Heather is a certified animal nutritionist, with an animal sciences education background and a Master’s degree in Equine Science. She works with both canine and equine clients across the US, from the West Coast to the East Coast. Heather is highly involved in consulting for both performance and show horses, as well as horses suffering from metabolic disorders (Insulin Resistant and Cushing’s). Her canine clients range from agility, AKC champions, service dogs and many family companions.

She owns and personally operates a licensed Equine Retirement Ranch in New Mexico and does extensive rehabilitation, lay-ups for performance horses, and founder recovery with incredible success, all based on the building blocks of patience, care and a nutritional foundation.

Heather is an active speaker in the community, regularly requested to speak and educate consumers, dog and horse owners, farriers and even veterinarians.

Pampered Pooch and Pony Equine and Canine Consulting emphasizes client education over all else. It is our goal to have you understand the reason for our recommendations, achieving the best health for your animals, as well as ensuring that our clients become educated consumers to make good choices when purchasing animal feed and supplements. Since we are a private, independently owned company, we are not limited in our recommendations and suggestions by name brands and preferred dealers. We are not compensated by any company, instead we work for you! Your pet’s best health is our top priority.

We work primarily by referral basis, from both large and animal veterinarian referrals to farriers and clinicians and pet owners. Our rates are kept low to ensure that we are able to help the most amount of owners and animals possible.
Consulting services for both horse and dog nutrition are offered to our clients.

Equine Consulting Services:

Nutritional Consulting
The steps for building a BALANCED diet based primarily on forage are:

• Analyzing hay for specific mineral imbalances
• Helping you understand how specific imbalances may be driving health concerns and poor condition or performance, and potential metabolic disorders. Education on how to limit these or correct the diet
• Calculate energy requirements in pounds per day, depending on age & work load targeting your horse’s specific needs
• Calculate protein & Mcals to ensure your forage provides sufficient energy and calories for your horse’s level of work and general maintenance.
• Calculate and balance minerals based on NRC guidelines, along with helping you understand how these balances work.
• Adhering to a custom diet to reduce risks of laminitis and/or founder for metabolic horses

Base fees for Consulting and a Custom Diet Plans

• $65 per horse/per diet plan includes instruction and use of hay corer to test your forage, mineral balancing, custom diet set-up, and unlimited phone consults over the course of a specific hay season. Also includes fine-tuning your diet when increasing work load or returning your horse to work and/or competition
• $115 for multiple horse owners for up to three horses and individual diets for each horse. Plan includes instruction and use of hay corer to test your forage, mineral balancing, custom diet set-up, and unlimited phone consults over the course of a specific hay season. Also includes fine-tuning your diet when increasing work load or returning your horse to work and/or competition
• $455 for large barns, breeding and/or boarding farms, race tracks. Customized diet plan for up to 10 horses. plan includes instruction and use of hay corer to test your forage, mineral balancing, custom diet set-up, and unlimited phone consults over the course of a specific hay season. Also includes fine-tuning your diet when increasing work load, broodmares before and after foaling, and show season adjustments.

Canine Consulting Services:

• Analyzing your current diet plan based on your specific dog’s health and performance requirements
• Educating the client on a dog’s actual needs and ability or inability to digest specific ingredients. Helping you understand why what you are feeding may be driving specific health problems or issues
• Calculate energy requirements, depending on age & work load targeting your dog’s specific needs and activity levels
• Calculate protein & calories to ensure your diet provides sufficient energy and calories for your dog’s activity level and general maintenance, as well as considerations for weight loss or gain, depending on need
• Ensuring your dog is consuming the proper levels of vitamins and minerals according to NRC guidelines and supplemental suggestions based on need
• Consulting is based upon either a commercial diet, a raw diet, or a combination

Base fees for Consulting and a Custom Diet Plans

• $35 per dog/per diet. Plan includes a custom diet set-up, education on what you are feeding and why, insight into the commercial dog food industry, suggestions to alternative feeds and unlimited phone consults for 6 months.
• $70 for up to 3 dogs/individual diet plans for each dog. Plan includes a custom diet set-up, education on what you are feeding and why, insight into the commercial dog food industry, suggestions to alternative feeds and unlimited phone consult for 6 months