Beer For My Horses

We have tried so many things to help Dottie with her gastro issues over the last year. Everything has worked...until it did not. Due to her age, we may never get rid of the extra fluid but we can try to keep her comfortable.

The beer drinker in the family

So after trying steroids, gastroguard, antibiotics, chinese remedies and diet change, Mom decided to try an old cowboy remedy for scours in cows. It is simple: beer and brewers yeast.

Peggy had some 16oz Miller left over from her brother's visit that we started with. We definitely saw a difference pretty quick. Personally I am not into beer, but I am glad Dottie seems to like it. Then Dad gave us a couple of Guinness and Redds Apple ale someone gave him.

My brother's favorite

The Guinness worked really well. Some Internet stories say it is due to the yeast and hops giving good probiotic effects. Of course there was no way Dad was spending that kind of money on Dottie.

The barn fridge looks like a college dorm's

Up next was Pabst Blue Ribbon. Not my favorite since it smells more alcoholic then the others. Dottie has no opinion, she seems to think they are all okay. It seemed less effective then the others. Part of it may have been the smaller can. The biggest surprise we had was that DaVinci likes the beer too. Who would have thought Mr. Picky would like that stuff.

Then Dad found Sprint beer at Lidl. They are still 12oz cans so we bumped up Dottie's dose to 1.5 cans. The other half goes to DaVinci. It keeps him from stealing Dottie's food.

Dad bought more beer today, so Dottie will be stocked while we are away. She is on brewers yeast too. That just came a week ago, so we will see if that helps more. She has better piles and less fluid. Of course we have had a temperature change which makes it hard for her. We have hope that she will continue to improve. Do you think the stores believe Dad when he says "The beer is for my horses" ? Ah what we do sometimes.