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FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 12

Posted on 08/07/2007 7:33:14 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - (very out of date) Who's Who *pics*

This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share, usually about our horses, sometimes about our dogs, gardens and other stuff we do. :~)

I have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and MissTargets will ping everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list.

So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends.

Previous threads:

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SIX
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SEVEN
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread EIGHT
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread TEN
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; HairOfTheDog

We pull the shoes of everyone that doesn’t need them to stay sound over the winter. Someone would still be able to ride them to try them out if you have an area that’s not rocky.

Bleach works wonders on thrush - it kills any kind of fungus almost on contact. I spray straight bleach on any mold or mildew (which is a fungus) and it’s gone. We’ve used bleach on the horses’ feet.


5,781 posted on 02/15/2008 8:50:11 AM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Just surprise. I thought she’d prescribe one of the commercial products for it, and I wondered which one. I know the farrier jump all over people who use bleach, saying it kills good tissue as well as bad. I know I didn’t like the Koppertox I bought. Hoped she would recommend something better if I ever needed it.

I have this fear of using bleach where there’s ammonia (pee). It’s a rather toxic mix. I realize he’s not swimming in a large quantity of either one at the same time... but...


5,782 posted on 02/15/2008 8:51:16 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Duchess47

OK, well that’s good to know:) Thanks.

Becky


5,783 posted on 02/15/2008 8:51:29 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: HairOfTheDog

Well, I never thought of that, but as you say I don’t think there is really enough of either getting mixed together, so hopefully it will be OK.

As far as bleach killing good tissue, well again, I’m not going to be using bleach, according to the vet for more then 3 or 4 days...so hopefully if it does damage good tissue, it won’t be that much.

Becky


5,784 posted on 02/15/2008 8:57:08 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

That’s true. And good info to know. :~)


5,785 posted on 02/15/2008 9:00:45 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
I never even thought about the bleach/amonia angle before. It could happen I guess, in a soggy area.

The last thing that I used was the mastitis medicine, and that was on Tennessee's feet back when he had such contracted heels and had thrushy looking stuff all down in his frogs and the creases of his heels. I can't remember what it was called, but I got a box of 20 applicators full of it for about $20 at Tractor Supply and it cleared it right up. I think I've only used 4 or 5 of the applicators so far and it's been a year or two since I bought it. It's pretty good stuff. But I'm sure that she prescribes the bleach because it's something that most people have on hand, it's cheap and it does work.

There's another thrush treatment that I've heard the people over on some of the barefoot trim sites called White Lightning. It sounds like good stuff too and I've thought about ordering some of it. Read about it here.

5,786 posted on 02/15/2008 11:20:13 AM PST by FrogInABlender
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To: HairOfTheDog
I know I didn’t like the Koppertox I bought.

The voice in INexperience here, but when I was going over stuff with the previous owner of my horse, who is a trainer, he told me not to use Kopertox, but suggested something called thrushbuster? (the little can is up at the barn so I don't have it handy). I used it on Hannah's horse because I think she is really prone to icky feet - and it was really damp here for a while. Seemed to work pretty well.

I know I'm jumping in here mid topic so I may totally be misunderstanding what the foot issue is. :-/ I just saw the word "Koppertox" and that rang a bell with me.

5,787 posted on 02/15/2008 11:23:02 AM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch (If MY people who are called by MY name -- the ball's in our court, folks.)
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To: HairOfTheDog; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
I just searched the Tractor Supply website and this was the mastitis medicine that I used on Tennessee's feet. It's a 12 pack, not 20, and it cost $27.98, so it's a bit more expensive, but it does work, just for anybody's future reference.
5,788 posted on 02/15/2008 11:26:30 AM PST by FrogInABlender
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

I don’t like Koppertox either.


5,789 posted on 02/15/2008 11:27:52 AM PST by FrogInABlender
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To: FrogInABlender

He seemed to be concerned about the chemicals in it.


5,790 posted on 02/15/2008 11:34:07 AM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch (If MY people who are called by MY name -- the ball's in our court, folks.)
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

It is extremely toxic. But I think the other thing about it is that it was designed to form a barrier over whatever you put it on, supposedly to seal out moisture, but most of the time what it ends up doing is sealing IN the fungus. :-/


5,791 posted on 02/15/2008 11:38:04 AM PST by FrogInABlender
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch; FrogInABlender

What I didn’t like about Koppertox was that, first of all, I have a hard time putting something on my animals that I’m not supposed to get on my skin. That’s a warning sign. Plus it said don’t get it on the horses skin or hair either, which I found impossible when pouring a liquid on an up-side-down hoof.

Plus it didn’t just kill the grass where I was applying it, it ~dissolved~ the grass. Caustic as heck.

I had good luck with the bungus I was treating using Hydrogen pyroxide. I think it might work on thrush too, who knows. But it does bubble all the gunk out nicely, and brings oxygen into the crevices, which I think kills it as much as anything.

But I wouldn’t mind handling bleach either. At least I know what it is. ;~\


5,792 posted on 02/15/2008 11:40:42 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Plus it didn’t just kill the grass where I was applying it, it ~dissolved~ the grass. Caustic as heck.

YIKES! No, I wouldn't feel comfortable with that either ....

Bleach WOULD be easier. :-)

Off to take a teenager to the mall... fun

5,793 posted on 02/15/2008 11:49:35 AM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch (If MY people who are called by MY name -- the ball's in our court, folks.)
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To: HairOfTheDog
...But I wouldn’t mind handling bleach either...

The only complaint I have with it is that I've ruined good jeans and shoes by splattering it on them, but I should've known better than to be wearing good clothes while doing that kinda thing anyways. Sometimes I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer! ;o)

5,794 posted on 02/15/2008 12:04:52 PM PST by FrogInABlender
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To: FrogInABlender

Yeah, there is that.


5,795 posted on 02/15/2008 12:49:52 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Hey, I saw over on HH that you had gone to visit 2J. That was nice, ‘specially the pizza part. :o) Her BP sure does worry me. As little as she is, she should NOT be having BP problems, but it sounds like they’ve checked everything in the world and come up empty. I sure hope they get it under control!


5,796 posted on 02/15/2008 2:02:02 PM PST by FrogInABlender
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To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; CindyDawg; AnAmericanMother; Endeavor; cjshapi; 3catsanadog; Grammy; ...
Good Evening ladies.

My apologies for being scarce this week, I've been working lots and lots and lots of overtime. And, I have to go in Saturday which really b!tes! Oh well, job security I suppose.

I do have something interesting to report- I've been adopted by an orange tabby cat. He showed up unexpectedly on Wednesday night, found his way though the cat door, and upstairs to my bed. I discovered him at midnight, and put him back out, (feeling guilty all the while), but he found his way back upstairs around 4 am. He was here again last night, and if he stays around, he's getting vetted and fixed. I've named him Chester. :-p He's incredibly sweet, and he must have belonged to someone at some time because he knows the sound of a cat food can. Either that or he's a wanderlust and adopts a home every so often. My other guess is that someone abandoned him, because he knows and loves people. However, he's skinny and dirty, and he's missing one of his canines, the poor guy. It gives him a little sneer. :-)
5,797 posted on 02/15/2008 3:08:19 PM PST by Beaker
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To: Beaker

Congratulations on the new kitty :~)


5,798 posted on 02/15/2008 3:20:15 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Beaker

Sounds like he was abandoned doesn’t it? Good think he found a soft place to fall :)


5,799 posted on 02/15/2008 3:33:37 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Duchess47

think = thing


5,800 posted on 02/15/2008 3:34:26 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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