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Location: Oklahoma | A friend of mine had her horse swam for bout a month and he looks amazing all filled out and buffed. Im wondering if someone did this one time and continue to ride and running barrels if they would lose this over time if you didn't take them swimming again or would you have to do a couple times a year or more? Also, if you swim your horses how often do you do this. Does anyone have before and after pics?
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | Can't really help you with your questions but I will tell you to make sure you horse is in pretty good shape before you do it. I did it with two of mine and one was just coming off a break and she got so sore after that I never put her back in the water. |
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| I just finished swimming mine for 2 months, 2-3 times per week to rehab an injury. He was the fittest he has ever been, but now I am strictly hand walking him so he has lost some of that muscle. The guys who swim mine said it takes about 2 weeks if you swim them 3 times a week to see a difference in their muscling and fitness....when mine gets back to work I want to try and swim him consistently for two weeks and then once per week or so(depending on my funds! lol) along with riding and racing. I think you do lose some of the muscling over time because swimming works so many different muscles that a lot of times they don't use while riding, so to keep him filled out like your friends horse you would probably want to keep up with the swimming! I will see if I have any before/after pictures! |
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Location: Sweet Home Alabama | Do y'all mind filling me in on how much it is? And do you keep your horse at the facility, or is it a make an appointment and come and go type of deal? |
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Location: North Dakota | Turnburnsis - 2016-07-26 12:43 PM A friend of mine had her horse swam for bout a month and he looks amazing all filled out and buffed. Im wondering if someone did this one time and continue to ride and running barrels if they would lose this over time if you didn't take them swimming again or would you have to do a couple times a year or more? Also, if you swim your horses how often do you do this. Does anyone have before and after pics?
I've personally never had a horse swam, but I have been told that even though they look great after swimming, you have to get them in "barrel running" shape again. Of course, the physical demands for swimming laps is the not the same as chasing cans. |
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| Ashton94 - 2016-07-27 9:31 PM
Do y'all mind filling me in on how much it is? And do you keep your horse at the facility, or is it a make an appointment and come and go type of deal?
The place I went was $40 per swim for one horse and I believe it was either $1600 or $1800 per month to board them there. I opted to haul in every week! |
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Location: Sweet Home Alabama | nicole.b - 2016-08-02 11:08 AM
Ashton94 - 2016-07-27 9:31 PM
Do y'all mind filling me in on how much it is? And do you keep your horse at the facility, or is it a make an appointment and come and go type of deal?
The place I went was $40 per swim for one horse and I believe it was either $1600 or $1800 per month to board them there. I opted to haul in every week!
Only $40? Wow. I expected a few hundred dollars at least. Wish I could find a place in Alabama that does it. |
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| r_beau - 2016-07-28 8:05 AM Turnburnsis - 2016-07-26 12:43 PM A friend of mine had her horse swam for bout a month and he looks amazing all filled out and buffed. Im wondering if someone did this one time and continue to ride and running barrels if they would lose this over time if you didn't take them swimming again or would you have to do a couple times a year or more? Also, if you swim your horses how often do you do this. Does anyone have before and after pics? I've personally never had a horse swam, but I have been told that even though they look great after swimming, you have to get them in "barrel running" shape again. Of course, the physical demands for swimming laps is the not the same as chasing cans.
True, you still need to long trot, they need the concussion to build bones and strengthen ligaments, tendons etc. I live about 25 minutes from a good facility so have never left mine. It took about 3 weeks 3 x per week to build up to 2 laps then I cut back to 2 x week. $10/swim per horse. I think they will loose some of the aerobic conditioning if you don't continue to swim but if you have a good program to keep them legged up they will stay in very good shape. |
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| Ashton94 - 2016-08-02 3:32 PM
nicole.b - 2016-08-02 11:08 AM
Ashton94 - 2016-07-27 9:31 PM
Do y'all mind filling me in on how much it is? And do you keep your horse at the facility, or is it a make an appointment and come and go type of deal?
The place I went was $40 per swim for one horse and I believe it was either $1600 or $1800 per month to board them there. I opted to haul in every week!
Only $40? Wow. I expected a few hundred dollars at least. Wish I could find a place in Alabama that does it.
I'm in Idaho and had no idea this place existed until my horse got hurt! lol Maybe try asking around and there could be one you never knew existed! |
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Location: Oklahoma | Thanks for the help! I will be going to a facility that does aqua tread my reasoning for wanting to do this is to give my horse every opportunity I can for healing I am gonna leave for 30 days and then see what happens. It is thirty dollars a day if I leave him but he will also get exerciser therapy plates not the one that goes in circulation mode and he will get a light therapy too. If I leave less than 30 days it's 35 I'm praying that this really helps bc if it doesn't there nothing else that can be done. Thanks again! |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | I would personally rather do an aquatred since their feet hit the tred. When they swim they stretch their legs out and push the water back. With the tred they hit the bottom of the tred and don't stretch out as much but still work against a current and get a good work out in. Around here it's about the same price to tred one or swim one.
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