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| When hauling to weekend shows that have concrete stalls, what do you use to help your horses stay comforable? Has anyone had luck with the interlocking foam mats? Tons of shavings? Please share your tips.... |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i wont keep my horses in a stall thats cement....lesson learnt on this..........i will haul , its a pita but way more comfortable for the horses.........i can usually find a friend or a friend of a friend that lives relatively close where i can park
i know lots of ppl have no issue doing it i just have never had luck..
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Location: Keeping up with the numbers! | Soft rides and lots of shavings. |
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Location: Kansas | Soft Rides.
If I can get them out of the stalls and onto dirt or grass, I do that as much as possible. That wasn't really an option at Tulsa last December when it was cold, snowy and icy, but luckily I was only there for one night. I hate stalls of any sort but concrete is my least favorite. I'd rather tie out to the trailer or drive a little ways than stick them in concrete stalls overnight. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I rented a stall mat the last time I had to stall on concrete. It was nice, but $80 was expensive (IMO). A lady stalling next to me had some of the interlocking foam mats. I found them at Sam's for $21 a pack and so I bought some... Laid them out and I think I will need atleast two packs to cover a stall floor and I'm thinking they might need to be stacked two deep to do much good. I'll have the same amount of money into four packs as I will one weekend's stall rental!
For those of you who use the foam puzzle pieces: How many deep do you have them? I'll still be doing plenty of pellets/shavings. |
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | Soft rides and 6 bags of shavings. I do haul mats for open world when they will be stalled for a week. Mats of any kind are nasty to handle unless you can wash them off. I'm taking 3 horses to world this year and don't have enough mats so I'm going to use blue board. It works like regular mats except its cheap and you don't have to handle it after the show. Just leave it in your stall. |
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| I would buy some play sand in bags like 2.00 a bag put,plenty like 10 bags of shavings in them. |
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Location: texas | Tess Belle--- what is "blue board"-- where do you get it? |
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| If mats are no an option, try peat moss, at least 2 bags, then put 4-5 bags of shavings over it. Helps give a little cushion for the horses especially getting up and down, decrease slipping also. Plus, you don't have to clean it out when done for the show. Usually available at any garden area - WalMart, TSC, they all carry it. |
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | lbrown - 2014-09-15 10:45 PM
Tess Belle--- what is "blue board"-- where do you get it?
That's what it's called. You can get it at any hardware store or maybe Walmart not sure. It's a type of really durable foam. Your horse trailer is probably insulated with it. Ours is.
Edited by TessBelle 2014-09-16 8:39 AM
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Location: Kansas | I'm wondering this as well, I'm running at the barrel bash in lincoln and was told the stalls are concrete! |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | Kinda off subject - but, does anyone think that a horse "has to get used to" the soft rides? And, would they make a horse sore, just like a woman wearing high heels? |
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Location: louisiana | 3canstorun - 2014-09-16 8:46 AM
Kinda off subject - but, does anyone think that a horse "has to get used to" the soft rides? And, would they make a horse sore, just like a woman wearing high heels?
my horse loved them, I took him a few min to walk in them then he was fine wouldn't pick up his feet for me to take them off :) |
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| jw1990 - 2014-09-16 8:52 AM
3canstorun - 2014-09-16 8:46 AM
Kinda off subject - but, does anyone think that a horse "has to get used to" the soft rides? And, would they make a horse sore, just like a woman wearing high heels?
my horse loved them, I took him a few min to walk in them then he was fine wouldn't pick up his feet for me to take them off : )
My horse does really well in the soft rides. It only took her a few mins to figure out how to walk in them and she has not had problems. |
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | I first put down about 4 bags of pelleted bedding and wet them and then put fluffy, flakey bedding over them. The pelleted bedding is heavier and will stay under the flakes and make a good pad over the concrete. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | I use mats and talked to G.S. when he first purchased Hotshot about why I use them. Anytime we can get a horse comfortable and relaxed he will do better at a performance. Thats why C.J. would haul the great Scamper to nice open pens for his naps he worked better that way.
Now we have the great soft rides and can get away with pellets on the bottom and fluffy shavings up top for our horses comfort. |
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Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | lindseylou2290 - 2014-09-16 9:01 AM jw1990 - 2014-09-16 8:52 AM 3canstorun - 2014-09-16 8:46 AM Kinda off subject - but, does anyone think that a horse "has to get used to" the soft rides? And, would they make a horse sore, just like a woman wearing high heels? my horse loved them, I took him a few min to walk in them then he was fine wouldn't pick up his feet for me to take them off : ) My horse does really well in the soft rides. It only took her a few mins to figure out how to walk in them and she has not had problems.
I've used them on 4 different horses and none of them want to step off the Soft Rides. The first couple steps might be a little funky but they figure out pretty quickly how to clomp around in them. Mine will move around at the trailer until I unvelcro the Soft Rides, then they are rooted in place because they know when they step off I'm taking the boot away so we can ride. lol. |
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | A good friend of mine uses paper shavings. I've never personally tried them but I went in her stalls and there are way more softer than regular wood shavings. They are dust free and if you horse lays down they won't get shavings all in there mane and tail. |
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | 3canstorun - 2014-09-16 8:46 AM
Kinda off subject - but, does anyone think that a horse "has to get used to" the soft rides? And, would they make a horse sore, just like a woman wearing high heels?
Mine just came in the mail today. I hope my mare loves them. Everyone says she will. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | TessBelle - 2014-09-16 1:11 PM 3canstorun - 2014-09-16 8:46 AM Kinda off subject - but, does anyone think that a horse "has to get used to" the soft rides? And, would they make a horse sore, just like a woman wearing high heels? Mine just came in the mail today. I hope my mare loves them. Everyone says she will.
When I go to Jefferies they always have the returned ones in the discount barn. I think next time I am going to buy some. Thanks for the answers. |
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