09/21/2026
Client Spotlight 💡 I started working with Bella & Tobe this spring, when their devoted owner Vicky wanted help building diets that addressed each of their specific health concerns and histories in tandem with the stalwart vet & podiatrist team she already had in place.
For Bella, our priorities were gaining weight, topline, and energy, without compromising metabolic health given her history of endocrinopathic laminitis. For ToBe, we set out to slim down about 25 lbs (a 1/2 body condition score) without compromising his already-solid foundation of forage.
While we tried a newer, speciality feed option for Bella initially — one that honored Vicky’s preference for limited, whole food ingredients — ultimately we opted to switch to a product better fortified for consistent, reliable results in Bella’s body condition and topline. We soon met our goals, and Bella, like ToBe, has been thriving in the dressage ring, even going to both of their first horse shows in a long time ✨
When an owner has specific preferences for their horse’s feed, I value:
- explaining the science, or lack thereof, behind these — for ex, a desire to avoid soy, GMOs, or commercial feeds
- explaining which of these preferences we can honor while still providing a balanced diet that supports their horse as an individual
- being ready to pivot and reevaluate in 30 days if any owner’s intially-preferred approach isn’t working as well as we’d like (which is what we did with Bella)
Lastly — these two special horses have some big things coming up — they are moving with Vicky to Switzerland at the end of the month, where they’ll be eating diets of Swiss-available products we are gradually transitioning them to now. 🇨🇭Thank you, Vicky, for entrusting me with Bella & ToBe’s nutrition — I’m looking forward to being part of this transition and next chapter 🤍
