Treated horse for ulcers and now want to incorporate outlast in the prevention regimen. How are you using it? Horse already gets 24x7 hay access and we recently added alfalfa a couple times a day. I’m thinking outlast before I ride, trailer, etc?
I am not treating my 3 for anything, but as a preventative, I feed the Outlast treats. Easy and the horses love them.
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I just top dress their breakfast and dinner 2x day. I’ll also give before a trailer ride or before we show.
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Twice a day. Vet said to increase it to three time a day when I start showing/trailering/stressful events. She also suggested to add a little alfalfa in with it so he get a handful of that. He’s a mini that has scoped twice for pyloric ulcers, probably related to stress from surgery last year ( he has also been treated with the usual protocol). He LOVES his Outlast.
My welsh pony gets his Prascend in a hollowed out Oatlast treat and it’s made med time so much easier. I see I wrote Oatlast,lol. I’m leaving it as his name is Oatie 
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I give it before every ride.
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My vet suggested it as a top dress 2x a day when conditions are right for causing tummy troubles. Three times a day when away from home. She said she uses it on her horses when they travel now instead of Ulcergard.
Right now mine just gets some before rides, mostly because he loves it so he comes into the barn without me having to walk through mud to catch him.
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I give it as a snack, with a flake of hay, before riding. I use SmartGut Ultra with breakfast and dinner, along with 2 flakes alfalfa and a big flake of grass in a slow feed net.
I haven’t traveled with her since discovering the ulcers and treating, but I plan to use Ulcerguard the day before, the days of, and the day after traveling.
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I do this.
Vet also suggested giving the horse about a pound of alfalfa 30-40 minutes before riding/lunging. Said don’t work the horse on an empty stomach.
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Both of mine get it at breakfast and dinner. Lola, who is being worked, gets some before I do anything with her, but not if it’s the trainer and I am not there.
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Twice a day. The directions call for 3/day, but that’s not an option for me. I don’t leave home with my horse.
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Three times a day in their grain - breakfast, dinner, night check, plus a 4th feeding before trailering.
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On “hard” days- lessons, clinics, show days- breakfast, dinner and as grooming/before tack up. Regular ‘home’ days (hacking, light ride) during grooming/before tack up. Days off- none. Trailering- during preparation (grooming, shipping boots), and then as above, depending on purpose for trailering…
I LOVE Outlast (or Digestive Balance as it’s called in Canada) !!!
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Is it actually the same product? Purina in Canada is a different company in the US as far as horse feeds are concerned.
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3x daily in feed as a preventative
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I give one cup (like a real measuring cup) once a day most of the time. Usually, I will feed it before a ride to make sure they have something in their tummies (but you also do not want to overfeed before you ride - too much in their tummy before exercise isn’t the best).
If I am going to be hauling somewhere, I’ll also feed it before they trailer up. I may feed a second time when at a show.
Note that there are a few different ingredients in the cookies vs the feed, so if your horse has any allergies, be aware of that. (there is soy in the cookies but not in the feed)
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I’ve been told it’s the same thing, for what it’s worth?
My question is around how long to use it… The label/webpage says “two weeks or as recommended by a vet” https://equipurina.ca/en/products/supplements/digestive-balance/
So, I used one bag and quit, because… Well, I’m not sure why, but I worried I might be doing some sort of damage with using it for a longer time.
Are folks using it more continuously? Is there value in using it a few times a day on “tough days” and not at all otherwise?
Yes, I feed it 2/day every day, as recommended by my vet.
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So Purina in Canada is a different corporate beast than Purina in the US. Looking the page you linked, that looks more like the Nutrena Empower Digestive Balance in the US which has (among other things) alfalfa, marine sourced calcite, yeast culture, and zinc butyrate which support both gastric buffering and hindgut balance.
Purina Outlast in the US is mostly alfalfa and marine sourced calcite to primarily address buffering gastric acid, and less on addressing the hindgut.
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My horse gets 200 grams twice a day. He has been on it for 3 years now continuously. If I’m going to ride him, I give him another 200 grams 1/2 hour before I ride him. It’s been a while, but I’m pretty sure I got this regimen from reading Purina’s feeding instructions. If I remember correctly it can be fed up to 6 times a day. (I don’t weigh it out - Purina has this handy cup with the 200 gram amount shown on the side.)
Horse scoped clean but still acted like his stomach was bothering him so I figured Outlast was a good place to start. He hasn’t exhibited any issues since I started feeding it.
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