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The Savvy Story
Every horse has a story. This is Dreamy's.
For us, much of that story begins with Dreamy. His journey challenged us to research more deeply, ask better questions, and search relentlessly for solutions that could genuinely improve quality of life. Along the way, we discovered products that made a meaningful difference, not only for him, but for many other horses and riders as well.
Through a lifetime with horses and years spent studying performance, health, and horsemanship, Jen has devoted herself to researching, testing, and discovering products that truly earn their place. We don’t add products simply because they’re popular or available. Every item we offer has proven itself through real-world experience, thoughtful evaluation, and meaningful results.
At Savvy Horse Products, we’re horse people first. We believe knowledge matters, quality matters, and the right solutions can change lives. Our goal is simple: to share trusted products and practical expertise that help horses thrive and riders feel confident in the choices they make.
We’re proud to become part of your horse’s story, too.
The Story Behind the Savvy Feeder®
The Problem
Young Dreamy was whatJenaffectionately called a hay “Hoover.” He could inhale hay at astonishing speed, which sentJenand Lenny searching for a way to slow his intake and support healthier forage consumption.
Like many horse owners, they tried slow-feed hay nets. Unfortunately, Dreamy hated them. He tossed them violently with his head, becoming frustrated enough that the constant motion left his neck sore. When he later became cast in the field, that soreness worsened and ultimately required veterinary intervention.
That experience changed the wayJen and Lenny thought about slow feeding.
They wanted a solution that slowed hay intake without creating frustration or discomfort. Just as importantly, they wanted their horses to eat the way nature intended: neck down, relaxed, and foraging comfortably.
The Search
Dreamy’s experience sentJen and Lenny on a mission.Together, they explored whether they might need to design a feeder themselves. Lenny approached the challenge with an engineer’s eye, while Jen focused on slow feeding, horse biomechanics, and natural forage posture, searching for a system that supported both digestive health and physical comfort.
Then they discovered a small company in Iowa making what would become the answer: The Savvy Feeder®.
One of our clients happened to have a feeder she no longer needed, so we brought it home to Dancing Horse Farm and put it to the test.
They were immediately impressed.
The Savvy Feeder® slowed intake while allowing Dreamy to eat comfortably in a natural neck-down position, without the frustration and physical tension he had experienced with hay nets.
The Discovery
Jen reached out to the inventor and company owner, Julie Johnson, simply to tell her how much she appreciated what she had created.
Over time, more Savvy Feeders® found their way into the barn, and what began as admiration grew into friendship. Jen and Lenny loved the design, the practicality, and most importantly, the way horses responded to it.
Then came a phone call they never expected.
About a year later, while they were in Chicago with Dreamy competing at the USEF Festival of Champions, Julie asked whether they would consider becoming the sole licensee and distributor for The Savvy Feeder®. She was ready for a new chapter and hoped the feeders could continue through Jen and Lenny.
They were stunned.
At the time, they knew absolutely nothing about manufacturing, and her offer included not only selling the feeders, but taking over production as well.
A New Chapter
Some opportunities arrive with a quiet certainty.
They said yes.
What began as a search to help one hay-hoovering young horse became something much bigger.
Today, they manufacture and share The Savvy Feeder® with the same enthusiasm they had the first day they brought one home for Dreamy. they believe in it because it solved a real problem for a horse they love and has gone on to help countless others eat more naturally, comfortably, and safely.
Every horse has a story.
This one helped shape theirs.
The Story Behind Vetoflex
The Challenge
Just two weeks after earning 80% in only his third Grand Prix Freestyle and only weeks before Region 2 Championships, Dreamy’s story took a terrifying turn.
He underwent not one, but two emergency colic surgeries seven days apart to correct small-intestinal volvulus. Thankfully, no intestinal resection was required, but the road back would be long.
Dreamy spent 23 days in the ICU at Rood & Riddle, battling complications that included a surgical incision infection and recurrent fever. While coaching students at Regionals, Jen moved her living quarters to the Kentucky Horse Park campground so she could stay close enough to visit him daily and continue supporting both Dreamy and her riders.
Coming home was not the end of recovery. It was the beginning of the next chapter.
For weeks, infection management and careful monitoring remained part of daily life. Surviving surgery was only the first hurdle. Rebuilding strength, comfort, and confidence would require patience, creativity, and a great deal of support.
Rebuilding a Survivor
As Dreamy healed, Jen focused on protecting and rebuilding his core strength.
She incorporated carefully targeted exercises inspired by the work of Drs. Hilary Clayton and Narelle Stubbs and guided by research showing the importance of strategic core strengthening following colic surgery. Supporting stability, coordination, and abdominal function became central to his recovery.
Jen also incorporated therapeutic support tools, including body wraps, because she believed rebuilding coordination, proprioception, and core stability would be critical to helping him return safely to work.
Because Dreamy’s second surgery occurred so soon after the first, reopening the original midline incision carried too much risk. Instead, surgeons entered through the musculature on the left side of his abdomen. That incision, combined with the prolonged infection that followed, left the area weaker and in need of ongoing support.
Thankfully, nothing herniated.
But the weakened musculature left behind a small protrusion they affectionately named “George.”
Why George?
If you grew up watching Looney Tunes, you may remember Hugo the Abominable Snowman, who lovingly declared:
“I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him…”
The name stuck.
Lenny calls George Dreamy’s beauty mark.
Jen calls him proof he’s a survivor.
To protect the weakened area and reduce herniation risk, Dreamy continued wearing the hernia belt he came home from the hospital in.
Initially, everyone was simply grateful for the support it provided.
For those interested in learning more, the research study and post-colic core strengthening protocols that helped guide Dreamy’s rehabilitation are available as downloadable resources on the Vetoflex page.
When Support Hurts
Over time, however, a new challenge emerged.
The belt created significant pressure and friction along Dreamy’s topline and where the fabric overlapped along his abdomen. Eventually, he developed open, bleeding pressure sores along his spine and on the side of his stomach. His skin became increasingly irritated, and he began making angry faces when it was time to be “dressed.”
After everything he had survived, watching the very equipment meant to support him create pain and tissue damage was heartbreaking.
That was not acceptable to Jen.
The Search
Jen knew there had to be a better answer.
Compression should help healing, not create new problems.
So the search began.
She needed something that would provide meaningful abdominal support while respecting the horse’s body. It had to be practical, thoughtfully designed, and gentle enough for long-term use. Just as importantly, it needed to be easy enough for one person to manage.
The original belt had provided necessary support, but applying it correctly was complicated and often required two people. During an already demanding recovery, Jen wanted a solution that offered effective compression without turning daily care into a wrestling match.
That search led her to a company in the Czech Republic specializing in ergonomic therapeutic compression products: Vetoflex.
Their philosophy immediately resonated with her.
Rather than relying on stiff, abrasive support systems, Vetoflex focused on comfort, ergonomic design, and therapeutic compression that worked with the horse rather than against him.
It was exactly the kind of thinking she had been searching for.
The Discovery of Vetoflex
The difference was immediate.
As soon as Dreamy switched to the Vetoflex Post-Colic Surgical Compression Stable Belt, his skin appeared less irritated and he stopped protesting when it was time to get dressed. The thoughtful design provided the compression and stability he needed while allowing him to remain far more comfortable throughout the healing process.
For the first time, support no longer came at the expense of comfort.
Vetoflex immediately became a vital part of Dreamy’s recovery program.
Jen continued using the Vetoflex Post-Colic Surgical Compression Hernia Stable Belt to support “George” overnight for the next two years, while the Vetoflex Compression Hernia Riding Belt became an integral part of Dreamy’s rehabilitation program, helping support his remarkable return to the Grand Prix show ring just ten months after surgery.
What impressed her most was not simply that Vetoflex provided support, but how it provided support.
Dreamy felt better in it.
And that mattered.incorporate the Vetoflex Riding Belt alongside other therapeutic tools during training and rehabilitation work.
A New Chapter
Dreamy’s recovery changed Jen.
It taught her more about rehabilitation, biomechanics, and healing than she ever imagined possible. It introduced her to remarkable people, innovative ideas, and products that genuinely improved his comfort and quality of life.
Vetoflex earned its place at Savvy Horse Products the same way every product does: by helping solve a real problem for a horse they love.
Dreamy survived.
George remains.
And through that journey, Savvy discovered solutions they are now honored to share with other horses and the people who care for them.
Every horse has a story.
This one reminded us that healing deserves comfort, too.
The Story Behind Ryde
The Problem
Throughout her career as a dressage trainer and educator, Jen observed the same challenge again and again: many riders struggle to find true balance and stability in the saddle.
Not because they lack talent or effort, but because riding is inherently asymmetrical. Riders bring old injuries, natural crookedness, strength imbalances, and movement patterns that make neutral balance surprisingly difficult to achieve.
When riders do not feel stable and confident in their own bodies, compensation patterns appear. Hands become busy, seats become insecure, legs grip or brace, and the rider struggles to organize over the horse rather than moving harmoniously with him. The horse, in turn, struggles to find self-carriage.
Jen believes rider self-carriage and horse self-carriage are inseparably connected. An independent seat, quiet hands, and a stable center of mass allow the horse to organize and carry himself more successfully, but first, the rider must find that same balance.
The Biomechanics
Jen has devoted her career to understanding and pursuing education in both rider and horse biomechanics.
A rider should not have to fight for balance. The goal is to create a basis of support that feels as stable and natural as simply standing on the ground.
Biomechanically, that begins with alignment. When the rider’s hip, knee, and ankle joints are properly organized, those joints can function as springs and shock absorbers, accommodating the motion traveling upward from the horse. When a rider is truly in balance, the movement through the legs should feel much like a person bouncing softly on a trampoline, elastic, responsive, and secure rather than rigid or braced.
This allows the rider to organize into the classic vertical alignment: ear, shoulder, hip, and heel, or more precisely, a vertical stacking of the rider’s center of mass over the ankle joint. This is not merely a traditional dressage picture. It is athletic balance.
When the joints of the leg effectively absorb movement, the rider’s back no longer needs to function as a shock absorber or the upper body as a pendulum. Riders who fall behind the vertical become perpetually behind the horse’s momentum and rely on their hands to stay caught up, much like a water skier being dragged behind a motorboat. Unfortunately, horses do not appreciate their mouths serving as the motorboat pulling the rider along.
Jen wanted riders to feel secure enough that their bodies could organize naturally so their horses could benefit from that stability.
The Discovery
Jen’s introduction to Ryde came through her friend Daniel Laughton from Sue Carson Saddles, who suspected these stirrups would fascinate her and wanted her honest opinion.
Her first reaction was skepticism. The price tag immediately gave her pause. What could a pair of stirrups possibly offer that justified that kind of investment?
Then she rode in them.
And she immediately understood.
The Ryde stirrup stood out because of two key design features: a unique concave footplate that cups and supports the ball of the foot, and independent adjustability in three planes. Together, those features gave Jen the ability to fine-tune support for each rider. By adjusting the stirrup to the rider’s individual conformation and movement patterns, she could help organize the hip, knee, and ankle into a more functional relationship and create a more secure basis of support.
The effect was not subtle.
Despite initially doubting whether anyone would spend that much on stirrups, Jen quickly realized they were worth every penny. Not only for her as a rider managing old injuries, but even more importantly, for her students.
Ryde allowed Jen to solve problems she had worked diligently to address through coaching alone: quieting unstable legs, stabilizing wobbly ankles, improving gripping or bracing patterns, and helping riders who stand in or lose their stirrups, lift their feet, jam their heels downward, or leave heel and spur marks on their horses’ sides. Time and again, she found that thoughtfully adjusted stirrups could improve rider stability, symmetry, and confidence in ways that traditional instruction alone sometimes could not.
Remarkably, the changes were often immediate. When the stirrups were adjusted to the rider’s individual needs, the joints softened and riders became quieter, more stable, and more secure.
And something else happened too.
The rider’s mind became quieter.
When the body feels supported and organized, the nervous system stops sounding the alarm. The brain says, “We are safe.” Riders who no longer feel unstable or insecure often become calmer, more confident, and more effective almost immediately.
A Better Foundation
Ryde earned its place at Savvy Horse Products the same way every product does: by solving a real problem.
Jen spent a full dressage season riding in and fitting Ryde stirrups with the help of her students before adding them to the Savvy lineup, while Lenny, ever the engineer, carefully evaluated the construction and design. Only then did Ryde earn Savvy’s trust.
Today, Jen uses Ryde not simply as equipment, but as a teaching and fitting tool that helps riders better understand their own bodies and movement patterns. Because independent seat, hands, and center of mass are not only goals for the horse, they are rider self-carriage too.
And when the rider finds self-carriage, the horse gains the freedom to do the same.
"Every horse has a story, and the balance of the rider is an important chapter."
The Story Behind Premier Performance
The Challenge
Dreamy’s health journey challenged everything Jen thought she knew about equine nutrition.
His medical complexity forced her to look beyond marketing claims and ask harder questions about what was actually going into his feed tub. Why did a horse with a sensitive gastrointestinal system need supplements filled with ingredients she could not pronounce? Were all of those additives truly helping, or had good intentions quietly created unnecessary complexity?
Following his colic surgeries, Jen became increasingly protective of Dreamy’s digestive health and cautious about every ingredient entering his body. His nutritional program was already complicated by a sensitive gastrointestinal system and myofibrillar myopathy (MFM). Then, in January 2026, another important piece of the puzzle emerged: Dreamy was diagnosed with insulin dysregulation.
Determined to support him thoughtfully and responsibly, Jen did not navigate these decisions alone. Following Dreamy’s surgeries, she engaged two PhD equine nutritionists to help guide every nutritional decision and carefully evaluate how best to support his complex needs.
Like many horse owners facing complicated metabolic and gastrointestinal challenges, Jen found herself reassessing everything. Dreamy’s supplement program had grown extensive in the effort to support recovery, muscle health, gut function, and metabolic stability. Every product had been added for a reason and with the best of intentions, yet increasingly she found herself asking difficult questions.
Was more really better? Could Dreamy’s body be supported in a simpler, more natural way? And were all of the ingredients in the supplement room truly helping a horse whose digestive system had already endured so much?
Those questions sparked a shift. Jen began moving away from products containing unnecessary fillers, preservatives, and complicated ingredient lists and toward a philosophy centered on thoughtful, natural support, especially for a horse with an extraordinarily sensitive gastrointestinal system.
The search had begun.
The Search
Jen’s introduction to Premier Performance came through her friend Daniel Laughton, who understood the direction she was moving with Dreamy’s nutritional program and suspected this was a company she would want to know more about.
As Jen began researching Premier Performance, she discovered something that immediately resonated with her. The company itself had been born from a horse owner searching for better answers.
Founder Camilla Zanna developed Gastro Premier while trying to help her own horse suffering from severe Grade 4 ulcers, working alongside veterinarians and a PhD nutritionist to create products grounded in science, practicality, and natural support.
That mattered to Jen.
This was not a company built around flashy marketing or trendy claims. It was built around a horse named Lucas and one owner’s search for better answers.
Jen understood that story because she was living her own version of it. The philosophy aligned immediately: support the horse thoughtfully, naturally, and with ingredients chosen for purpose rather than marketing appeal.
The Discovery
Premier Performance entered Jen’s own barn first, but because of Dreamy’s complexity, he was not the first horse Jen chose to introduce the products to.
Because Jen is extraordinarily careful about what Dreamy eats, she chose to introduce the products first to someone a bit less metabolically and gastrointestinally complicated.
Enter his "sister," GiGi.
GiGi has always believed she was Queen of the Universe. Strong-minded, expressive, and occasionally convinced that partnership was negotiable, she challenged Jen to think creatively about emotional balance and rideability.
Jen introduced Premier Performance products, beginning with Sassy Mare.
The change was not subtle.
Within five days, GiGi became noticeably more willing, rideable, and emotionally steady. The mare who could be disagreeable and opinionated under saddle became softer, calmer, and more available for partnership. As Jen often jokes, GiGi transformed from a sassy mare who was occasionally sweet into a sweet mare who is only occasionally sassy.
None of the products Jen had tried with GiGi over the years had produced a meaningful change.
That got her attention.
Then came Gastro Premier.
Jen appreciated not only the philosophy behind the product but also how practical and horse-friendly it proved to be. The products were highly palatable, required surprisingly small feeding amounts, and were enthusiastically accepted throughout her own barn.
The palatability stories extended beyond Jen’s horses. One friend joked that her donkeys turn their noses up at nearly anything new, yet when offered their Premier Performance supplement, they ate it without hesitation the very first time.
Encouraged by what she was seeing, Jen made a bigger decision.
She transitioned Dreamy off his previous gastric support supplements and onto Gastro Premier.
The results thrilled her.
For a horse with an extraordinarily sensitive gastrointestinal system, two prior small-intestinal torsion surgeries, and a carefully managed feeding program, simplifying support without sacrificing comfort or digestive health felt profoundly significant.
Dreamy continues to receive misoprostol as part of his GI management, but Jen is increasingly hopeful that the support provided by Gastro Premier may ultimately allow her to further reduce, or perhaps someday eliminate, his reliance on the medication.
Increasingly, Jen realized she appreciated something even larger than the individual products. They reflected the philosophy she had already been moving toward: thoughtful, natural support designed with purpose and grounded in the belief that better is not always more.
A New Philosophy
Premier Performance earned its place at Savvy Horse Products the same way every product does: by solving a real problem.
For Jen, the brand represented more than supplements. It represented alignment: a company born from one horse owner searching for something better for her own horse, products developed through research and real-world experience, and a philosophy that mirrored the path Jen was already walking with Dreamy by supporting the horse naturally, simplifying thoughtfully, and respecting the extraordinary intelligence of the equine body.
Camilla and the Premier Performance team in the UK built something special, and Savvy Horse Products is proud to be its U.S. home.
Because sometimes the best discoveries are not about finding more.
Sometimes they are about finding what truly matters.
"Every horse has a story. This one reminded us that better answers often begin with better questions."
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