Try putting them in a small amount of speedy beet overnight to disolve,worked for ours

Hi Marianne, I can't remember, Is Pauli still footsore? Laura K. Chappie & Beau N.IL. Nov2011

Marianne, What a cool idea! Laura K. Chappie & Beaau N.IL. Nov2011

Hi Gayle, I've had very good luck with U-Gard for mild ulcer symptoms, it's probably similar to human antacids. If the antacid helps then it probably is an ulcer. Depending how bad the ulcer is it

The second vet who came in the afternoon felt that she had very overgrown bars that had distorted the frog and compressed blood vessels in the foot. He's all for cleaning them out, even mentioned a

Just wanted to share what we used with Scout this past winter for hoof pads. We used the Sole Mate therapeutic hoof pads, first the 9# density, then went down to the 6# density. We also just duct

Hi Everybody! I just wanted to share my experience with my new truckload of hay. As you recall I was dismayed b/c it had visible signs of alfalfa. When I had it tested it came out 13 % protein, 8 %

Dawn went out today in her boots with their new studs. Of course pretty much all the ice on the way to the paddock has melted so I can't tell how well they work. Have a good friend coming this

My 25 year old+ IR/PPID gelding is starting into this territory. He gets 25% of his daily forage in ODTBC's but I've been providing balanced hay for the remainder. I love the cubes, but have great

Hi Mary Thanks for putting those up and providing the link. Magic has bone loss and remodeling from years of wearing the slipper foot. The P3 will continue to deteriorate until you find someone

Hi Nancy, Thank you for this – I am always grateful for your help. I promise I will be delving into the treasure box of files and messages to find as much information as possible about salt &

Hi, Sue - went looking for your case history, but I couldn't find one. How old is Skyy? Older horses lose muscle strength in their masticatory muscles, so that even though their teeth look okay,

Hi, Megan - Sorry, forgot your boy is tooth-challenged. Triple Crown Safe Starch Forage is okay as part of the feed: ESC+starch is 6.1%, which is great. It is higher in fat, at 6%, than is ideal.

Mary,thanks for getting this done so quickly! Has your trimmer seen them? Does your trimmer agree that a lot more hoof needs to be removed? If not,do you know of other trimmers in your area who would

Billie, I understand. I was lucky that Tilly was a very calm girl. She could have her teeth done with so litttle sedation it was almost none.. It does take sedation for the procedure so they are

Magic's latest xrays are now posted - it took a while with these new fangled files from the vet, but I believe I finally got them posted. Let me know what you think. Thanks again for all your

Vet doesn't think she's a good candidate, unfortunately. She also gets very stressed with joint injections and it takes 3x the normal dose of sedation to get her quiet - so I have not wanted to put

Sue - Is your horse exercising? There are safe ways to add more energy to his diet so he won't be losing so much weight if related to the exercise. Can you feed him free choice safe hay,

Marianne, Could you at least soak her hay and give her the basics of ground flax seed, iodized salt, Vit E. and some magnesium. If you absolutely won't soak the hay, could you give her some

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