This message is from: "Lynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vivian
If you find that 'Magic Bullet" do you think you could let me know where you got it! I have all sorts of bits and bobs I have acquired over time, that sit in my shed either rusting or going mouldy (mind you withe the year we have had, it only takes a couple of days with out use for things to go mouldy, including the horses and me). And 7 horses on almost seven different diets, though in truth for most of them it is only the variation of quantity. Add to that the one that is on a herbal remedy, and the Bowen technique stuff. Heat under wraps is I think a big problem, particularly if left on, and I believe this is what leads to the damage that can be sustained rather than any reliance on the support etc. I tend to use mine in the winter and not the Sumner and take them off as soon as I finish riding. Bit crazy really, the season doesn't change the likelihood of them knocking them selves, but I do worry about the heat build up. Still, I think wraps and boots do far less damage than an incorrectly applied bandage. Lynn ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Subject: Re: To Hair or not? > Date: Tuesday, 18 April 2000 9:58 PM > > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Lisa, I'll clarify, I completely clean off the face hairs, goat hairs, and > any long hairs on chest, but I do not cut off the whiskers around eyes and on > the muzzle. I also do not trim the leg hairs or feathers. Obviously I have > given the horse a good scrubbing and shampooed and conditioned the tail. > > If you came to me in presentation with a horse whose jowls were dripping in > goat hairs and whose ears hadn't been trimmed neatly around the outside I > would definitely mark you down, but the whiskers around the muzzle and eyes > can be left au naturel and it would not be penalized. Perhaps judges from > another breed backround aren't used to seeing those whiskers left on and it > would offend them, but not me nor apparently any of the judges I have come > across to date, or if it did they didn't tell me about it and managed to pin > me anyway. > > Twenty five years ago dog show dogs had their whiskers trimmed. I had some > that fought like hell on having their's trimmed, also some that didn't mind > at all. Anyway field trial people who also showed in breed found that their > dogs were sustaining an inordinate number of face and eye injuries in the > field, as a result trimming these whiskers soon fell out of fashion. > > I used to use Professional choice boots on my pair in marathon, but I no > longer use boots except bell boots. I feel that the heat builds up underneath > all that neoprene. However if I had a horse that interfered (I don't)I would > not hesitate to use brush boots on marathon and my daughter, as well as most > event riders, uses splint and bell boots on cross country and in jumping to > protect her horses legs over fences. There might be a semblance of truth to > Mr Parelli's feeling that support boots become a crutch, but he'd be in > direct conflict with John Lyons as he is a spokesperson for Pro Choice boots. > > I wish I could get back all the money I have spent on "new fangled Stuff" > that I couldn't live without, but hadn't needed until it became the current > rage. As horses and showing is expensive enough without having to acquire > more "stuff" and generally I find that the new stuff is stuff I can live > without. I am currently involved with tweaking their diets in an attempt to > find the "magic bullet" when in my heart I know that it is my ability or lack > of that is at issue. Maybe when I'm really old and wise I will have managed > to learn what I need to know and will not have to invest more money in > finding the cure for my inabilities. By then I'll be TOO old and TOO poor for > it to make much difference. In the meantime I will enjoy the road travelled > just as much as the success I am traveling towards so as not to be > disappointed when I finally get there. Vivian Creigh
