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| What does everyone put under their standing wraps? When stalling and hauling long distances |
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Location: London Ontario | Usually just no bows, I will also poultice and wrap in wet brown paper bags, then no bows and wraps. |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | No bow quilts |
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| Anyone put a type of bracing agent like green jelly? |
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| Some people will sweat their horses legs when they are putting a lot of rides on a horse over a weekend.
When I am hauling I simply just put standing wraps with the no bows on. I do not sweat a leg unless there is inflammation as a result of injury.
When I am putting a lot of hard rides ie a three day show I make sure to cold hose weather permitting and poultice with sore no more.
I personally try not to sweat unless there is an injury, just because of the risk of burning.
ETA-I do make it a point to wrap all legs during injury or any time I wrap even if I am only sweating one leg only-just because a horse may compensate another leg-might as well be as preventative as possible and keep everything "balanced."
Edited by magic gunsmoke 2014-07-31 10:49 AM
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| A friend of mine always puts the green jelly on the legs, then quilted wraps, then the bandages. |
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| PLEASE PLEASE don't go put green jelly on a horse, a no bow quilt, and then standing wraps and then throw them in the trailer for a 2 hr drive in this hot weather. It is not needed and it puts way too much heat on your horses leg that does not need to be there.
Only do these things if they are needed. If you have a problem you are trying to fix before a big run that you have invested a lot of money in then these tactics may be understandable but don't just do it because everyone else is or because "it looks pretty."
http://www.equinews.com/article/shipping-horses-hot-weather-boots-o...
The above article states that the horse's skin was raised 15 degrees. So if it is say 90 outside that puts the temp of your horses legs at about 105 degrees...BE AWARE OF THIS before you throw green jelly on underneath those wraps.
Also if you have a problem your fixing that is fine but please take them off when you get to the show so your horse does not haft to stand in direct sunlight with those wraps on his legs half the day until you take them off and throw on boots for exhibitions. |
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| For years I used green jelly, a wrap they don't make anymore and standing wraps every time I hauled my gelding. He was 15 and had been used and abused when I got him. He never had any reactions and when I would unwrap him after he got out of the trailer his legs were never hot. This horse was sound until the day I had to put him down in his late 20's. I don't like the wraps they have now to go under standing wraps, though, I think they hold in heat. |
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| I use either my BOT standing wraps, or I put green jelly on then soak my wraps in water and put them on over the jelly wet. I mostly use the BOT before I run if it isn't too hot and the Jelly after I run as a cooling.
Edited by Rope-N-Run 2014-07-31 5:22 PM
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  A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | EmtRoper - 2014-07-31 10:06 AM
What does everyone put under their standing wraps? When stalling and hauling long distances
I only use wraps when I stall at a big show. My horses are used to being on turnout 24/7 so they stock up when in the stalls for too long. I wrapped my gelding this year at our State finals this year, only because the temperature was OK to do so and he actually needed them. And I only left them on overnight. They came off in the morning.
I sprayed Sore No More liniment on the leg, then wrapped with no bows and standing wraps.
I will NEVER use another liniment other than Sore No More. I know how my hands feel after applying green jelly and the Absorbine & I hate it. That cannot feel comfortable to the horse under something that holds in heat like a wrap.
I have never wrapped while hauling, and I haul in an open stock type trailer. It's usually too hot and we aren't going very far. If I want something on them to keep their legs tight, I'll use Sore No More poultice. That's it. Nothing to hold heat on the leg when it's already hot out. I may think to wrap if we are going a long distance and it's cooler out, but not until that circumstance arises. Just my way. |
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Location: In a happy place | hlynn - 2014-07-31 6:00 PM EmtRoper - 2014-07-31 10:06 AM What does everyone put under their standing wraps? When stalling and hauling long distances I only use wraps when I stall at a big show. My horses are used to being on turnout 24/7 so they stock up when in the stalls for too long. I wrapped my gelding this year at our State finals this year, only because the temperature was OK to do so and he actually needed them. And I only left them on overnight. They came off in the morning. I sprayed Sore No More liniment on the leg, then wrapped with no bows and standing wraps. I will NEVER use another liniment other than Sore No More. I know how my hands feel after applying green jelly and the Absorbine & I hate it. That cannot feel comfortable to the horse under something that holds in heat like a wrap. I have never wrapped while hauling, and I haul in an open stock type trailer. It's usually too hot and we aren't going very far. If I want something on them to keep their legs tight, I'll use Sore No More poultice. That's it. Nothing to hold heat on the leg when it's already hot out. I may think to wrap if we are going a long distance and it's cooler out, but not until that circumstance arises. Just my way.
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