Ask the Nutritionist: Dr. Getty's Forum for Equine Nutrition
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Hi Dr Getty,
I do feel I must use the grazing muzzles. Without them during lush pasture times, the horses would get no turnout at all. They stay on 12 hours a day, I get home at midnight and take them off and close them in the drylot, and give them a flake of hay each. I'm glad to see that the brand of grazing muzzles you recommend is the kind I use. They don't like them much, but I think the turnout is a stress-reliever in itself. I'd like to set up a system like Jaime Jackson suggests in his book "Paddock Paradise", but that's only one thing on my huge list titled: "Things to Build on the Farm"
By the way, I received my Nutra Flax already! It came today and somebody included a bag of Famous Amos cookies for me!
Where are you from? Silex. Missouri
Hi Debbie,
I understand your situation and you are definitely a wonderful horse mom! 
Ah yes, don't we all want to have the space, time, and money (lots of it!) to make all those improvements for our horses!
Glad you got the Nutra Flax so quickly and those cookies are a nice touch from Horsetech -- for human consumption only! 
Dr. Getty 
Where are you from? Bayfield, CO