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| Looking for experience with the adapt and calm? Did it do anything? Or any other products recommended horse that can get easily stressed? |
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Location: Oklahoma | I feed Equine Matrix ECP. I have had great results with them focusing better, relaxing, etc. I use the Equine Matrix products and am a firm believer in them over what else is out there. |
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 It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | Depends on how you are using it, I know people use it in combo with the Stomach formula. You are trying to eliminate stressors and keep a healthy gut all around. I have great luck using it a few days prior and the day of an event on a certain horse that gets Total daily.
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | I use the Adapt & Calm daily for one of mine who. I actually give him 2 scoops every single day. The things that stress him are more excitement and anticipation related than what we normally think of as stress. The Adapt & Calm allows the horse to better manage the effects of stress on the body as well as offering some more focus for the horse. Some use it a few days out from hauling, but I prefer to use it daily on mine, as it's the simple daily things that can and do create anxiety, excitement, anxiety, etc, and with any type of stress being a big contributor to his respiratory issues, I will keep him on this product every day of his life. |
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 Namesless in BHW
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Just started my TB filly on it and the Stomach a few days ago. |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | Pozzi Relax pellets and/or paste by oxygen. Helps them keep calm and soothes their stomach. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | My mare gets two scoops of the Adapt and Stomach formula daily. Some days I think it helps her on other days not so much. However, she sure has built up and nice big butt and best top-line she ever had. |
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| My horse looked terrible the end of last year. It was a rough summer with the wildfire smoke affecting all of us. I would say he had dropped nearly 200 lbs. I gave him the fall and part of the winter off. I started him on the Cur ost stomach and adapt and calm the beginning of January. He is now on the adapt and calm and the Total. He has filled out a ton, has a very strong top line, and in his first run of the year made a 1D run. I am not going to say it makes him a different horse but I can tell it takes the edge off of him just a little. For me and my gelding this stuff is a miracle!
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 Some Kind of Trouble
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| I've never used Cur-OST products. Does the Adapt & Calm work on its own for anyone? On a a spooky, flighty horse that doesn't show any other signs of ulcers or stomach stress issues? |
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Location: Southern Indiana | I bought a jar last fall and have tried it on 2 of my horses. I agree with the poster that said sometimes I see a difference and other times not. It's worth trying. I will say that I used to feed b1 and it was the same. Sometimes it made a slight difference and other times not. It all depends on what type of "stress" your looking to reduce. |
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| I put my gelding on it along with the Stomach Support and was AMAZED with the results i got! My horse turned into a hauling nightmare, would load and unload great, but when rolling he was throwing himself into the dividers and kicking. Within 5 days, he was a LOT better, and 2 wks quit!! He's also not as spooked at things as he was before starting it. I Love it - and I like the price!!
(also - he had been on Smart Pak Ulcer pellets for about 1 yr before trying this) |
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Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | The Adapt & Calm will have some calming, or rather focusing, effect, but more than anything it is intended to reduce the effects of the stressor, excitement, etc on the body and help to keep other stress related issues from becoming becoming severe. Ideally a horse should adapt to stress and overcome. When the stress becomes constant, it can create health problems no different than in humans.
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Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | Neat forum discussion from yesterday: https://www.secondvet.com/index.php/kunena/equine/271-stress-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-impact-health |
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It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | A mare in my barn that was kind of a Nervous Nelly in chaotic environments, always on the look out, etc. is way more focused on her 'job' more than ever before being on Adapt. I can tell she tunes out the crazy, and is so ready to go when it's her time to shine. Pretty neat!
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Some Kind of Trouble
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| SmokinGirlie - 2016-02-24 1:58 PM A mare in my barn that was kind of a Nervous Nelly in chaotic environments, always on the look out, etc. is way more focused on her 'job' more than ever before being on Adapt. I can tell she tunes out the crazy, and is so ready to go when it's her time to shine. Pretty neat!
Is this Adapt only or used with the Stomach? I ordered the A&C but wondering if I should have gotten both. Mine has been hauled enough she should have adapted more to things but hasn't.  |
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It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | Dodge629 - 2016-02-24 3:50 PM SmokinGirlie - 2016-02-24 1:58 PM A mare in my barn that was kind of a Nervous Nelly in chaotic environments, always on the look out, etc. is way more focused on her 'job' more than ever before being on Adapt. I can tell she tunes out the crazy, and is so ready to go when it's her time to shine. Pretty neat!
This particular mare is on Total, and then Adapt as needed. She is kind of ditzy and immature at times so partially due to age etc., but this has really seemed to keep her focused and committed. Which is exciting! |
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Location: USA | I just ordered the Adapt and Total for my mare. She snorts and is wide eyed at a lot of things and can get a little cray cray at one particular arena. She can also get ulcery so I got the adapt and calm to hopefully help chill her out so she's not so worked up about stuff, and the total to cover all my other bases. Fingers crossed!
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It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | Dreamingofcans - 2016-02-24 4:30 PM I just ordered the Adapt and Total for my mare. She snorts and is wide eyed at a lot of things and can get a little cray cray at one particular arena. She can also get ulcery so I got the adapt and calm to hopefully help chill her out so she's not so worked up about stuff, and the total to cover all my other bases. Fingers crossed!
Good plan! May want to check out Stomach too just in case, lots use Stomach with Adapt with good results!
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I use the Adapt and Calm on CC who stresses badly on trail rides, deer and rabbits blowing out of brush under her is not very calming to her, LOL!!! I used it in conjunction with the Stomach when I first started her on Cur-ost, then moved her to the Total Support. I also use it on my other mare, the one that is a Head Shaker with the Total Support. |
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I just read the headlines
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| I have a gelding that was a nervous wreck every time I hauled him anywhere - to the point I couldn't even saddle him and ride. He couldn't stand still or even eat. This horse is a total pig at home. I have been using Adapt and Stomach 2 days out and the day of hauling. He is doing SO much better. He can still get nervous, but I can ride him safely and he is eating on the road, as well as hauling much quieter. I think we are now at the point where the more I haul him the better he will get. Nothing else has helped him. Adapt is certainly worth a try. |
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