Join us as we sit down with Angela Ardolino from CBD Dog Health to talk about CBD for dogs; the Breed of the Show is the duck; in Critter Nutrition we focus on alfalfa for horses; and in Coffee Klatch we ask: if your horse or dog was a human, what kind of car or truck would he or she drive?
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Guests and Links for Episode 109:
- Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here
- Co-Hosts: Tigger Montague from BiostarUS and Pati Pierucci from from Pierucci Dressage
- Guest: Angela Ardolino, CBD Dog Health
- Ask Hedwig on Facebook
- Learn more about Whole Foods for Horses and Dogs
Some background of the historical benefits of choosing alfalfa for horses, courtesy of co-host Tigger Montague:
Alfalfa is a member of the pea family, and was first cultivated in ancient Persia. It was introduced to Greece in 490 BC when the Persians invaded Greek territory. According to the fourth-century book Opus Agriculturae by the Roman writer Palladius, “a jugerum [Roman unit of area equal to approximately 0.623 acre] of alfalfa is abundantly sufficient for three horses all the year.” According to the World Heritage Encyclopedia, Spanish colonizers introduced alfalfa to the Americas as fodder for their horses in the 16th century, presumably aware that alfalfa was better than grass as food for working horses, because the horses had more energy.
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