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  A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | I've seen posts about the best things to do all over the place. Would like to see some tips in one thread, easy to search for.
I'll be hauling to a 4 day show that uses concrete stalls & has a lot of pavement around period. What are some things to have/do to make it easier on the ponies? |
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| Soft rides or the Easyboot RX's would be the most useful solution IMO because of they're long lasting.
But they are pricy. At bonus race I saw everything from interlocking mats to pink insulation foam and styrofoam. Personally boots are on my someday list, but if I had to haul and stall on concrete again anytime soon I would maybe buy interlocking mats. Mine just walks shavings to the outside so there's no point in putting a ton of shaving in, idk how bad/quickly he would tear up foam. |
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Location: Kansas | Bed that stall down. I agree on the boots as well. |
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A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | My personal list is:
Soft Rides & shoes on the front
Lots of shavings on top of some interlocking foam mats from harbor freight
And walking as much as time allows me
Going to try the EquiFlex Sleeves since they seem to be a better solution for the summer as opposed to standing wraps or BOT. |
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Location: Kansas | hlynn - 2014-04-24 1:55 PM My personal list is: Soft Rides & shoes on the front Lots of shavings on top of some interlocking foam mats from harbor freight And walking as much as time allows me Going to try the EquiFlex Sleeves since they seem to be a better solution for the summer as opposed to standing wraps or BOT.
I never thought about the mats.....that is actually an excellent idea! |
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A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | hoofs_in_motion - 2014-04-24 2:59 PM
hlynn - 2014-04-24 1:55 PM My personal list is: Soft Rides & shoes on the front Lots of shavings on top of some interlocking foam mats from harbor freight And walking as much as time allows me Going to try the EquiFlex Sleeves since they seem to be a better solution for the summer as opposed to standing wraps or BOT.
I never thought about the mats.....that is actually an excellent idea!
We use the little Disney themed ones for the kiddos from Walmart for indoor shows for the little one to play on. Harbor Freight has a version for a little cheaper. It's like $10 for 8 square feet I think. Figured some duct tape could hold it together & put a few bags of shavings on top to pad it really well. I can protect their feet. I just don't want them laying down to rest on hard cement. |
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| We tried the interlocking matts and unfortunatly they were more trouble than the worth. Regular matts are just heavy to haul and move.
The best thing that we have done is to buy the finer shavings for the stalls and when you clean just pick out the piles (leave the wet stuff in). I know this sounds icky but it does help the shavings to hold a bit better and give some cushion. I wouldnt suggest this long term of course but we did it at the world show last year and it was fine for a few days.
Also, softrides are a MUST! We have been on some slippery stuff and these always helped and gave them some cusion. Since they are easy on and easy off if it is slippery going to the arena we leave them on and when we get in the warm up pen we take them off. |
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A Lady with Fight
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Location: NC | LAC - 2014-04-24 3:35 PM
We tried the interlocking matts and unfortunatly they were more trouble than the worth. Regular matts are just heavy to haul and move.
The best thing that we have done is to buy the finer shavings for the stalls and when you clean just pick out the piles (leave the wet stuff in). I know this sounds icky but it does help the shavings to hold a bit better and give some cushion. I wouldnt suggest this long term of course but we did it at the world show last year and it was fine for a few days.
Also, softrides are a MUST! We have been on some slippery stuff and these always helped and gave them some cusion. Since they are easy on and easy off if it is slippery going to the arena we leave them on and when we get in the warm up pen we take them off.
Do you boot all the way around? He will be barefoot on his back feet. |
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Location: In a happy place | I had a friend that put sacks of peat moss down and then lots of shavings on top of this. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Mats are a pain, I always use lots of shaving's like 5 to 7 bags, and as I clean the stalls as the weekend gos by I will add a few more bags. But just depends on how big of a bag the shaving's are. |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2014-04-24 5:45 PM
Mats are a pain, I always use lots of shaving's like 5 to 7 bags, and as I clean the stalls as the weekend gos by I will add a few more bags. But just depends on how big of a bag the shaving's are.
Same here I had 6 bags last time I stayed overnight! I can not stand concrete!
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Location: Florida.. | SwishMiss - 2014-04-24 7:58 PM Southtxponygirl - 2014-04-24 5:45 PM Mats are a pain, I always use lots of shaving's like 5 to 7 bags, and as I clean the stalls as the weekend gos by I will add a few more bags. But just depends on how big of a bag the shaving's are. Same here I had 6 bags last time I stayed overnight! I can not stand concrete!
Ditto.. if it was a 2 - 3 week event Wed take our stall mats then shavings ..but not just weekends.well maybe one or 2 got mats..weekend events.. |
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| I have soft rides for my horses and I also put down 5 or 6 bags of the pelleted shavings. They are a pain to wet down but they are great for making a nice soft bed for your horses. They do not separate like the wood shavings, despite how many bags I would put of the regular shavings it seems my horses were still making holes in them and standing on the hard ground. |
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| hlynn - 2014-04-24 7:29 PM
LAC - 2014-04-24 3:35 PM
We tried the interlocking matts and unfortunatly they were more trouble than the worth. Regular matts are just heavy to haul and move.
The best thing that we have done is to buy the finer shavings for the stalls and when you clean just pick out the piles (leave the wet stuff in). I know this sounds icky but it does help the shavings to hold a bit better and give some cushion. I wouldnt suggest this long term of course but we did it at the world show last year and it was fine for a few days.
Also, softrides are a MUST! We have been on some slippery stuff and these always helped and gave them some cusion. Since they are easy on and easy off if it is slippery going to the arena we leave them on and when we get in the warm up pen we take them off.
Do you boot all the way around? He will be barefoot on his back feet.
We only put soft rides on the front but if I had the funds to have them for the backs I would. |
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Location: Kansas | hlynn - 2014-04-24 2:20 PM hoofs_in_motion - 2014-04-24 2:59 PM hlynn - 2014-04-24 1:55 PM My personal list is: Soft Rides & shoes on the front Lots of shavings on top of some interlocking foam mats from harbor freight And walking as much as time allows me Going to try the EquiFlex Sleeves since they seem to be a better solution for the summer as opposed to standing wraps or BOT. I never thought about the mats.....that is actually an excellent idea! We use the little Disney themed ones for the kiddos from Walmart for indoor shows for the little one to play on. Harbor Freight has a version for a little cheaper. It's like $10 for 8 square feet I think. Figured some duct tape could hold it together & put a few bags of shavings on top to pad it really well. I can protect their feet. I just don't want them laying down to rest on hard cement.
I'll have to pick some up and keep in the trailer just in case! |
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| I tried this one time... my horse moved too much and just made the peat moss mix into the sawdust and made a dusty dirty mess... I even tried packing the peat moss down first with my feet wetting it down with no luck... is there better way to do it? |
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| With my horse, We put tons of shavings and keep her legs polo wrapped, because her legs swell bad on concrete. We also get her out every few hours and hand walk her in the grass or off the concrete. The only place we do that has concrete floors also has shelves in the stalls, so she gets to stayed tied up so that she doesn't hurt herself on them trying to lay down, that's another reason we hand walk her a lot. She doesn't mind though since she has a full alfalfa hay bag in front of her anytime she is stalled. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | FlyingHigh1454 - 2014-04-25 10:22 AM With my horse, We put tons of shavings and keep her legs polo wrapped, because her legs swell bad on concrete. We also get her out every few hours and hand walk her in the grass or off the concrete. The only place we do that has concrete floors also has shelves in the stalls, so she gets to stayed tied up so that she doesn't hurt herself on them trying to lay down, that's another reason we hand walk her a lot. She doesn't mind though since she has a full alfalfa hay bag in front of her anytime she is stalled.
I'm a little bit confused on this post, but did you say that there is shelves in her stall? Why may I ask is there shelves in a horses stall? Just wondering  |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2014-04-25 11:30 AM
FlyingHigh1454 - 2014-04-25 10:22 AM With my horse, We put tons of shavings and keep her legs polo wrapped, because her legs swell bad on concrete. We also get her out every few hours and hand walk her in the grass or off the concrete. The only place we do that has concrete floors also has shelves in the stalls, so she gets to stayed tied up so that she doesn't hurt herself on them trying to lay down, that's another reason we hand walk her a lot. She doesn't mind though since she has a full alfalfa hay bag in front of her anytime she is stalled.
I'm a little bit confused on this post, but did you say that there is shelves in her stall? Why may I ask is there shelves in a horses stall? Just wondering
I have no clue honestly, at that particular race some stalls have shelves in them, some don't. We try to get the ones that don't, but sometimes we end up with them. By shelves I mean about half way up the wall, there is a shelf that sticks out about a foot or so, and some have them all the way around the stall, some have them only on one side.
It is a very strange set up, and super annoying so we just leave her tied when we get those stalls and we have never had a problem with her. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | FlyingHigh1454 - 2014-04-25 10:45 AM Southtxponygirl - 2014-04-25 11:30 AM FlyingHigh1454 - 2014-04-25 10:22 AM With my horse, We put tons of shavings and keep her legs polo wrapped, because her legs swell bad on concrete. We also get her out every few hours and hand walk her in the grass or off the concrete. The only place we do that has concrete floors also has shelves in the stalls, so she gets to stayed tied up so that she doesn't hurt herself on them trying to lay down, that's another reason we hand walk her a lot. She doesn't mind though since she has a full alfalfa hay bag in front of her anytime she is stalled. I'm a little bit confused on this post, but did you say that there is shelves in her stall? Why may I ask is there shelves in a horses stall? Just wondering I have no clue honestly, at that particular race some stalls have shelves in them, some don't. We try to get the ones that don't, but sometimes we end up with them. By shelves I mean about half way up the wall, there is a shelf that sticks out about a foot or so, and some have them all the way around the stall, some have them only on one side. It is a very strange set up, and super annoying so we just leave her tied when we get those stalls and we have never had a problem with her.
Oh wow thats crazy, I would rather just keep my horses tied at my trailer then risking them getting hurt in a stall that has shelves in them. I never in my life heard of putting shelves in a stall. At least you are being careful.  |
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