tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post4222751604169733200..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: "Who's to blame...?" when horses are hurtStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-568690546609056262010-09-25T08:55:54.397-04:002010-09-25T08:55:54.397-04:00I had to be away one weekend this summer when it w...I had to be away one weekend this summer when it was super hot. For the first time in horse ownership, I asked a friend to give my horse a shower while I was gone. I told her that my horse is great in the shower stall.<br /><br />When I returned, there was a note on the board about treated scrapes and swap applied to my boy. What happened?! It turns out that he was excellent in the shower, Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335385366138424092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-22614937809269328812010-09-24T23:35:53.164-04:002010-09-24T23:35:53.164-04:00I used to use the liquid fly repellent that you pu...I used to use the liquid fly repellent that you put on in drops on certain parts of the body and it would be absorbed through the skin. Well, failing to read the label like all smart people do, I put the drops on my girl like I was supposed to, and then did it again within the same week, just for extra protection because the flies were horrible that summer. THEN I read the box and saw that only Dressagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04849960430806754249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-23687103057380701282010-09-24T13:18:44.243-04:002010-09-24T13:18:44.243-04:00I gave my horse a new treat, one of those cylindri...I gave my horse a new treat, one of those cylindrical extruded pellet types, about an inch wide by 3 inches long. Horse ate the treat, I finished saddling and went to ride. Horse became lethargic, would not raise his head. I of course panicked and called the vet. Turns out he had part of that stupid treat stuck in his throat. Another lesson learned the hard way! I am much more careful now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-88180687140577551202010-09-24T09:35:50.457-04:002010-09-24T09:35:50.457-04:00In an effort to keep flies off my horse's legs...In an effort to keep flies off my horse's legs, I got some of those fly strips that go around their pasterns. I put them on after I rode, and then headed home. An hour later the barn owner called me to tell me she was taking them off NOW, because my boy's legs had swollen to epic proportions. I spent the rest of the night cold hosing and scrubbing his legs with Dawn liquid (to get rid of jenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-3344271934107873802010-09-24T07:10:47.073-04:002010-09-24T07:10:47.073-04:00I went down to the yard on Tuesday evening and he ...I went down to the yard on Tuesday evening and he looked...wrong. Low head, glazed eye, lethargic, uninterested, sweaty.<br /><br />MAJOR panic, spent 20 mins taking his temp, listening to tummy for gurgling etc imagining colic. Was about to call the emergency vet - when he did a couple of massive farts, perked right up and went back to his haynet.gemmahttp://www.almostalwaysthinking.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-64681472439345324302010-09-24T06:53:26.961-04:002010-09-24T06:53:26.961-04:00This is about the fifth story I've heard of ey...This is about the fifth story I've heard of eye injuries from hoods. One of the others involved a horse who went blind from a fly mask. <br /><br />I'm generally not a huge fan of leaping on the fad wagon, and having been out of horses for over 10 years, I can't help noticing that many things which are today "essential" were unheard of 15 years ago. Somehow, back then, our Allienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-69239047131993345202010-09-24T00:09:16.241-04:002010-09-24T00:09:16.241-04:00A teacher told us about a woman who couldn't u...A teacher told us about a woman who couldn't understand why all her foals were dying. Found out, to keep germs away from them, she would enclose the stalls with plastic and keep them in there for the first few weeks after delivery. Her foals were dying from pneumonia from all of the moisture in the stall.PhunnieOnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-67059428309990742712010-09-23T23:45:29.512-04:002010-09-23T23:45:29.512-04:00p.s. I've been totally guilty of thinking that...p.s. I've been totally guilty of thinking that it was way colder than it actually was and coming in the next day to a very p.o.'ed, sweaty horse. I feel ya! (had to resist the urge to blanket tonight, here in NW Washington state. It might get below 50... heh)Hollynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05826846251458849175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-14854408828766804802010-09-23T23:43:53.912-04:002010-09-23T23:43:53.912-04:00This one isn't particularly dangerous, but ser...This one isn't particularly dangerous, but seriously annoying...<br /><br />When I was in college, I boarded with a girl who showed paints. I was ALWAYS envious of her horses' tails. Long and flowing. My own mare had a nice tail, right above her fetlocks at the time.<br /><br />I asked said girl how she kept her horses' tails so long an beautiful. She said that she didn't use Hollynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05826846251458849175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-39520234583630629752010-09-23T22:42:29.509-04:002010-09-23T22:42:29.509-04:00Too fat horses. Need I say more?Too fat horses. Need I say more?Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-71282191630043099942010-09-23T22:13:51.031-04:002010-09-23T22:13:51.031-04:00Living in California, with it's intolerably co...Living in California, with it's intolerably cold winters (sometimes it's less than 40 degrees at night!), I decided to move my sturdy, vice-less, totally fit and comfortable Arab gelding into a stall for the winter.<br /><br />Where he overheated and nearly colicked (naturally he was blanketed heavily to compensate for the freezing nighttime temperatures), learned to weave and crib, and Janehttp://www.theliteraryhorse.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-70695781582870070372010-09-23T18:39:09.474-04:002010-09-23T18:39:09.474-04:00On advice from several sources, including my vet, ...On advice from several sources, including my vet, I routinely kept newborn foals inside for 3 days, turning the mare-foal pairs out in the indoor only. Then a week of daily turnout in a paddock with vinyl safety fence, and finally out in a larger wire and electric paddock where every foal managed to run into the fence. The last few years the mares have foaled out in the paddock. Zero fence Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-63537894137091768022010-09-23T17:08:56.548-04:002010-09-23T17:08:56.548-04:00Oh yes... the first winter that I body-clipped my ...Oh yes... the first winter that I body-clipped my boy (when he was 4), I bundled him up in several layers of blankets, panicking that he'd be cold, only to find him sweaty and panting in the morning. Way to go Mom!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13790278181159401158noreply@blogger.com