--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E2400007 Date: 02/03/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 12:25pm \/To: MONICA CUNNINGHAM (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Opinion > DT> I have four sets of there Medicine boots and a back brace. I really > The Medicine Boots looks really easy to apply. Do they at any point > become "too tight" at all? I know that they have the velcro strap, but > I always am concerned of wrapping them too tight and maybe causing > damage. Yes, pay close attention to the instructions.. you can put them on to tight. BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E2400008 Date: 02/03/97 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 07:10am \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Merry Christmas! BK :>Well we were back into the 70's here.. and Tush is still BK :>living in the barn which stays resonably warm.. Boy, I'll BK :>tell you after a day like today I'm really glad Tush was BK :>around.. I absolutely adore that kid. CJ also a crack up.. BK :>I brought her out and moved her around a bit.. and she BK :>looked stiff and sore.. so as I was cutting across the BK :>arena.. I got a hunch and decided to turn her loose.. Boy BK :>was she faking it! Yehaa! ;) Hee! I worked Fiddle yesterday for the first time in a couple of weeks...we ended up having to do a little "round pen on the lunge"! She was just having fun, but with the warmer weather (40's) and the better footing, she was ready to rip! She calmed down fast enough after she realized what was going on (g), and when I rode her she was an angel. I think she's grown again...I'll have to measure her. BK :>Saddling for Tush coming very soon.. she doesn't mind BK :>having the saddle on.. so I think I'm going to sneak up on BK :>her with it as soon as we get back into a serious work BK :>routine. Don't sneak (g)! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E2400009 Date: 02/03/97 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 07:12am \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 1 times) Subj: Merry Christmas! JP :> Sham and X started to shed here too (Tuffy still looks JP :>like a wooly Mamoth though ) ..... AND, tonight it's JP :>suppose to dip down into the 40's again ...... needless to JP :>say I put their "woobies" on them last night. What a hoot! When it gets into the high 30's here, I take the blankets OFF! JP :> With this crazy weather it seems like they just don't JP :>know WHAT to do Tell me about it! This has been a very strange winter! More like early spring most of the time (wet, cold) with an occasional spit of snow and one or two really cold days. No more 0 deg. days thought, thank God! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E2400010 Date: 02/03/97 From: MIKE MAY Time: 05:56am \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 1 times) Subj: Merry Christmas! -> Sham and X started to shed here too (Tuffy still looks like a wooly Mamoth -> though ) ..... AND, tonight it's suppose to dip down into the 40's gain -> ...... needless to say I put their "woobies" on them last night. -> With this crazy weather it seems like they just don't know WHAT to do -> Malla has started shedding her actually. I am pretty sure they do this by he amout of daylight they see. The days are getting longer again now so they start shedding. It can't be because it is warmer because it certainly isn't around here! --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Home of Malla, the spoiled Norwegian Fjord (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E2500000 Date: 01/29/97 From: CHRIS CRAFT Time: 12:04am \/To: DEBBY TAYLOR (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Bowed legs & Sand Col -> -> Central California. The horse in the stall across from mine has had -> stones. H They have stone everywhere in the world that a horse eats stone are formed by the body to protect the digestive system from something that they ate. Could be even a piece of twine. A stud that we leased colic for 3 days. We sent him to the university and they pulled out three stone the size of soft balls. Of course 5000 dollars later also. I have heard of a lot horse dying from them lately must be the better care that horse get and better educated doctors that we have that we finally know what they die of. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: The Family BBS - Brookville, Oh (513)833-4957 (1:110/900.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E2500001 Date: 02/04/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 02:27am \/To: MONICA CUNNINGHAM (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Opinion > BK> I've got mixed feelings about using the boots.. yes they do help, ho > BK> excessive use the soft tissue may develop a dependancy of the boots > BK> instead of natural tone. It's something I've discussed with several > BK> have a pair, I don't use them anymore except as protection once in a > Would it be ok to use just for let's say Lunging times only? That's entirely up to you Monica.. I'd use them during times when I'd wnat the protection to their legs, if I was going to use them. BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E2500002 Date: 02/04/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 02:28am \/To: DEBBY TAYLOR (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: my absence > -> She'll be back online before you know it Mike.. just passed some > -> netmail with the NC there.. ;) > YIPEE! Yep.. I sure do miss her already.. :( BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E2500003 Date: 02/04/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 02:29am \/To: DEBBY TAYLOR (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Bowed legs & Sand Col > -> Tell them that there is a 4 grain out hay available in Ca.. although > -> I'm not sure that you folks have easy access to it up there. > -> > -> It's far more tasty then standard "straw" looking oat hay and it's > -> easier with this stuff to keep the weight on. > Will do. I don't how available it is. > I heard it was suppose to be 80 today in LA. I hope you were in a > position to run away from work and enjoy it. Ahhh.. things have been "different" during working hours.. so between that and the cold.. well... but both of the girls need a bath.. and it's on the slate this week.. should be back into the 70's shortly. BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E2500004 Date: 02/04/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 02:30am \/To: DEBBY TAYLOR (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Slurp > -> There in lays the problem.. if I turn her out with to much of a head > -> of steam and/or with Straw.. she has a tendancy to get carried away > -> and then strains the joints again.. > Will she outgrow this or are the joints always going to be a little > weak? I just don't know.. going to call the vet tomorrow.. I'm getting concerned about it. > -> Well this isn't an easy one.. no 100% reliable.. but I'll answer it > -> later when my head clears a little.. right now my head weighs about > -> 700 lbs and is stuffed solid. > I understand and hope you get to feeling better soon. Well, it's still there sort of.. even after the anti-biotics, I also need to get some teeth taken care of that got cobbered in the accident. They have decided to remind me of thier presense.. ;) I'm not found of going under the knife.. so.. I've been avoiding it. BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E2500005 Date: 02/04/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 02:33am \/To: DEBBY TAYLOR (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Rain > -> Well mine went from Flu to the nastiest Cold I've had in years.. the > -> cold is actually worse then the doggon flu! :( > Geesh....You are really having a run of it. I talked to one woman who > had this flu come back on her 3 times so you take it easy. I thought it went away.. but it's back in my chest.. the anit-biotics really helped but didn't clear it completely.. > My favorite > cold remedy is a big glass of orange juice with a lot of vodka in it. > That way if it doesn't do the cold any good at least it numbs the rest > of me so I don't know how bad I feel. I thought that was pain killers and tranquilers so you didn't feel it and even if you did you wouldn't care.. ;) > I could barely get my eyes open but since then I've been > feeling pretty good. Well I'm feeling reasonable.. but just coughing up a lot of junk.. BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861)