Dull Coat - What to Do?

[16_Hands]

Thanks for the input JB. I’ll check out the website when I’m not at work.

[newhorsemommy]

@JB

Call me skeptical, but I can’t fathom how 1oz of the following ingredients

Soyflour with Soybean Oil added, Vegetable Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Dextrose, Zinc Methionine, Calcium Silicate, Vitamin E Supplement, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Vitamin A Acetate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin.

With a GA of

Guaranteed Analysis [TABLE]
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[TD=“colspan: 1”]Moisture, max[/TD]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]6.5%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]Linoleic Acid (as glycerides), min[/TD]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]8.5%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]Zinc, min[/TD]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]0.1%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]Vitamin A, min[/TD]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]36,000 I.U./lb.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]Vitamin E, min[/TD]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]240 I.U./lb.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]Vitamin B6, min[/TD]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]30 mg/lb.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]Biotin, min[/TD]
[TD=“colspan: 1”]1 mg/lb.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

has any effect on the coat.

I have a horse I rarely groom, he’s fed a ration balancer most of theyear, most years, extra E in the Winter, added copper and zinc, and most of the year he too gleams when he doesn’t have dried sweat or mud on him.

Yeah, I know The ingredients are pretty underwhelming, but my mare really does look fantastic when I keep her on it. I really can tell a difference after I’ve had her on it for a couple of months.

[16_Hands]

I had a mare with brittle, shelly feet that were impossible to hold shoes on. After a couple of months on NWS, her hoof quality improved markedly.

[JB]

At a rate o about 1/4"/month of new growth, a couple of months wouldn’t have any improved foot down more than 1/2-3/4", 1" tops, and certainly not low enough to have any impact on the staying power of shoes.

Hair can’t be improved other than topically once it’s grown in. Many people think a new supplement is working without taking into account the coinciding situation of a new, pristine (shinier, healthier, darker) coat coming in at the same time.