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  A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | My noble steed stocked up at the first big show I've ever hauled him to by myself. The weather went from 70 Friday, to 50 Saturday, to 30 on Sunday. He's 11, and hasn't been hauled extensively for a few years. And he's used to being outside 24/7. I know stocking up isn't a HUGE concern, but I feel bad when he's not 100%. I also have a new mare that we were told is prone to stocking up.
What is the BEST way to prevent this from happening? I know a lot of people swear by poultice, but with the weather being so cold for some of the shows we haul to, I don't want to have to hose him down for any reason.
And has anyone tried/though of trying the Equiflexsleeves? (http://www.sstack.com/equine-bandages-wraps/equiflexsleeve/) |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
 
Location: PNW | I use BOT quick wraps and LOTS of frequent hand-walking. I've got one that stocks up just looking at a stall - you'd think he was a hunter/jumper. BOT wraps and hand walking are how I manage it. |
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A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | svincent - 2013-12-09 12:29 AM
I use BOT quick wraps and LOTS of frequent hand-walking. I've got one that stocks up just looking at a stall - you'd think he was a hunter/jumper. BOT wraps and hand walking are how I manage it.
Can you leave them on for a long period of time? I just worry about too much heat being built up, especially when the weather warms up. But I have ZERO experience with them, so I may just sound stupid asking about it. LOL |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | hlynn - 2013-12-08 11:30 PM
svincent - 2013-12-09 12:29 AM
I use BOT quick wraps and LOTS of frequent hand-walking. I've got one that stocks up just looking at a stall - you'd think he was a hunter/jumper. BOT wraps and hand walking are how I manage it.
Can you leave them on for a long period of time? I just worry about too much heat being built up, especially when the weather warms up. But I have ZERO experience with them, so I may just sound stupid asking about it. LOL
You have to build up to leaving them on for long periods. I don't leave mine for more than 12 hours, or overnight, really. Especially in hot weather. I put them on when he's stalled all night. And I take them off when I hand walk, put them back on when he goes back to his stall, then repeat. They CAN be left on for up to 24 hrs though I believe.... But not sure, cause like I said, that's not how I roll. Lol. I let his legs cool down during his walks, and just put them on in the stall. Especially at shows where they've only got 10x10s available - those don't allow for much movement at all. Most important is just keeping circulation going. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | When I would go to a 3 day show I would get my horses out of their stalls as much as possible, take them to my trailer let them stand in the fresh air get some sun and do a lot of hand walking. I never wrap my horses, most of the shows were during summer so I would worry if I wrap with the heat we have here.  |
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A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | svincent - 2013-12-09 12:47 AM
hlynn - 2013-12-08 11:30 PM
svincent - 2013-12-09 12:29 AM
I use BOT quick wraps and LOTS of frequent hand-walking. I've got one that stocks up just looking at a stall - you'd think he was a hunter/jumper. BOT wraps and hand walking are how I manage it.
Can you leave them on for a long period of time? I just worry about too much heat being built up, especially when the weather warms up. But I have ZERO experience with them, so I may just sound stupid asking about it. LOL
You have to build up to leaving them on for long periods. I don't leave mine for more than 12 hours, or overnight, really. Especially in hot weather. I put them on when he's stalled all night. And I take them off when I hand walk, put them back on when he goes back to his stall, then repeat. They CAN be left on for up to 24 hrs though I believe.... But not sure, cause like I said, that's not how I roll. Lol. I let his legs cool down during his walks, and just put them on in the stall. Especially at shows where they've only got 10x10s available - those don't allow for much movement at all. Most important is just keeping circulation going.
I would only leave them on overnight, and for short intervals during the day. And overnight is usually only a few hours, since I check, check, then recheck on him before I actually sleep. LOL |
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Location: PNW | Southtxponygirl - 2013-12-08 11:50 PM
When I would go to a 3 day show I would get my horses out of their stalls as much as possible, take them to my trailer let them stand in the fresh air get some sun and do a lot of hand walking. I never wrap my horses, most of the shows were during summer so I would worry if I wrap with the heat we have here.
Lots of walking and movement is definitely key above anything else in my opinion. I live in the NW, so I don't have to be quite as heat-conscious as you do :) |
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Location: Arkansas | Mine ALWAYS stocks if I don't wrap, so I generally do. Especially on long hauls, I will wrap with linament or Brace from Biocare. It helps but I try to walk him as much as possible... Usually to the alley and back pens, warm up pen... let him see the sights and stretch his legs too.. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | svincent - 2013-12-08 11:52 PM Southtxponygirl - 2013-12-08 11:50 PM When I would go to a 3 day show I would get my horses out of their stalls as much as possible, take them to my trailer let them stand in the fresh air get some sun and do a lot of hand walking. I never wrap my horses, most of the shows were during summer so I would worry if I wrap with the heat we have here. Lots of walking and movement is definitely key above anything else in my opinion. I live in the NW, so I don't have to be quite as heat-conscious as you do : )
Oh the heat can be a killer here, last summer we got up to 103 to 110 and higher, got to be really careful of what we do around here for our horses.  |
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I AM being nice
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Location: MD | I love my good ole Wilkers quilts and flannel bandages. I wrap the ones who respond best to that. I do have a horse or two that I rub down with McTarnahan's Pink Lotion and leave bare, as well. The biggest thing is, I get them out as much as possible. At the big, multi day shows, I'll get them out and walk a ton. I also might ride one in the pen at one point during the day and then take them out for a bit of a trail ride again later. In Perry, during the summer months, when we're trapped on hot concrete and asphalt almost everywhere, I also tend to ice and cold hose a lot.
ETA: I have also found that having SoftRides on my guys has reduced the extent to which they stock up.
Edited by WrapSnap 2013-12-09 12:02 AM
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| I like my PHT tendon wraps on mine that stock up. Never had him stop up with them on. |
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Location: Phoenix | Sore No more poultice. I swear by this stuff. I've tried others and they don't work nearly as well. I don't wrap because I suck at wrapping.
HINT for poultice users: buy some rubber medical gloves at your local pharmacy and keep them in your trailer and put them on before applying poultice. Makes applying it SOOOO much cleaner.
ALSO-- I noticed my horse did a lot better stocking up-wise when I gave him Silver Lining Herbs' Kidney Support. I fed a bag and he drastically improved. I would do that right off the bat. |
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