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Apr 10 11 5:54 PM
QHSlidin wrote:Don't forget a sling while they are stalled to prevent them from lying down!
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Apr 10 11 5:59 PM
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Suess
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Apr 10 11 6:12 PM
The Beeze wrote:Oh hell, ftf... you're such an abuser, I think it would be too much effort to rotate them. You could probably rig something up with a stock prod to keep 'em on their feet! You know, just to avoid a hock sore.
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Apr 10 11 7:05 PM
If there was a vet student action figure, no children would buy it, and it would need to come with a warning label about increasing the depression in teenagers. Even the commercials for it would be depressing:The new vet student action figure from Mattel! It has foldable legs for long periods of sitting and standing! You can watch its hair turn gray before your eyes! Comes complete with 50lb backpack and scoliosis! Happiness not included.
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Apr 10 11 7:09 PM
tdadams wrote:Are hock sores really that common with everyone? We are on hard-as-cement clay in the summer and I've never had a problem with hock sores.
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Apr 10 11 7:37 PM
KizmetRanch wrote:What is the padding made of on the hock boot? It looks like fleece or wool (or a synthetic variation), in which case, it would only create sweat during summer months here. It's too hot for that. Mine are also very nosy and particular about the stuff they wear, and Talia would probably rip those off in a heartbeat. Speaking of hot... we reached like a 60 degree high today. IT IS/WAS SO NICE OUTSIDE! I'm ready for spring/summer!
Valo wrote:I totes googled it. While on campus in a public space surrounded by students. Balls. I haz them.
Timid Wild One wrote:^Balls. You saw them.
Apr 10 11 7:44 PM
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Apr 10 11 9:40 PM
HorseHawk wrote:DamagedGoods wrote:HorseHawk wrote:Looks like you are evidently skimping on sufficient bedding for your constantly stalled horses...(hock sores)...Is this fucking for real? HOCK SORES!? You're nit-picking about goddamn HOCK SORES!?Ohhh the horror! The agony, the neglect! What trashy, incompetent abuse!You seriously have to be fucking kidding me. BTW, in desert states where we don't bed often, about 95% of all horses have hock sores and no one says a damn thing. My ponies all have hock sores, and they're even on bedding when they're in stalls. Even a large portion of the race horses have them. Big fucking deal.It's very evident you're not as fuckin particular or considerate about your performance horses as barrel racers are...huh...? A sore on their hock or any joint hurts when they're running & moving that joint while performing/working or just moving around. Not to mention screw worms can easily get in it or proud flesh can develop & infection can set in & take the sore all the way to the bone. We/barrel racers/ kinda go by "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" down here...But you sound like the Yahoos that say, "It's too far from its heart to hurt it."...or..."It's just a horse."...
DamagedGoods wrote:HorseHawk wrote:Looks like you are evidently skimping on sufficient bedding for your constantly stalled horses...(hock sores)...Is this fucking for real? HOCK SORES!? You're nit-picking about goddamn HOCK SORES!?Ohhh the horror! The agony, the neglect! What trashy, incompetent abuse!You seriously have to be fucking kidding me. BTW, in desert states where we don't bed often, about 95% of all horses have hock sores and no one says a damn thing. My ponies all have hock sores, and they're even on bedding when they're in stalls. Even a large portion of the race horses have them. Big fucking deal.
HorseHawk wrote:Looks like you are evidently skimping on sufficient bedding for your constantly stalled horses...(hock sores)...
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passing through wrote:I am confused. By ponies and galloping 10-20 miles a day do you mean that you have pony horses at the track? I am asking because I am unaware of any track trainer putting that many miles a day on racing stock. And no, I am not nit picking just asking for clarity.*For the record, I don't deal with hock sores here in MN. But hell everyone knows I avoid white/chrome of any kind because I am lazy and probably only brush their legs maybe once or twice every year. *
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Apr 11 11 5:17 AM
Timid Wild One wrote: Mine got hock sores on the regular before his stall was matted. Now that he has mats, he gets them very, very rarely. The hair will get matted down and sometimes he'll lose some hair over the hock, but it's been a while since he's had a bad sore. Call me crazy, but I take exception to my horse having large, bleeding/oozing ulcers on his hocks. Maybe it's because I'm vain and he's a show horse, but I raised hell when his hocks looked like that. FTR I don't think that those shown on Panda look anywhere near as bad as what I was dealing with. Those are quite minor and I imagine they'd heal over quickly if she was on softer ground or lay down less often.
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Apr 11 11 5:25 AM
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Apr 11 11 5:30 AM
gunsondeck wrote:Timid Wild One wrote: Mine got hock sores on the regular before his stall was matted. Now that he has mats, he gets them very, very rarely. The hair will get matted down and sometimes he'll lose some hair over the hock, but it's been a while since he's had a bad sore. Call me crazy, but I take exception to my horse having large, bleeding/oozing ulcers on his hocks. Maybe it's because I'm vain and he's a show horse, but I raised hell when his hocks looked like that. FTR I don't think that those shown on Panda look anywhere near as bad as what I was dealing with. Those are quite minor and I imagine they'd heal over quickly if she was on softer ground or lay down less often.I agree....my stall has 1/2 mats.....his mats are where he lays and I fill it with lots of shavings.....I have found that if you put a little bag balm on the hocks...that works as well as anything.....keeps them soft and helps heal. I keep it in my show box and if Im at a show for 4-5 days on those ole hard stalls...I just put a dab on them to keep things under control....
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