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| Just like the title.. I guess I feel like glucosamine-like supplements are for more of an aging/arthritic type horse than younger one. Am I wrong? I have a coming 6yo that has been worked very slowly, has not had any chronic lameness/soreness/needed injections as of yet and I would like to keep it that way. Would it benefit her to be started on a glucosamine supplement as a young horse? TIA! |
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| Its never to early to start in my opinion. Why wait until you have a problem. We ask our horses to run barrels which no matter how slow you start them, the goal is to get them running and turning HARD. Their joints were not designed for someone to ride them let alone run at top speed and turn barrels. Mine get injectible joint supplements from the day they are started under saddle if not sooner in preparation for that and they never come off. Adequan loading dose 2x a year is a great place to start to maintain an already clean joint space. Once a problem emerges then you have to go to other injectibles. |
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| Great info! Thank you! |
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The Advice Guru
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| The current research is showing the feed through supplements are more effective for prevention.
Never too early to start |
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| cheryl makofka - 2016-02-26 12:49 PM
The current research is showing the feed through supplements are more effective for prevention.
Never too early to start
That would kind of make sense to. I just wonder how much they absorb? I might try a little experiment. Because of Curost I have both of my horses hind guts working. I bet if I tried a good feed through they might absorb more than they did BEFORE getting their gut working. Experiment time! |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | Its never too early. All of my horses including the broodmare are on Animal Element Detox which has HA, msm, and glucosamine. So my babies are on it from conception on! |
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Location: Ava, Missouri | I agree with everyone else! Start 'em early! :)
I feed Exceed 6-Way by MVP to all of mine. Covers joints, gastro-intestinal, hooves, skin/coat, and digestion. There was recently a clinical trial done on 10 osteo-arthritic horses being fed Exceed, and the results were awesome! 90% of the horses showed an average decreased lameness score at the end of 30 days, 4 out of the 10 went down to a 0 lameness score at teh end of 30 days, and 7 out of the 10 horses had a 0 lameness score at the end of 120 days. One horse required fewer joint injections after starting the product compared to before starting it.
Might as well get them on a good supplement to help prevent/slow down problems later on in their career.
(I'm an ambassador for MVP and if you're interested in starting Exceed then please message me to learn how to get an introductory offer for the product.) 
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Location: Bandera, TX | When I start breaking them. |
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Location: North Dakota | I put my 4-year-old on T.H.E. and also Pentosan.
Figure it is not going to hurt! |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I think they're a waste of money, especially as a "preventitive". Quality feed is all a healthy horse needs. If one develops issues, I am becoming a cur-ost diehard. |
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| We give all our working horses previcox and they feel great on it. |
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| FlyingHigh1454 - 2016-02-28 3:00 PM
We give all our working horses previcox and they feel great on it.
You do realize there are adverse effects with prolonged use.
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