Jenny Taylor – Lameness – Cushings – Navicular – Recovery - Southern Stockhorse Association
John Dowdy:
Hello, and welcome to this week's Equinety podcast. We are swinging up into the great state of North Carolina, we've got Jenny Taylor on this week. Jenny, welcome to the Equinety podcast.
Jenny Taylor:
Thank you. I'm looking forward to being on here and talking about all the awesome things with Equinety that I've learned.
John Dowdy:
Well that's awesome, and I've been trying to twist your arm for quite some time to be on, so I do appreciate it. Now let's give a little bit of your background. You were on the board of directors for the Southern Stockhorse Association. Tell us how long you've been involved with the Association and what that Association is all about and what kind of things go on at the Stockhorse Association.
Jenny Taylor:
So I got introduced to Southern Stockhorse Association in 2009. Southern Stockhorse is a ranch horse versatility association that allows... They promote versatility. That's what our slogan is, and so what we do is this is your working horses, these are the horses that you're going to ranch, you're going to use on the ranch, you're going to go work cows on, you're going to go out on the trail, [inaudible 00:01:11], that sort of thing. So all the classes are designed for that stock horse to ranch horse, and the events are... You've got cutting, ranch cutting, working cow horse, boxing, ranch roping, trail ranchmanship, confirmation, reining, and a rail class. And all of those classes come together to really show off the versatile horse, because everybody's showing in every one of these classes. And that's Southern Stockhorse!
John Dowdy:
Well, that sounds like a lot of fun, and based on your description, I would assume there are no four wheelers invited.
Jenny Taylor:
No!
John Dowdy:
Only the raw horsepower, that's pretty awesome.
Jenny Taylor:
Yeah, no, four wheelers, no skid steers, no nothing. You got to be all horseback.
John Dowdy:
All horse, alright. Four legs, not four wheels, got it!
Jenny Taylor:
Right, right.
John Dowdy:
That's awesome. So let's share with everyone how you were introduced to the Equinety product. What was going on with your broodmare?
Jenny Taylor:
Yeah, so two years ago had a broodmare come that was going to be foaling out and so took it to the breeding farm, Langdon farms in Benson, North Carolina. She does all the breeding for me and foaling out, and so I took her there and the mare was just really unsound, and just acted very uncomfortable, and I'd told her, look, if we need to... The vet had already approved that if we wanted to put her on Equioxx or anything like that, we could go ahead and have her on that through the term of her pregnancy until she foaled out and then we would look at some different options.
And Christy called me, and she's like, "I've been introduced to this product Equinety", and she said, "We've seen some great results with some lameness." She's like, "will you try it?" And I said, "yeah, actually I will, I'd love to. I've heard just a little bit about it, but don't really know... Hadn't tried it yet, but yeah, sure, let's try it!" And five days later, Christy doesn't even call me, she just sends me a video of my, of my mare walking, and she was walking the most sound and comfortable that I had seen her walk in sometime. So it definitely was something that happened pretty immediate, shocked me truthfully on how well she did, and of course I picked up the phone and called Christy and I was like, "what the heck?" And after that, it just had me very interested, as far as what is Equinety and what the heck does it do? Because that is pretty amazing.
John Dowdy:
Yeah, it is, and we actually did a podcast with Christy all about how the product has changed her whole business model, being a breeding facility, so if you're tuning in and interested in that, or know somebody in the breeding world, that can be found on our website at podcast.teamequinity.com. So with having this kind of transformation in only five days is pretty darn incredible. And I'm going to go through a couple other stories and then I'll get into, for those of you tuning in for the first time, exactly what this product is, the Equinety Horse XL and how it works in the body, and why it helps in so many ways. Because we're going to go through, I don't know, four or five, maybe six different horses here, different ages, different things going on, and just this one product has helped all of these scenarios. So, with seeing that video in only five days and just the transformation that it had, where was your mind next with which horse you're thinking, "well, maybe I'll try it on this one." And so tell us about that.
Jenny Taylor:
Yeah. So I have a 22 year old cutter, he's Rocky, 22, old cutter. Just great horse, and I was like, "let's just try it on him to see what happens." So I put it on him, just to build a little bit better topline on an older horse, reading some of the things that Equinety can do. And I was like, "it's not going to hurt him anymore, let's see what we can do to get a topline back on him." And, the beginning... So that was the middle of February, beginning of March, and about 30 later I went to go help at a ranch clinic and I took him. And normally he is my just jog real slow, put anybody on him, no big deal, kind of horse and a little five-year-old girl went a ride, I was like, "yeah, she can ride Rocky, put him on it."
I don't want to say he took off with her, but he had so much energy trotting around the arena, I was like, "who is this and what is this horse?" And so I let her ride just a little bit longer, she just had a great time and then she stepped off him and I got on him and he just felt like a different horse. I'd asked for left lead and he just immediately picked up the left lead where he'd been stiffer on that side before, had a ton of energy. So I went and put him back into regular work, and I started sorting on him, and two years ago I did really well sorting on him and pulled a bunch of checks.
John Dowdy:
Nice! Now, just to clarify the product... He had a lot more energy, but it wasn't... Just for clarification purposes, because a lot of people are concerned, oh, is this going to make my horse hot? Was he hot? Or did he just feel better and that's where the energy was coming from?
Jenny Taylor:
He just felt better. Example, before when I'd asked him to lope, they'd be like, "do I have to? Do I really have to? You really sure you want me to lope?" And this time it was like, "yeah, let's go lope." And I didn't have any problems pulling... Asking him to stop or asking him for a slow lope. He just felt better.
John Dowdy:
Yeah, and again, that's something we, we hear quite often and being 100% pure amino acids, there's nothing in there that makes them hot or lethargic or anything. Probably the best description is it just helps balance the horse from the inside out, at the cellular level, is probably the best description we get, often. Now let's go to a non-performance horse. Let's talk about your 30 year old Cushing's pony that was blind.
Jenny Taylor:
Yeah. So I picked up... Long time ago I had this old pony and then had several friends' kids that needed a pony, so Ginger Pepto went through several families of kids. And then the summer, two years ago, they called and they said, "hey, the kids have outgrown her, do you want her back?" And I was like, "yes, absolutely." And Ginger had some moon blindness, when I pick her up realized that she had some moon blindness, her hair coat was super long. This was the end of July, she looked horrible, she really just didn't look well. And I was like, "well, put her on Equinety, see what happens."
And really within 30 days she blew out that long, hairy coat, got slick, put on good weight, rounded out, just did amazing. And we know that she was Cushing, so we treated her, we fed her accordingly to as a Cushing's horse should be fed and did a lot of other things for... And then the next spring, she did grow, over the winter, she did grow a very long coat, but come April she blew her hair coat completely out and looked super slick.
Yeah, she just did amazing on the Equinety. I think it really balanced out her Cushing's.
John Dowdy:
Yeah and we hear that a lot, we get a lot of questions, is this safe for Cushing's horses? And absolutely. We've been on the market seven years and pretty much any scenario, it's one of the reasons why we started this podcast was to have our customers share their personal stories, and a lot of times they've tried everything that they know to try, a lot of times they're at their wits end and they just don't know what else to do, or it's a simple mystery lameness type thing, or it's in the performance horse world and there's nothing really quote wrong, but they're just looking for the recovery and the stamina and the focus and they haul better. And so, for those of you tuning in, and maybe you're looking for something to just help your horses overall wellbeing, what the Equinety Horse XL is, it's a hundred percent pure amino acids.
There's no fillers, there's no sugars, no starches, and there's no loading dose, and a serving size is 5.2 grams, which is about a teaspoon, regardless of the size of the horse, now whether it be a tiny mini or a draft horse, they all get the same dose. And so what these, what these amino acids are specifically doing is giving the body what it needs to release its own hormones from the pituitary gland. And then their body can decide where to send its own hormones to its own problem areas, and this is why it helps in so many ways and why it doesn't classify as a specific supplement, whether it be a hoof supplement, a joint supplement, a topline building supplement, or recovery supplement, or shiny coat supplement, it doesn't fit into any one of those categories. The thing that makes it so unique is we're giving the body what it needs, so it can help repair itself at the cellular level.
And this is one of the reasons I was excited to have you on to share all these different experiences from a brood mare to a 30 year old pony with Cushing's to your 22 year old, which you were able to get back in the arena and start pulling checks with again. And you've done such an awesome job at helping us spread the word to your friends, and I know you had some other stories, these aren't your horses, they were just some friends of yours that were dealing with some things, let's spend a little bit of time and just give the folks some of those stories as well.
Jenny Taylor:
Yeah. So with Southern Stockhorse, I see a lot of people have a lot of really good friends that come and show with us, and I'm always giving samples out and telling people about it and I have a friend down in South Carolina that she took a sample and tried it just because I said, "hey, try this." And she said... Let me back up. So I gave her the sample and the horse is one that, it just shows a little bit of stiffness in him. He's not real old, he's only 12, 13 years old, but just is kind of stiff, and she would give them Bute at the shows, and he had special pads and special shoes and things like that, but he's just a super awesome horse.
And so when she put him on it really didn't think much of it, because he had a good hair coat, he had good body coat, body weight, all that stuff. About three weeks later, the farrier comes and he's like, "what are you doing?" He's like, "I can pick up his backend so much easier than I've ever been." He was like, "whatever you were doing, you keep doing it." And she called me and she was like, "I didn't think up stuff with working, because I didn't really see a difference," and she's like, "but holy cow, we can already tell a huge difference in him."
John Dowdy:
Yeah, and I will say we have turned some of the super skeptics, especially those in the farrier world that've been around dangerous situations and they might have something specifically wrong what their hoof that the farrier is trying to work on, but it's such a challenge because they're in so much pain, whether it be arthritis or whatever the case is, and just having trouble getting that foot up. And so many situations just as you're describing, they come out and it's like, "okay, what did you do to this horse, because they're just standing there allowing me to pick up their hoof." And they're dumbfounded because what is going on, but just one of the other many benefits, it just helps them feel comfortable from the inside out.
Jenny Taylor:
Yeah, and I just keep getting messages and I keep getting pictures and, "hey, this is what I Equinety has done for me." There's a girl up the road that was asking me about Equinety and she put her horses on it, and she actually sent me before and after, and this is a two year old. And the difference in a matter of three weeks in just his condition, his topline, even as coat color, was unreal. The things that you see, the changes, and they're pretty immediate.
John Dowdy:
Yep, it's one of the other benefits, and I'll get a little science-y on you here, but for those tuning in, when your horse eats protein, the protein molecule is actually too big to be absorbed, so the body has to break that down into peptides and then down into amino acids where it can now be absorbed, and so this takes time. And so what we're doing is we're starting off with a specific blend of amino acids, so they're rapidly absorbed within hours and it goes right to work within 24 hours, as far as releasing these hormones or getting the body to release the hormones.
So we've had a lot of people in feedback with horses that have stress, anxiety, or are a bit spooky that have had complete demeanor changes in as little as two or three days. And in the performance world or some of these scenarios, like what you're describing, in as little as two weeks they've noticed transformations. Whether it be a shinier coat, they feel better under saddle, they're more comfortable, more flexible, they haul better. So I would say the vast majority, and I'm talking upper 90 percentile of people, see changes, I would say in 30 days or less, which is pretty darn powerful.
Jenny Taylor:
Yeah, and that's pretty much what I'm seeing too, is that people are seeing really quick results. One that I had last summer was a 27 year old horse, I think 27, 28, just a good broke horse, but he was kind of skin and bones. They sent me some pictures and he looked super poor. Couldn't figure out what was going on, lame all the time, dealing with abscesses and craziness, and the lady just wanted to ride her horse, and wanted to make him comfortable.
So put them on Equinety and, kid you not, within two weeks sent me pictures and where it's hip bones or a triangle before because the tailbone and the hip bones are sticking out, in two weeks, he'd rounded out. Huge notice, huge difference. And then, in another three months he looked like a completely different horse. And so a year later met up with her to go give her some Equinety, and I was like, "hey, how's he doing?" And she's like, "we're trail riding, we're going all the time." She's like, "he's the best horse in the barn. He's round, he's fat, he looks amazing, he doesn't look his age and he's doing awesome."
John Dowdy:
Yeah, that's so awesome to hear, again, one of the many benefits of this product is being able to help the horse balance from the inside out, which then allows them, with the proper nutrition, to fill out and do the things, and what we found being on the market for seven years, it doesn't seem to matter what state the person is living in or what the conditions are or what the quality of feed and nutrition they're getting. When they add this tiny little scoop to their daily feed, they just blossom, with whatever that horse is lacking. And sometimes these super show horses that look phenomenal and then they add the little scoop and then they're like, "oh my gosh, I didn't even know the coat could even get any more shiny," or they're just recovering faster. Now, one of the other stories that you were telling me was a friend of yours that had an older rope horse that was possibly going to have to look at a navicular surgery. Tell us about that one.
Jenny Taylor:
Yeah, so the horse wasn't mine, I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but they didn't even think they were going to be a show in a couple of years ago. And they were having to do some heavy Bute to get through a class or to get through a show weekend. And I was like, "here, try some Equinety," and I was like, "it's not going to be a cure-all, it's not going to fix everything, but here's my experience, and horses are just a lot more comfortable." And the next show, I was like, "hey, how did the Equinety do?" And he's like, "we won't take him off of it." He said, "we found that we're probably going to..." He's got a navicular, but they were basically able to hold off surgery for at least the last two years.
John Dowdy:
That's incredible. Once again, I could just repeat how incredible each story is, but it's true. Are there any other stories that come to mind that you think might benefit anyone tuning in?
Jenny Taylor:
Yeah. For those that have the performance horse, they've already got their horse on great diet program and the horses look great and they're performing well, what I've seen is... I've got another friend that shows NCHA cutting and those horses are rode in the loping pen for several hours. They're worked, they come out, they're tired. They typically get stocked up, their legs get wrapped, and you can tell with the cutting horses, it just takes a toll on them. And after a show, one of my friends put her horses on Equinety, and they been on about a month and she called me and she said the muscle recovery was unreal. She said the next day the horses felt phenomenal. They weren't down like they normally are, didn't show any signs of stiffness or soreness from being shown three days in a row. And these are horses that are pretty pampered, regular chiropractic visits, getting MagnaWaves, getting all of this other stuff, but she noticed the biggest difference with the Equinety.
John Dowdy:
Yeah, and this really works well when you're doing that kind of maintenance with chiropractic and the MagnaWave and things, the practitioners that we talk with on a regular basis with MagnaWave, because you're working at the cellular level there, they love this product to work in combination, and then when you're dealing with the chiropractic, a lot of the feedback, the adjustment seemed to hold longer. That's just what a lot of feedback that we've received. Well, if there's anybody that's tuning in and they're like, "wow, this sounds really good, but almost too good to be true." Would you have any advice for them to maybe get them to go ahead and try the product?
Jenny Taylor:
Just do it.
John Dowdy:
There you go, folks! And end call!
Jenny Taylor:
So, one of the things that hit me was, I like soda, I like fountain soda. If I was to go to the store and get a fountain soda, it costs me a dollar and it's not uncommon for me each day to go get a fountain soda because I really like it. And it hit me to go, this is what it would cost to try this product, it's going to cost me a dollar a day, no more than my sodas. And when I saw the change in the horses, I don't feed them as much, it doesn't take as much bulk feed to keep their toplines looking great. I'm not throwing a ton of supplements and things. Equinety is the only thing that I give my horses.
It works. I mean, I've seen such great results, I've seen people that... horses hooves that abscess out so bad and they're like, "I don't know what to do," and I was like, "try Equinety," and then they're calling me three weeks later going, "oh my goodness, I've never had this much trimmed off on my horses feet, my horses manes and tails look phenomenal, they're very long, very slick and shiny, and my horses just look really good, they feel good." My advice would be to just try it. Just try it.
John Dowdy:
At a dollar a day, it's really tough to beat that. With all the benefits that you get, because we have a lot of people too, that they're having whatever issue with their horse and they're looking for something to solve that particular issue, whatever it might be. And so often they'll come across the Equinety product and what they find is, is not only does it help that particular problem, but then there are all these other benefits, and a lot of times people will ask us, we're using these other supplements, should I stop using those and just give this?
And so our recommendation is, don't change anything you're doing and just add the Equinety to it, and then that way you know it's the only element that you've changed. And like I said before, the vast majority of people notice, within a couple of weeks to 30 days, the changes, and at that point you can then decide whether to reduce or stop using other things. You know your horses better than I do, for sure. So this is just what we recommend, and it's also a hundred percent safe to give with any medications in any scenario, because it's 100% pure amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein. Now you've got a big show coming up here at the 1st of June, I believe it is. Tell us about that.
Jenny Taylor:
So Southern Stockhorse has our summer spectacular coming up June 4th through the 6th, in Bladenboro, North Carolina at 5k Arena. This is one of the largest ranch horse shows on the east coast, and we will have a full slate of classes. We'll start with Grant Thornton on Friday night, and we'll just roll through Sunday. We've got stockhorse cutting, ranch cutting, boxing, working cow horse, ranch roping, confirmation trail, ranchmanship, and reining, are the classes that we'll have. So it'll be a fun and awesome weekend. Unfortunately, stalls are sold out at the facility, but for anybody in North Carolina that wants to drive in for the day we do allow drive-ins.
John Dowdy:
Absolutely. And I think you had a record sell out, in how many days?
Jenny Taylor:
Four days, we sold out stalls.
John Dowdy:
Yeah, that's awesome. So if you're looking for something for some entertainment over the weekend, then drive in and be a part of it, that's pretty awesome.
Jenny Taylor:
Yeah, so we can still accommodate more riders and exhibitors and horses, we just don't have stalls available for people to stay on site.
John Dowdy:
Is there a website or any way for them to be able to take a look at all that or reach out to you?
Jenny Taylor:
Absolutely. Southernstockhorse.com is our website, and then we are on Facebook, like everybody else. And so if you look up Southern Stockhorse, you can find us on there, we've got an event page for the Summer spectacular too.
John Dowdy:
That is awesome. Well, Jenny Taylor out of North Carolina, thank you so much for taking the time to share your experiences with the Equinety and tell us all about the Southern Stockhorse Association. We really appreciate it.
Jenny Taylor:
You are very welcome, thank you. Bye bye.
