Description
Are you looking for comprehensive, practice-oriented training in equine nutrition – online and at your own pace?
The “Sanoanimal Equine Nutritionist” training provides comprehensive knowledge about digestion, metabolism, and feeding of horses. The goal is to maintain or specifically support health through targeted and individually adapted feed management – whether in recreational settings, with chronic issues, or as a complement to therapeutic care. This training conveys the fundamentals of equine nutrition in a practical and scientifically sound manner, explains connections, and develops strategies for how common lifestyle diseases such as EMS, laminitis, or skin problems can be positively influenced through sensible feeding. The program is designed for everyone who works professionally with horses or wants to support the health of their own animals more effectively. Whether for therapists, stable operators, or dedicated horse owners – the course provides a solid foundation that can be applied directly in practice. No prior knowledge required.
Secure your spot now and learn to support horses competently and sustainably.
What You’ll Gain from This Training:
Directly Applicable Knowledge: Whether for your own stable or in your daily consulting practice – the knowledge can be applied immediately and helps make feeding more targeted, healthier, and more effective.
Greater Confidence in Nutrition Questions: After completing the training, you’ll recognize what horses truly need – independent of advertising or trends.
Targeted Support for Health Problems: Develop individual feeding concepts for horses with metabolic disorders – scientifically sound and practically applicable.
Strong Start in Consulting: Support continues after training: With monthly case discussions and access to the digital patient record system, you’re well-equipped for practice.
What You’ll Learn in This Training:
This program provides comprehensive knowledge about equine nutrition based on individual needs – practical and scientifically sound. You’ll learn how digestion and metabolism work in horses and what role individual feed components play. Using typical case studies, you’ll discover how nutrition can be strategically used for health maintenance or sustainable therapy for existing problems.
These topics await you:
- Fundamentals of digestive physiology: How horses utilize feed
- Function and importance of roughage, concentrate feeds, and supplements
- Detoxification systems: Understanding and supporting liver and kidney function
- Needs assessment: Properly evaluating energy, protein, minerals & more
- Feeding for EMS, laminitis, sweet itch, and other metabolic disorders
- Developing feeding plans: From initial consultation to concrete recommendations
- Evaluation of feed products and analysis of typical ingredients
- Legal foundations and consulting competence for practice
After completing the training, you’ll be able to create well-founded, individualized feeding concepts – for healthy horses as well as those with special needs.
How the Training Works:
The program is designed as a flexible online course comprising 24 thematically structured learning modules that can be completed at your own pace within the 24-month training period (plus 3 months for examination). Each module includes comprehensive study materials, usually supplemented by numerous explanatory videos and a knowledge assessment. After passing the assessment, the next module is unlocked.
A comprehensive support system ensures clear processes and personal availability throughout the entire training period. This includes monthly live Q&A sessions via Zoom and exchange with other participants through a private WhatsApp group.
Learning commitment: Plan approximately 25 hours per month for working through the content. The actual time required may vary individually – you determine your own learning pace!
Graduation & Perspectives: After passing the final exam, participants receive a certificate as well as the Sanoanimal quality seal. Optional registration in the therapist directory is possible. The training is suitable both for expanding existing therapeutic services and for professional reorientation in the field of equine nutrition consulting.
Your exclusive benefits after passing the exam: We don’t leave you alone after your training period but help you find a good start in practice. For a full year, you benefit free of charge from our monthly case discussions (value: €600).
- Live sessions via Zoom with instructors and experienced practitioners
- Analysis of interesting and complex cases from your practice
- Collaborative development of therapy concepts
- Valuable exchange within the therapist community
Additionally, you are free to use our practitioner software – a helpful tool for your practice organization:
- Case management: Clear documentation and analysis
- Patient questionnaires for structured medical history
- Text templates for therapy plans and disease topics
- Optional accounting management available
Certification & Quality Seal
Upon successful completion, you will receive:
- Your personal certificate as a Sanoanimal Nutritionist
- The renowned Sanoanimal Quality Seal (annually renewable)
- Optional entry into our official therapist directory
- Active referrals through Sanoanimal in your region
With this equine nutritionist training, you’ll start directly in practice and be supported from the very beginning. You’ll benefit from regular continuing education opportunities, become part of a growing therapist network, and receive support through direct client referrals in your region. The Sanoanimal certificate stands for the highest quality standards, proven expertise, and a commitment to continuous professional development – a strong foundation for your success as an equine nutrition consultant.
Need more information? Detailed information about the training program and our instructor can be found here: https://sanoanimal.com/en/equine-nutritionist-training/
Have questions? We’re happy to help. Simply send us an email at office@sanoanimal.com.