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Hi Kim,
You are wise to be cautious. Oversupplementation is one of my concerns and I pay close attention to this when making recommendations to clients.
Both Ration Plus and HardKeeper will go very well with your current feeding plan. Ration Plus is a prebiotic, providing nutrients to the bacterial flora in the hind gut. The result is more calories from forage, resulting in weight gain. And HardKeeper is a fat supplement high in omega 3 fatty acids.
All the best,
Dr. Getty 
Where are you from? Bayfield, CO
Hi Kim,
I believe you mean Weight Builder -- that's made by Farnam and it is basically the same as Hard Keeper (Vita Flex is a division of Farnam). So, if you can find the Farnam product, that will be fine.
About Ration Plus -- go to State Line Tack's website: www.statelinetack.com. They have a store locator in the upper right hand corner and and there is at least one store in Ontario, that I found. They carry Ration Plus on their website, so they may have it in their stores.
Let me know if you're successful.
All the best,
Dr. Getty
Where are you from? Bayfield, CO