tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post7322759785160049384..comments2023-10-23T12:43:45.847-07:00Comments on Eventing-A-Gogo!: Your girl, she's a renegade, a hurricane that keeps you there safe...Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-61630565273386330232009-01-28T00:15:00.000-08:002009-01-28T00:15:00.000-08:00I am soooo angry at Dover right now! Sent me a siz...I am soooo angry at Dover right now! Sent me a size 6.5 boot when I ordered a freaking 9!!! SOOOO I am still waiting for my $150 boots and wearing shreds of old Ariats until they get here. ARRRGGHHH.jacksonsgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09702324347419665816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-38109461936937413472009-01-27T23:55:00.000-08:002009-01-27T23:55:00.000-08:00And, I'm dumb.Very interesting read on biotin.Me a...And, I'm dumb.<BR/>Very interesting read on biotin.<BR/>Me and my pharmacist-silly-mom conversed lengthily about the Biotin, before we decided to put Key on it (when he had the bout of laminitis. They took X-rays, and at 5 years old they said he had the damage of a heavily worked race horse. EEK.). Key had terrible, terrible hooves, and he'd been bred and owned by a farrier for 4 years before changing hands to ours. They cracked horribly, would not hold shoes, and he had to wear racing plates because the steel ones often used in the pleasure industry with the clips on the side were too heavy. Just, bad. He had shoes on all four feet, but after he ripped one off in a stall and tore 1/3 of his hoof off with it, I pulled the plug on shoes.<BR/>You can guess that in the beginning, he was not thrilled.<BR/>But, we stuck with it. He got glue-ons at NB, which I can't say enough good things about for rehabbing feet--no nails!--and he was put on Master's Hoofblend.<BR/>Anywho, we talked about biotin, how it was absorbed/made/obtained. Although there are no none deficiencies, mom explained that sometimes, some bodies do not absorb vitamins well. Plenty in the system, but they're not all being put to work. Which means if you flood the system, you have a better chance of it being absorbed. Also seeing we don't often feed alfalfa and the grass is that of a 5 acre pasture (not ... quite.. what a wild horse would get), supplementing it with important amino acids seemed to be a good idea.<BR/>I've never looked back at taking his shoes off. No cracks, no lines, big, solid hoof wall and plenty of fresh hoof growth. I know that for several months they looked just plain terrible, so I attribute it to the supplement. Could it be a waste? Maybe, but it my mind it's not worth it to play games with his hooves and take him off for a year to 'see what happens'.<BR/>Again, I ramble. All in all, what I meant to come down to is that supplementation works for some horses... and not for others. Which we know already.<BR/>Chock full of ideas, I know. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-33268703030223219162009-01-27T23:41:00.000-08:002009-01-27T23:41:00.000-08:00Vote for no no no not ever findlay.:)?In other new...Vote for no no no not ever findlay.<BR/><BR/>:)?<BR/><BR/>In other news:<BR/><BR/>'In the mailroom, just chillin'.'<BR/><BR/>:) I think those would be the exact words I would have used, too.<BR/><BR/>About the paved road comment, I've been seeing that a lot because... yup, they cause splints in horses. Hard work in young horses, or a lot of work on hard ground can cause splints. I don't think walking or short trot bits hurt though (look at carriage horses... and they have a lot of weight being thrown down on those legs!) That's just what I've been reading through so far, but I thought I'd toss my two cents in. I treat riding on pavement with the same irrational fear I used to treat bandaging--which is a good thing I got over THAT particular fear! lol<BR/>Odd though, because I used to run a lot of track on really crappy surfaces, including the road, and it never bothered my legs personally. I think it has to do a lot with the tracking of your feet... the closer to 'ideal' it is, the better off you'll be. If you roll your weight to the inside or outside of your shoe, walk 'duck footed' or 'pigeon toed'... your chances for shin splint increase tremendously.<BR/>But, that's just what I know about people.<BR/>I ramble. ^^;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-11991536338133917952009-01-27T21:28:00.000-08:002009-01-27T21:28:00.000-08:00Dover always fails, yet I continue to buy from the...Dover always fails, yet I continue to buy from them because they have things I need. When I bought my horse, it took them two months to ship the blanket I bought for him. Meanwhile I had to beg a loaner blanket from the woman I bought him from b/c I was not about to send his completely clipped butt (including legs, go figure) wearing nothing out into 10 degree weather, which Kentucky obligingly provided at the time! <BR/><BR/>I'm amazed how you mare people deal with mare meltdowns; moments like that make me want to smack them as if I am slapping a woman to break her out of hysterics...doesn't usually work so well. :-)Alighierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838026840142467572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364831396028560774.post-58940867961680003712009-01-27T21:07:00.000-08:002009-01-27T21:07:00.000-08:00What did you think about the equine program at Lak...What did you think about the equine program at Lake Erie College? <BR/><BR/>It is one of the three colleges I am looking into, the other two being University of Findlay and William Woods University<BR/><BR/>A lot of people say it isn't worth it to go to school to learn about horses, that the only way to learn is intern....What do you think?JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365634540867893022noreply@blogger.com