We share tips on helping horses with anhidrosis; the Critter of the Show is the Dark Brahma chicken; we take a behind-the-scenes look at how BioStar products are created, and we take turns matching famous riders with dog breeds.
Listen in!
Guests and Links for Episode 162:
- Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here
- Co-Hosts:
Tigger Montague from BiostarUS and Pati Pierucci from Pierucci Dressage - Ask Hedwig
- Learn More about the Dark Brahma Chicken
- Learn more about Whole Food Supplements for Your Horse and Dog’s Optimal Health at Biostar US
Photo sources: Pixabay and BioStar
BioStar’s Tigger Montague describes the freedom and challenges of making her products in-house:
“From BioStar’s humble beginnings to the present, we have always made our own products. There aren’t many companies left in the supplement industry that still make their own products in house.
Naturally, there are some very good and valid reasons companies choose to have their products made by a third party or a private label company. These reasons include convenience, cost, and scale. I’m just too much of a control freak to let any other company or entity procure our ingredients or make our products.
Developing a new product starts with a concept: a problem to be solved. Many of our products originated from customers who came to us and said, “I have a horse with an issue,” or “I have a dog struggling from…” Some products began with my own horse’s issues, and health concerns with my various dogs, or friends’ horses and dogs.
Our BioStar pastes, for example, came about after a persistent equine body worker nagged me for months for paste formulas. This was a whole new arena for BioStar, and we had to figure out how to make paste syringes in house. First, we had to find the right filling machine, which sounds simple, but trust me, it wasn’t. Did you know you can fire a syringe across the room if you don’t have the filling machine pressure adjusted just right?”
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