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    Feeding Donuts to horses?!

    Am I the only one that thinks feeding donuts to horses is a bad idea?
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    Then don't feed them to your own horse.

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    • #3
      A little bit of sugar never hurt anyone! It's always cute to see them suck down an entire donut in a single bite.
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      • #4
        I think that the caretakers of the horse wouldn't feed them donuts if they thought it would be a problem.

        I had a horse that loved white wine. I asked the vet and he said "no problem". He (my horse) only got the boxed wine however, I don't think he was picky about vintages..

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        • #5
          It wouldn't bother me. I remember reading some old horsey book about a girl who would feed her horse the crusts of her bread. When I was a kid I wanted to be like the girl in the book and I tried to feed my horse bread but he didn't like it. Probably would have eaten it if it had been covered in sugar though!

          Would I make donuts the main source of my horse's nutrition? No. But would I feed him a doughnut hole once in a while if he seemed to like it? Sure, why not! It should take a lot more than that to kill him!!

          ETA my old trainer used to give my horse a cupped handful of white wine all the time. She loved it! I tried beer with my new horse and he seems to enjoy a handful of MGD64, as well!

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          • #6
            Ever deal with ponies?? Anything goes. LOL Including champagne, twizzlers, orange slices......bananas......and of course the regulars......peppermints and carrots. Everything in moderation.
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            • #7
              My horse's favorite treat is either hot fudge sundae PopTarts or Arizona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey. She seems to be doing just fine. Its not like that is the only thing her diet consists of.
              Only two emotions belong in the saddle: One is a sense of humor. The other is patience.

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              • #8
                As a 2x/year treat (x-mas and his birthday) I hardly think it's a problem. Stoney is 23 years and going strong on the 2 pink spinkle doughnuts/year regimen
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                • #9
                  I had an evil Miniature who LOVED blueberry doughnuts. He was so evil he rejected all treats of any variety- you weren't going to butter him up. Oh no. But... blueberry doughnuts? You had one of those? Yep.

                  Once I learned this I never went to a horseshow without a bag of blueberry munchkins and things improved hugely. He was so damn smart he knew if he gave me 15-20 minutes of civility he'd get a doughnut shoved under his nose as soon as we came out the gate.
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                  • #10
                    My already hopped-up, hyper active OTTB loves MONSTER Energy drinks when we are spending time together at shows. Maybe that is why he is a flake in the flat classes! He only gets a palm-full but always looks for more.

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                    • #11
                      We give our horses Carrot Cake on Christmas and their and their birthdays Everything in moderation!!
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                      • #12
                        There is a rule that if you win at least one gold medal, you get donuts when you retire. I'm surprised you haven't heard of it, both DeNemathy AND Littauer taught it.
                        Your crazy is showing. You might want to tuck that back in.

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                        • #13
                          I wouldn't have a problem if it was a special occasion and I knew (mostly) what was in the food. If a person would rather not feed their horses human treats, then stick to traditional carrots and apples.

                          My junior hunter was obsessed with chips, in particular cool ranch doritos. Went nuts if he heard anything that sounded like a chips bag. He also loved orange gatorade--heaven forbid you give him the red kind or he spat it all over you--an excellent way to turn show breeches into schooling breeches. He got both typically during the summer once we'd finished a week or two of showing.

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                          • #14
                            when you win, say, a gold medal, I think a treats okay. of course, that does not mean the micheal phelps diet! :P

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                            • #15
                              Just recently discovered the horse i ride loves him some cheetos and caramel dipped apples. And blueberry scones. He's had a bite of ham sandwich apparently, too. And his stall is adjacent to the food vendor at home shows.... she now knows to keep the hamburger buns out of his reach!! Naughty thing. He would probably LOVE donuts... if I did! But since they're not something I'd bring with me to the barn, it'll be a while til he experiences those.

                              The old guy I rode in high school preferred root beer after lessons. So cute.

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                              • #16
                                Horses can eat a little bit of "junk" food from time to time and it won't hurt them.

                                My guy LOVES twizzlers, pretzel, and chicken nuggets. He only gets them very rarely or if the #&$*(er steals them from mom
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                                • #17
                                  Am I the only one who thinks it a little funny that out of the whole Sapphire retiring thing and the really cute pictures we've been privy to, OP choses to critique McLain for feeding Sara donuts?

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                                  • #18
                                    Mine drank his wine from a thick tempered glass tumbler, (the kind that is shatter proof like windshield glass).
                                    He would get sort of cross eyed and stick his tongue in the glass (to the bottom) and slurp it up.

                                    It ended up being the "go to" for standing still for the vet.
                                    So easy.
                                    A twitch didn't work, but break out the wine..

                                    He'd be so worried about the vet that I had to put my finger in the wine and then in his mouth. Once he got the taste of it he concentrated on the wine, and only the wine.

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                                    • #19
                                      um, alliekat? don't look now, but i think that cake caused some funny growths on that horse's ears!!!!!!!!!!

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                                      • #20
                                        Originally posted by skydy View Post
                                        Mine drank his wine from a thick tempered glass tumbler, (the kind that is shatter proof like windshield glass).
                                        He would get sort of cross eyed and stick his tongue in the glass (to the bottom) and slurp it up.

                                        It ended up being the "go to" for standing still for the vet.
                                        So easy.
                                        A twitch didn't work, but break out the wine..

                                        He'd be so worried about the vet that I had to put my finger in the wine and then in his mouth. Once he got the taste of it he concentrated on the wine, and only the wine.

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