Are your rhino/flu vaccinations up to date? - very important. Tied loosely in trailer so head can be lowered to help prevent shipping fever. Take water that he normally drinks, if not possible then st

Straight load with buddy, bumper in place. If possible 3' x 3' lightweight perforated rubber mats firmly secured under front feet. Plenty of halter rope for her to use head for balancing. Can you rig

Do you have wood stove pellets or any wood pellets? They swell up and absorb lots of water. There are some specially for horses but any will really do. I had a little mare down from exhaustion who was

If the shelter is steel panels you can use plywood sheets to prevent head/feet from going under. Drill holes in plywood and put discs on either side. Thread zip ties through holes and attach to panels

Dr, K. in your FB post the other day you mentioned skin pinch test for dehydration and then said it would be unreliable for DSLD equine. Could you explain further, many thanks. Oh and btw Happy Birthd

Got mine from Bulksupplements too. Same thing, brown and not appreciated by my equine friends. So what should I look for? Leaf parts only and or leaf parts extract? Must be green and smell like hay?

Oh, poor horse. So sorry to hear your travails. Maybe covering her with wet blankets/towels would help hydrate and cool her during our upcoming heat wave.

Hi Janet, happy to hear that things are going well. Please give mama and baby a chance to be together - hoping for happy horses.

You could research under "gynostemma pentaphyllum" - Frances C. December 2017, Washington & California Case history: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Frances%20and%20Phoenix Phoenix's Photo

From experience - boots on a trailer ride. She stepped on one to balance, came half off - what a cafuffle. Not again. Barefoot with deep deep wet sawdust/shavings.

I checked all my junk mail looking for th AAEP letter – not found. I sent my recommendation in the same day that the notice from Nancy was first posted.Should I do another nomination? Frances irisgoe@

Some thoughts on soaking hay for more convenience. I had a cooler once that, plugged into an electric source so that it could be set to warm or cool so might work well for both summer and winter. Gott

Repel-X concentrate. Label directions are to dilute 1 to 7 of water. So using 2 oz. concentrate and 14 oz. water makes 16 oz. of fly spray. To this I add 4 oz. neem oil resulting in a total of 20 oz.

I'm on the second season of using the flexible filly muzzle on my little mustang. Dang. it took hours just to get everything right but it has never come off. The only damage I see is that her whiskers

What was the reason for taking him off J-herb once you had a diagnonis of PPID?

Re : HEAT CAN ELEVATE RESPIRATIONS. As an aside due to unexplained elevated respirations I started monitoring heart rate (resting and active) respiration rate, time of day, environmental factors such

Wonderful news - makes my day. Congratulations!

Blessed be, Tipperary and you!

What a wonderful tribute to your lovely mare. Hold precious all these memories of 33 years together. You and Millionairess have been blessed. This group is an outstanding source of understanding and c

Ah, many thanks again for your wisdom. Will start to find ways to increase beet pulp.