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FFS. It makes me crazy when people are told to start PT without a definitive diagnosis of the injury. Jingles for you both. I agree with texsuze about putting the ointment in your pocket this time of year. If it's body temp it's less noticeable when applied, aside from the fact that you're STILL TRY...

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I have Pet's Best, have had it for years. I have (Pretty healthy knock wood) German Shepherds. I'd have to check cost. One of the important things is to make sure it's per incident not per diagnosis or something like that. Like you want to make sure the whole visit is looked at as a lump some and no...

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I can't find her post about it but our dearly departed Rockabilly had a full mouth of dental implants done and was delighted with her beautiful teeth. Sorry I can't help more than that.

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I had the Listers when my Morgan mare was still living. She had cushings. They were amazing. I also would clip wet, right after a bath. It helped with all the hair getting everywhere. I just made sure to clean the blades and oil them well afterwards. I sold them to a friend who’s horse grew hair li...

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Do you ride him in a sand arena? Sand is quite abrasive and will abrade the feather. Or if he's itchy he might be doing it himself. Some horses just have more robust feather than others. My Shire mare had a full feather curtain to the ground no matter what. My big gelding has very fine feather and w...

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Hi Anna, Welcome! As a California native and horse owner I say good job on your efforts. I don't know if Spain has gotten to this point yet, but here in the US and especially in California, there is a LOT of government money available for community projects such as you describe. It can take some eff...

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Congratulation!

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Cool story and I'm having green eyed monster moments at her money LOL She has spent serious $$$$ and then some on horses!

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Goldhorse I don't know if it would be doable for you but if they don't find you a good replacement farrier, I'll recommend Kelly Vella at Pioneer. She's been doing mine for more than 10 years and her mentor for more than a decade before that. IOWs I've been hauling my horses to Oakdale to get their ...

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Oh I'm so sorry! I remember with fondness and admiration your stories and shares of him. I will hold the hope that as you said, man and horse are reunited and comforting each other, and maybe having a good gallop across the heavens.

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Have you ever talked to Clair Thunes? The nutritionist? Found her very helpful when I needed to do a deeper dive on diet when I was showing Jet. I'm really happy for you that the new (probably not that new now) farrier there is working out.

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Honest question, why the ration balancer? Generally speaking our hay around here is only really deficient in copper/zinc...well know actually it's high in iron so copper and zinc is needed. Why ration balance as opposed to just a Vit/Min supplement like CA Trace that doesn't have any extra stuff? Gl...

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Congrats! Hope your truck will be happy for a while now.

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Chisamba I definitely agree if you had multiple horses and limited hands/water, scraping each after hosing then going to the next would be the way to go. Would help prevent the thermal water blanket thing in addition to allowing evaporation at the skin level. That thermal water blanket is really a t...

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Chisamba I'll agree with you that thermal imaging is often misused or used inaccurately. We've had thermal cameras for a long time and I've come to the conclusion that they can be useful in many situations but they can also be misleading (barefoot vs shod hooves comes to mind). I believe I did speci...

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Don't have to bother scraping if you can keep pouring the cold water on (this has also been established through studies). I'm at a new barn, and they don't know the — now decades old — science behind this :? I hear you! I was at a combined driving event a few (only a few) years ago. A...well I gues...

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Yeah that breathing is abnormal if he hadn't been running around. Taking his temp and measuring his respiratory rate are always good places to start. And for this horse probably a good thing to track on a daily basis for a minute. If he or any horse is overheated, the best way to cool them down quic...

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I get it. MarVal is a lovely place, if we ever get back to showing maybe I'll see you there!

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He sells his hay grown on my friend's place to a cooperative but has a field at his folks place that he sells privately, I'll PM you his contact info.

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I will check with my friend. Lodi? I thought you were in Martinez? Was I way off or did you move?

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I have a friend in Danville who has an IR mare that she manages obsessively (the mare has a lot of other soundness issues, I don't think she'd survive even mild laminitis) she gets her hay down in Santa Ynez. It tests beautifully. Good enough that it's worth driving down there twice a year to get it...

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That will sell fast if you list it locally! Manure spreaders are a hot commodity LOL Years ago I placed an add "looking for" a manure spreader, I got sooooo many calls from people wanting to buy a manure spreader if I found more than one to buy!

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This will be one of the RARE times I'll be glad we are too far inland to get much cloud cover from the coast.

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Wishing you wonderful new neighbors and looking forward to kitten pics.

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Dang that was quickI I wanted to see the ad!

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I'm very sorry. All that love could do was done, sometimes we just run out of pages in the calendar.

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Ah I was thinking he was all Border Collie, sorry for my not reading for comprehension! Ditto that then on pro trainer at place other than your house. People are going to jump on me for anti-breed bias but I put ACDs and Kelpies in the category of dogs that bite. Yes there are exceptions, and no I'm...

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And hears us calling for him although he can be selective about coming lol. I'm glad you're looking into physical issues/pain possibilities but this that I've quoted really jumped out at me. For a dog that needs to be solid at least around your own children and a dog that gets taken out in public, ...

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I agree with the suggestion of a heart rate monitor, esp with warmer weather coming. That will let you know in real time how hard she's working, objectively, and without stopping all the time to check. I don't know if this is relevant but my BFF has leukemia, the bad kind. She's done many treatments...

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I'm so sorry

That dog has a lead deficiency.

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Yes all those things Aleuronx! I carry a regular 5 lb sledge, mostly because it's needed to open and shut the latches on the hydraulic dump trailer, and since I usually have the sledge, a box of nitrile gloves, and a roll of duct tape on the floor in the back seat, it's a good conversation starter t...

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My trailer is fully enclosed with screened windows. Because it's a Hawk and they come that way, but I like the screens because of flying (stinging) insects and then in the years after I got the trailer I've evacuated horses from fires. I'm not driving into the heart of of a firestorm, no one should,...

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Sure. So tying to the stock type bars. When you do that, and you will often see this, the lead rope (usually loop chained up) often winds up on the outside the trailer. By design, so the horses don't chew it, or the horse is led in, rope tossed out, tied from the outside so it can then be untied fro...

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Couple of things, and I haven't read the whole thread so this may be repeats. Don't tie to the bars. Get some rings welded inside. One of my trailers has mangers, I'll take a pic if you need them. I do a PSA on FB every year not to tie to bars. The most horrific trailer accident I was ever called to...

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khall did you ever see Cheval Theatre? I actually much preferred it over Cavalia. I really liked the linked FB video. So often with liberty horses there seems to be a lot of ear pining and tail swishing, none of that here :) I think the dress adds to the effect, and it's probably got some weight to ...

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Chisamba wrote:I use calf mana but not just for the linseed meal, but for the anise and highly digestible protein and probiotics

I love Calf Manna. Oldie but goodie. It's been an integral part of my rescue rehabs. Definitely a "little dab will do ya" kind of thing, it doesn't take much.

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Oh how sad for all who knew and loved her

thank you for letting us know. She and Billy are together again, she is young, and he is sound.

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A lot of horses (well, all of mine anyway) think wet feed is gross. Soaked hay, pellets, senior, whatever, they don't like it. Purina Senior is the gold standard IME/IMO. Mine don't like TC as much, or any other brand for that matter. I don't know if it's available in your area, but can you get chop...

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Buy the best quality smooth plush carpet you can. Plan on having it professionally cleaned by a truck mounted carpet cleaner twice a year. It's surprisingly affordable to do that. Our house came with off-white/very light beige plush wall to wall carpets and tile entry (thank god). 17 years of farm l...

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A true driving whip is very light and very stiff. They have to be (if you're driving a single horse) long enough to touch the horse's' shoulder without changing your hand position. I was driving an 18 hand Shire and my whips were long enough, and light enough, that my whip hand never got tired.

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Oh he's stunning!! I hope you get the chance to do some nose work with him. Eons ago my friend rescued a black and tank coonhound and we had great fun tracking each other through the country. Never could shake the dog.

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Congratulations! The longest roads often lead to the best places, wishing all the best for this partnership!

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I don't know where you are but it may be that he's missing something from his diet (or too much of something). Milagro never had a great coat (and I do know how to do "black") until I put him on a higher level of copper/zinc (we are excessive iron in California usually). Then he was sexy b...

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Wow this recipe gave me childhood flashbacks!

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Of course, I'm still a ways away from being able to take an actual lesson from an actual teacher (ds is helping me right now), but I think I can do this!! :D Congratulations for having the courage and wherewithal to take a plunge into something new and challenging. I disagree with you about taking ...

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https://youtu.be/bZgbcoWGVvc It's the hands that get me, broken wrist, puppy dog hands, high and SO busy. Will is even worse, I've seen videos of him leaning WAY back and his elbows behind his body, see sawing. Which is funny because although the posture and action is different, that's so similar t...

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Awww I'm sorry, these choices we have to make :( . I've been grateful that I've (so far) managed to catch mine when they are starting downhill, before they hit bottom. Better they go to the end while under their own power than have to be carried in, I think it's more dignified and less stressful for...

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My husband has a blown rotator cuff and nearly ruptured bicep tendon. If I can find the X-ray, I'll post it, it's cool. He's always had a "bit of a bum shoulder" this became more apparent when I was showing Jet and he was throwing (it's called throwing, it's actually done more carefully th...

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Yikes how scary, glad you kept your head and had good help!

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17 year old Shire, 10 year old Shire x Saddlebred, 6 year old Shire x Saddlebred. All get orchard grass with a tiny bit of alfalfa in it. They get soaked beet pulp and California Trace Plus vit/min supplement. That's it. When I brought the 6 year old home a few months ago she got Ultium (about 4 lbs...

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