Down Home Tack

11/04/2026

11/03/2026

NOVEMBER RAFFLE! 🍗

We’re excited to raffle off this beautiful Montana-made basket filled with local goodies! ❤️

All proceeds will go directly to the Helena Food Share to help support our neighbors and families in need this holiday season.

🎟️ Raffle Tickets:

$5 for 1 ticket

$20 for 5 tickets

Every ticket makes a difference, and every dollar goes toward helping our community!

Let's come together and give back to the community that supports us. ❤️

Stop by Down Home Tack & Feed to get your tickets or send us a message!

11/02/2026

❤️ NOVEMBER IS HERE, AND WE WANT TO GIVE BACK! ❤️

The holiday season is right around the corner, and we believe there is no better time to come together as a community and take care of our neighbors.

We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Helena Food Share to collect food donations and raise funds to help support local families in need this holiday season!

Here’s how you can help:
🍗We will have donation baskets in the store for nonperishable food items.
🎟️ We will also be hosting a raffle, with 100% of raffle proceeds going directly to Helena Food Share!

We are so grateful to be part of such a giving community, and we hope you will join us in spreading a little extra kindness this holiday season.

From our family at Down Home Tack & Feed, thank you for helping us give back! 🤎

10/31/2026

Congratulations Logan Kruse! You are our final October Mineral Giveaway winner! 🐴🐮🐑

A HUGE thank you to everyone who participated in our October giveaways! We have loved getting to give back to our amazing customers and community. Your participation, support, shares, and continued love mean more to our little family-owned business than you know. ❤️

Keep an eye out for more coming in November

From our family to yours, THANK YOU!

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween everyone! We hope you have a Spooktacular day! 🎃

10/28/2026

We’ve got some new sheep supplies in stock at Down Home Tack & Feed! 🙌 Come check out our new sheep halters, wraps, fleece, and tubes — everything you need to get your show sheep looking their best! 🐏✨
💰 SPECIAL DEAL! Buy all 4 pieces of the set and save $5!

10/27/2026

It’s almost Halloween… so let’s talk about something scary…. SUGAR. 👻🍭🍬😱

🍬🐴 SUGAR ISN'T THE ENEMY!🍭🍦

There's a misconception that sugar is automatically bad for horses, especially when it's included in a supplement. But here's something important to understand: Glucose is one of the fuels your horse's muscles use to perform!

🌱 Horses naturally consume sugar every day. Grass contains naturally occurring sugars, and horses also obtain glucose by digesting starch and through normal metabolic processes.

⚡ Sugar → Glucose → Glycogen → Energy!

When horses absorb glucose, some can be used immediately for energy, while some is stored in the muscles and liver as glycogen.

During intense exercise, especially short, explosive efforts like barrel racing, muscle glycogen is an important fuel source.

💪 What about burning muscle?

When energy intake is inadequate, the body can break down protein, including muscle protein, to help meet its energy needs. Providing sufficient calories and carbohydrates helps reduce the need to use protein for energy.

But that doesn't mean horses need added sugar in every supplement to prevent muscle loss. Horses can also produce glucose from other nutrients, and adequate total calories, protein, and recovery nutrition are essential.

🔥 So why include sugar in a supplement?

✔️ Provides a readily available carbohydrate source.

✔️ Can improve palatability and encourage consumption.

✔️ Contributes energy that can support glycogen replenishment after exercise.

✔️ Can be useful in appropriate amounts for healthy, hardworking performance horses.

The key is the AMOUNT, the PURPOSE, and the HORSE.

A small amount of sugar in a properly formulated supplement isn't the same as feeding a high-sugar diet.

Horses with insulin dysregulation, EMS, or certain metabolic conditions may need stricter sugar and starch management.

Sugar isn't automatically bad. It's a nutrient that the body knows how to use. Understanding nutrition is more important than fearing an ingredient! 🔥

10/27/2026

🎉🌾OUR FINAL OCTOBER MINERAL GIVEAWAY IS HERE! 🎉
And this one is for EVERYONE!
We’re wrapping up our October mineral giveaways with a BIG one! One lucky winner gets to choose their prize:
🤎 Blueprint 20AN 200lb Tub 🐄
🤎 Stablyx Tub 🐴
🤎 Sheeplyx Tub 🐑

HERE’S HOW TO ENTER:
1. Like our Down Home Tack & Feed page!
2. Comment below with which mineral you’d choose: Blueprint 20AN, Stablyx, or Sheeplyx!
3. Tag a friend who would love to win, too!
📅 Giveaway ends Friday at 11:59 PM!
🏆 Winner will be announced Saturday!

We’ve had so much fun giving back to our amazing community this month! Your support means the world to our little family-owned business, and we can’t thank you enough for shopping local and being part of the Down Home family. 🤎

No purchase necessary.

10/26/2026

🎉Small Business Saturday is fast approaching!

It’s crazy to think the holidays are already here! But one of our favorite things about this time of year is getting to support the small businesses that make our community so special.
This year, we want to open our doors to other small businesses that may not have a brick-and-mortar location and give you a place to set up shop for the day!
Whether you make handmade goods, sell unique gifts, create custom items, or have a small business you’d love to share with our community, we’d love to have you join us at Down Home Tack & Feed for Small Business Saturday on November 28!
If you are interested in setting up send us a message and let us know you’d like to be there! We just want to make sure we have enough space for everyone.
Let’s come together, support one another, shop small, and make this holiday season extra special for our local community!💕

10/24/2026

🐴🤎 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HORSE MINERAL GIVEAWAY WINNER! 🤎🐴
A huge congratulations to Jess Bagley! 🎉 We hope your horses enjoy!
We also want to say a BIG thank you to everyone who participated in our October mineral giveaways. Your likes, shares, comments, and continued support mean more to us than you know. ❤️
You are what makes our small business possible, and we are so incredibly grateful to have such an amazing community supporting us. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for supporting Down Home Tack & Feed!

Check back in on Monday for our final October giveaway and this will be the big one 😏