H.J. Equine, Inc. Blog

I am from Colorado where it all began. When Dr. Jarvis and I were looking for CBD hemp oil in the equine industry, we came across a lot of growers, dispensaries and CBD Oil dog products. This was in 2017, and it looked like we were the only ones that wanted to create a product for horses. We were shocked that some dog CBD companies were developing an equine product without any knowledge of the... Read More

A St. Louis newspaper recently tested 12 brands of CBD oil sold in Missouri? 11 of those brands came from China and had no CBD in them at all and the 12th bottle only had a minute amount of CBD. So this is the reason that CBD does not work on people if they bought it from an unreliable source. When purchasing CBD Oil, go to the manufacturer's website and look at the Certificates of... Read More

When the H & J Equine CBD Supplement disc was developed to help the horses with pain management, we noticed that our CBD discs (cookies) also had a calming and focusing effect on our equine friends. When it comes to how to calm stressed horses with natural supplements, we have received many positive testimonials. With the horses we tested our product on, we kept hearing that the horses, donkeys, and mules were less anxious and... Read More

The skin is the largest organ in the body. The skin is a thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal. CBD Oil may be a great alternate and holistic treatment for horses with skin conditions. Many skin conditions are due to inflammation, and the anti-inflammatory properties of CBD Oil is a natural way to treat Rainrot, Ringworm, Mange, Warts, Rashes, Dandruff, Bug Bites, etc. There... Read More

So what is CBD and what is the difference between full-spectrum, broad-spectrum, and isolate? Let s start by talking about plants. All plants have naturally occurring chemicals some of these chemicals have medicinal properties and in the natural medicine industry, we call them active constituents. These active constituents are extracted by different ways to pull them out of the plant so that you get a higher concentration of that chemical. They do the same with... Read More

Mechanical Allodynia is a condition where a painful sensation caused by innocuous stimuli like light touch. Unlike inflammatory hyperalgesia that has a protective role, allodynia has no obvious biological utility. Just like humans, horses can be diagnosed with this as well. Colorado State University released a case report explaining how CBD helped a 4-year-old quarter horse mare that was diagnosed with Mechanical Alloydnia. A 4-year-old Quarter Horse mare was seen in the field by Colorado... Read More

The definition of horse inflammation is a localized protective response elicited by injury or destruction of tissues, which serves to destroy, dilute, or wall of both the injurious agent and the injured tissue. So, what does this mean? Inflammation occurs when the body s natural immune system is triggered to respond to an injury or perceived threat. The chemicals released by the immune system can increase the flow of blood to the affected area to... Read More