You take any pictures of SL's feet last night or didja still feel bad?
The seminar last night was really good. Celia and I were pleasantly surprised, Purina picked up the tab for supper:)
The guy from Purina talked about all the different horse feeds Purina makes, and their purpose, (all the feeds except Horse Chow:() I think they push the Equine foal/adult/senior more. I asked the difference he said none. I told him what I do, and how my horse looks (a bit fat:). A big part of his talk was feeding your horse so he has the proper nutrition to supply the amount of energy he needs. Protein is the least effecient source of energy, then fat then carbs. If you don't feed enough fat and carbs for their energy, then they will burn protein and that will cause a loss of muscle. Increasing protein is NOT the fix. Once again I wondered about how much he was selling, but for me he recommended that if I stay with Horse Chow that I use a supplement Purina makes, when I'm competeing to make sure Harley has what he needs for energy...Equine Adult already has it added.
He said Protein will NOT make a horse hyper, to much protein will just be expelled thru the urine.
The bit man was interesting, and very informative. Our feed store is going to start carrying this brand of bits (Mylar). The demonstration of bits was very interesting, but being the skeptic I am:), I wonder how much is just a sales pitch. I did learn tho that snaffle bits are not at all gentle, especially in hands that are not effecient at using them. I knew it took some know how to use a snaffle but I thought if you didn't have that know how the bit just didn't work good, I didn't realize it really could cause extreme discomfort to the horse. And that bits with ports, shanks, and curb bits are actually less uncomfortable to the horse. They give more room for the tongue, and they spread the pressure over more area, the chin, bars of the mouth, and polls, where as the snaffle every bit of pressure is on the tongue.
There is alot more to equine dentistry then just running a float over the horses teeth. The vet that did that demonstration lives here in Bixby and she seemed to be very up on the latest information on the subject. But once again I wonder how much was selling...
They owner of my feed store said after she worked on his horse, his horse worked 110% better. He said it takes her about an hour and half to "float" teeth, and it was about $75. She recommends once a year floating.
Becky
No I didn't make it. My tooth is hurting again. I came home for an oral a gel sandwich. I may head oout there in a little while. I've had a bad day. I don't feel like riding but some fuzzies would be good.