    • No mileage counted if horse is at NC Hunt Horse Complex or Carolina Horse Park when I'm there 

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  • Hay and Pasture analysis available at additional cost via Equi-analytical

    • This significantly increases the accuracy of your evaluation

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