tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post4365078489520112416..comments2024-02-24T01:52:05.892-07:00Comments on BrownEyedCowgirl: Spooks On CattleBrownEyed Cowgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03610547057139295854noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-76654955580355064812011-02-18T14:14:19.134-07:002011-02-18T14:14:19.134-07:00I was going to say...
If you had emailed me then ...I was going to say...<br /><br />If you had emailed me then nobody else would have the info. Thanks for posting it here. We don't have any at the moment that need the IR stuff, but who knows what the future holds? <br /><br />Always good to know there is somewhere or someone to go to to find the info you need. I was the same way with laminitis/founder, back when I first brought Mo home. Hours online researching stuff and now some years later it is probably all changed a bit.Cut-N-Jumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10355349642284506192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-17267977330104641572011-02-18T13:54:03.577-07:002011-02-18T13:54:03.577-07:00Hope you find out whats bothering him. A Chiropra...Hope you find out whats bothering him. A Chiropractor/Massage often times does wonders for a horse. But sounds like there is more than that going on.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18035210092855895218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-29456859939744053272011-02-18T11:27:20.509-07:002011-02-18T11:27:20.509-07:00I remember the other video that got the "odd&...I remember the other video that got the "odd" response. You just can never tell what some people will say.<br /><br />I hope you can find what is at the root of his issues. Sounds like a real puzzle. Hopefully the chiro will have something that will help although I can tell you first hand fixing those horses that have learned to move incorrectly because of some injury or illness can be quite a chore.Rising Rainbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04239592070775412669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-27091590885041029012011-02-18T11:00:25.832-07:002011-02-18T11:00:25.832-07:00Poor Spooks - he is lucky to have you give him suc...Poor Spooks - he is lucky to have you give him such a thorough work up though... This post was so interesting - thanks for going through all of the stuff you have tried/are trying with him. Very informative.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01736592362765508427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-78441992232892373522011-02-18T10:08:49.443-07:002011-02-18T10:08:49.443-07:00Poor Spooks! Really fascinating post though. I c...Poor Spooks! Really fascinating post though. I can't wait to see how he comes together, if you can get him over his soreness enough to leg him up.Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-43342079815605883572011-02-18T00:02:51.807-07:002011-02-18T00:02:51.807-07:00Rewatching the video after reading this makes such...Rewatching the video after reading this makes such a difference! Have to admit the first time I watched it I just thought he was a little lazy/unfit.<br /><br />Sure hope things work out for him, he seems like he'd be a real good horse. But like you said the worst that will happen to him is becoming a pasture ornament... you and he both are so lucky that way.cdncowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055181472294995601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-34361222480617941922011-02-17T17:56:19.968-07:002011-02-17T17:56:19.968-07:00Shirley-Thanks for the vote of confidence on my ri...Shirley-Thanks for the vote of confidence on my riding. LMAO-The last time I put up a video of this horse, I had some lady PMing me that I needed riding lessons. He can be like riding a pogo stick. Up, down, up, down. Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy...I should start calling him Tigger. :-) He just feels so bound up. I definitely think tight area work is too much for him right now. No sense frustrating him.<br /><br />CnJ-That's true and these horses are starting to hit those ages where it takes longer to bring them back. I either need to get them coming around within the next year, or it just isn't going to be worth it. I have younger horses, I don't dare waste prime years on trying to bring a teenager around. I am lucky because I don't have to worry about them if they don't work out, they just go home and live fat and happily ever after and I grab the next bunch and start on them.<br /><br />Right now I am using Frank Lampley's Horse Sense and it is working for me. However, my mom used Command Metabol-Ease and had success with it. It can be ordered out of Valley Vet. I use Command's MSM and have found it to be the most effective MSM I have purchased in years. It's the granular form and that seems to work so much better than the powdered form. Command also makes IR Ultra, it has more to it than the Metabol-Ease. I have also heard that the Animed Remission for foundered or prone to founder horses works really well. And my gosh-it is so inexpensive. 4lbs = 64-128 days for $17.95. I really think I should order this for Spooks. It might help his tender-footed tendency. I sure would like to not have to shoe him again. <br /><br />Just remember that the Magnesium and Chromium both need to be present. Both work to help balance the insulin levels. Magnesium alone is beneficial for hard working horses that may be experiencing some muscle soreness, but is not as effective for the treatment of IR as Magnesium and Chromium together.<br /><br />Sorry-Sheez...Do ya think I have been researching my butt off on this or what?BrownEyed Cowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03610547057139295854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-40080469732906557262011-02-17T16:36:12.741-07:002011-02-17T16:36:12.741-07:00Sometimes the work is benificial to the older hors...Sometimes the work is benificial to the older horses or the chronic horses. My mare with the laminitis flare ups- benifited from lots of hand walking. Mostly on pavement and she was barefoot. Some people would never consider it, where for her it helped immensely. Another good example of what works for one horse doesn't necessarily work on or for others.<br /><br />Funny how you thought Turk would be giving you the headaches, not Spooks. Sometimes things just aren't what they seem. What is the IR supplement you use? We don't have any I would need it for at the moment, but always good to know for future reference.Cut-N-Jumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10355349642284506192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-19044090115728467012011-02-17T15:17:46.885-07:002011-02-17T15:17:46.885-07:00It was interesting watching the video after readin...It was interesting watching the video after reading this. I know you are a good enough rider that Spooks being so late turning wasn't because you would be interfering with him or not paying attention to the cow, so I can see what you meant. <br />Maybe it's just that he isn't up to the level of fitness needed to make those moves and the regular work program you're putting him on will fix a lot of his problems. Hope so!Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454110560303310751noreply@blogger.com