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Location: Nebraska | what have you found that works best? Is there anything out there that you feed daily? |
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I just read the headlines
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| Cur Ost Adapt works really well for my gelding, but for the mare I love THE Calming cookies. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: TX | Animal Element has a product for mares, that has been reported to be doing well when used on geldings/stallions to take the edge off and level them out. I can get you more information if you like or feel free to pm me. |
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Location: Oregon | Oxy-Gen has the Pozzi Relax pellets that you can feed daily.  |
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Location: In my own little world | Read up on giving magnesium to horses. It is extremely inexpensive.
http://performanceequinenutrition.com/magnesium-101/magnesium-mineral-superhero/
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Elite Veteran
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Location: California | I use MagRestore, a agnesium supplement. LOVE it! |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | Pozzi Relax daily pellets and pozzi relax paste for pre race. Both by Oxygen |
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 Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | I feed an organic mushroom supplement called Equine Matrix ECP. Great for focus without making them feel dopey. |
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 A very grounded girl
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Location: Moving soon..... | I have been using THE products for about 10 years. I have them make up a mix for me of Calming, Joint and Muscle Mass. I have tried other products but this has worked best for me. |
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| If you feed mostly alflafa based diet the Magnarestore will make a huge difference, that being said I have tried it all. Several have had a calming effect BUT they also took all the run out of our horses- my filly and SO head horse. We started the Pozzi Relax pellets on my filly about 60 days ago and its made a huge difference without taking the run out, so much so that we put the head horse on it as well about 2 weeks ago, he hasnt ran any steers on her yet to see how it effects that. I think it depends on what the root of the issues is though as to what works the best as a calming supplement, sometimes they just need wet saddle blankets daily. |
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Location: Tuttle Oklahoma | I use THE products and the calming cookies work great! I was really surprised the first time I tried them; worked better then any calming paste I had ever bought! If you don't want to have to give the cookies for a daily supplement they also have a powdered option. |
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| For events I've had good luck using Confidence EQ before I run. I tried the Pozzi paste and didn't see any results - curious how others like the daily supplement. |
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 Maine-iac
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Location: Got Lobsta? | ropenrun - 2016-03-15 3:29 AM Read up on giving magnesium to horses. It is extremely inexpensive.
http://performanceequinenutrition.com/magnesium-101/magnesium-mineral-superhero/
I read that article and added Mag and it made a huge difference! |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Borger, Tx | Pozzi Relax pellets 2x's a day has done wonders on my mare! |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | MagRestore is AMAZING! Was a life changer for me and my ottb mare! She now runs on Pozzi Relax and doesn't need the added magnesium anymore. But I always keep a bag on hand :) |
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Location: somewhere in the south | getacheck - 2016-03-14 11:21 PM Animal Element has a product for mares, that has been reported to be doing well when used on geldings/stallions to take the edge off and level them out. I can get you more information if you like or feel free to pm me.
Could you send me info on the animal element product for mares? Thanks! |
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | I too like the EQ Adapt & Calm from Cur-OST. I love that it allows for better focus without the sedated effect and reduces the impact of stress on the body. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I have a couple of samples left of the Calming Cookies. They are pretty well liked by those that try them. I do have Calming Powder too for those that don't feed cookies. |
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 Sorry I don't have any advice
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Location: Sunnyland Florida | wyoming barrel racer - 2016-03-15 11:17 AM I have a couple of samples left of the Calming Cookies. They are pretty well liked by those that try them. I do have Calming Powder too for those that don't feed cookies.
I recently tried the THE calming cookies and was pleasantly surprised at how well they worked. Definitely helped calm but did not take the run out of the horse. Easy to use, easy to store.
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 Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Like most things I think you have to try a number of products to find the one that works best for your particular horse. CC is bi-polar/adhd, we tried several things, one of which made her crazier. It was supposed to help her focus, it seemed to make her focus on being bat crap crazy. Virtually uncontrolable. Calming Cookies worked well, too well, she had no idea where her feet where and that was the level 2's. I knew I was in trouble when she fell asleep in the holding pen at her first big indoor race. Silver Linings Keep Cool was a game changer for her. Helped quiet her mind a little but still was able to process experiences. I gave it to her everyday for the first 3 months then was able to go to a few days before an event at a place she'd never been to or that in the past was not a good fit for her. After a year of it we were able to pretty much go with out it. 2014 she was diagnosed with a bladder and kidney stones, she missed a year of hauling so when I brought her back found Cur-ost Adapt & Calm. I like that I do not have to start it 3 days out to get good effects with it. I also use it on my head shaker mare with great effect. |
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