Love is the reason behind everything at Skode's. The company got its start when a beloved Arabian by the name of Vashka, was diagnosed with Insulin Resistance. He needed low sugar/starch treats. But there weren't any.
So Vashka's human, Lori Yearwood, learned how to make them. Her research taught her that all horses benefit from low sugar/starch diets. That's when Lori -- aka "Skode" -- launched the first specialty low sugar horse treat company in the entire world.
Love is the reason we create our treats with actual whole foods hand picked from local, organic farmer markets and fair-trade organic wholesalers.
It's also the reason our cookies are made from a base of at least 85 percent human-grade flax, then mixed with high nutrient, powerhouse foods like organic spirulina, rosehips, sunflower seeds, German chamomile, and much more!
You won't see the word "fortified" on our labels. Our whole food ingredients have not been stripped of their natural nutrients and therefore need no alterations to be nutritious. The vitamins and minerals of the high-fiber whole foods that we use are kept as intact as possible by using minimal heat in our unique baking process. Copper, Zinc, Biotin, Magnesium -- it's all in our treats. Naturally.
We really love horses.
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Vashka hugging Lori, Skode's founder
Skode's treats are lovingly handmade by real human bakers inside a small brick and mortar cottage in Southern Oregon. We take a lot of satisfaction in knowing that every ingredient we use has a purpose. You won't find pointless fillers like alfalfa meal or soy hulls and we don't use cheap horse feeds like rice bran or beet pulp, either. Instead we carefully choose ingredients found in nature's whole foods -- fragrant, delicious, nutritious foods like flower petals, fruits and vegetables.
As we do things like sprinkle rose petals a top our Enchanted Flower Blossom cookies, Skode's horses often walk up to our shop door and ring the doorbell to ask for cookies. This is not an exaggeration - scroll over the photo of our After Care Cookies (to your right) and you will see Raya, ringing Skode's shop bell with her tongue!
Skode's: Approved by The Official Equine Cushings and Insulin Resistant Group
Endorsed by: Dr. Juliet Getty, Equine Nutritionist and Author of Feed Your Horse Like a Horse
Formulated by: Experts such as Dr. Cassie Schuster, Nationally Board Certified Equine Naturopath.
Created in collaboration with: Esteemed herbalists such as Australian herbalist Catherine Bird, author of A Healthy Horse the Natural Way.
Says Dr. Juliet Getty: "Why Skodes? Because people know their horses deserve to be healthy and they trust us to care for them. Skodes treats do just that, and the horses absolutely love them!"
Our treats are are inspired by the needs of our own sensitive, Insulin Resistant horses. However we know that Insulin Resistance does not exist in nature. It's a disease of the domesticated horse. Adhering to a natural, low sugar/starch lifestyle is the healthiest lifestyle for all horses. We collaborate with world renowned experts to research and develop minimally processed, human grade foods that give and sustain life. Check out our Experts Page.
Cookies -- on Purpose!
