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Location: Idaho | I know, not a barrel racing question but I was wondering what you all use for a healthy coat? When I first moved to Oklahoma, my hair became super dry and I didn't know why. Never had that problem.. well a stylist told me it was because of the wind, as it is always windy! Well that made since.. went out and got a leave in conditioner, and it helped immensely. Now I see my gelding has a super dry coat.. he has really bad dandruff and he's out in the pasture all the time, so I know its probably for the same reason.
I know some people use corn/vegetable oil for coats. Was wondering what you guys use or recommend? |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | DashNDustem - 2016-05-28 11:01 AM I know, not a barrel racing question but I was wondering what you all use for a healthy coat? When I first moved to Oklahoma, my hair became super dry and I didn't know why. Never had that problem.. well a stylist told me it was because of the wind, as it is always windy! Well that made since.. went out and got a leave in conditioner, and it helped immensely. Now I see my gelding has a super dry coat.. he has really bad dandruff and he's out in the pasture all the time, so I know its probably for the same reason. I know some people use corn/vegetable oil for coats. Was wondering what you guys use or recommend?
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I've never used it, but DAC Bloom is supposed to be great. |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2016-05-28 11:08 AM
DashNDustem - 2016-05-28 11:01 AM I know, not a barrel racing question but I was wondering what you all use for a healthy coat? When I first moved to Oklahoma, my hair became super dry and I didn't know why. Never had that problem.. well a stylist told me it was because of the wind, as it is always windy! Well that made since.. went out and got a leave in conditioner, and it helped immensely. Now I see my gelding has a super dry coat.. he has really bad dandruff and he's out in the pasture all the time, so I know its probably for the same reason. I know some people use corn/vegetable oil for coats. Was wondering what you guys use or recommend?
Healthy Coat, love it
This is what I use too..love it! I noticed a pretty significant difference when I started using it. |
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Location: Texas | DashNDustem - 2016-05-28 11:01 AM I know, not a barrel racing question but I was wondering what you all use for a healthy coat? When I first moved to Oklahoma, my hair became super dry and I didn't know why. Never had that problem.. well a stylist told me it was because of the wind, as it is always windy! Well that made since.. went out and got a leave in conditioner, and it helped immensely. Now I see my gelding has a super dry coat.. he has really bad dandruff and he's out in the pasture all the time, so I know its probably for the same reason. I know some people use corn/vegetable oil for coats. Was wondering what you guys use or recommend?
Corn/vegetable oil is an old additive from 50 years ago. We fed it to help our horses shed quicker when I was a kid but would not recommend it now. The products listed above are a lot better and won't hurt your horse's stomach. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | THE Muscle Mass. My show horse gets ulcer prevent, Gluchon and Hair & coat added to his for blends. He also gets groomed a lot and if he is outside he wears a Kensington UV sheet. His hair coat is every bit as nice as the $60K show horses we see at the shows. I bet I have 1/2 the time and expense into his body condition too. |
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Location: Florida.. | DAC bloom helps also make sure hes not getting sunburnt (the hair gets brittle..) |
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| Mine get DAC oil daily 1-4oz depending on the horse and they are all shining like pennies. My SO won't feed it to his (cheap, old school, whatever) and his have noticeably less bloom - all other feed/hay is the same aside from the oxymax mine also get. |
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Location: Freezing in Wisconsin | wyoming barrel racer - 2016-05-28 5:25 PM THE Muscle Mass. My show horse gets ulcer prevent, Gluchon and Hair & coat added to his for blends. He also gets groomed a lot and if he is outside he wears a Kensington UV sheet. His hair coat is every bit as nice as the $60K show horses we see at the shows. I bet I have 1/2 the time and expense into his body condition too.
I second this!! I don't have the hair and coat blend in mine but my horses look AMAZING on THE muscle mass!! |
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| THE MM and Excel EQ made my boys drop dead gorgeous!!! Talk about some serious shine and bulk! |
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Location: Texas | Glänzen 3C hands down!! One of my horses had such dry skin he would rub his mane out and it just wouldn't grow. His hair was super dry and rough and now he is actually starting to get dapples. I probably spent over $500 on supplements trying to find one until I tried this. I get it from smartpak. I have my other two on Dac Bloom and the Oil and they look great. If they needed more I would definitely put them on the Glänzen. |
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| Time2beat - 2016-05-29 9:54 AM
Glänzen 3C hands down!! One of my horses had such dry skin he would rub his mane out and it just wouldn't grow. His hair was super dry and rough and now he is actually starting to get dapples. I probably spent over $500 on supplements trying to find one until I tried this. I get it from smartpak. I have my other two on Dac Bloom and the Oil and they look great. If they needed more I would definitely put them on the Glänzen.
You know if you order your glanzen directly from horse tech you get free shipping? I've used horse tech products in the past and my favorite is the "Radiance " it's a blend of flax and chia . |
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Location: Arizona | I can vouch for Glanzen being an awesome coat supplement as well. I fed my older mare ReitSport HA-100, which is Glanzen combined with their joint supplement. The bloom she got to her coat in just 2 weeks on that stuff was amazing. Also a fan of Horse Tech's free shipping policy. |
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Location: Idaho | Time2beat - 2016-05-30 7:54 AM
Glänzen 3C hands down!! One of my horses had such dry skin he would rub his mane out and it just wouldn't grow. His hair was super dry and rough and now he is actually starting to get dapples. I probably spent over $500 on supplements trying to find one until I tried this. I get it from smartpak. I have my other two on Dac Bloom and the Oil and they look great. If they needed more I would definitely put them on the Glänzen.
Thank you everyone for your replies, I will have to check them out! I have thought about doing an all around supplement, but my boy just turned 5.. I would be concerned about giving him something for his joints at his age? I'd worry it will effect his growth because he is not fully grown yet? He's my first baby (from the ground up) so I'm still learning about that.
Also, I don't think his skin is that dry! I'd cry if he rubbed out his mane.. it is so long and pretty lol I think he's my first horse that I've ever had that has a long, thick mane. I'd like to keep it! haha |
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| Flax Seed. 1/2 cup twice a day in their grain. Have used it since I was a kid showing jumpers & that was in the 60's & 70's. Dang I'm old LOL Seriously it is healthy for the horse & helps with feet condition as well. Much less expensive than todays supplements & no oily residue :) |
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| Healthy Coat and also,use flax seed. Love both! |
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| Wash'em down with human shampoo and then use human hair conditioner ...
rinse well. This will put some oil back in their hair and clean out their sweat pores ...
Feed wise .. cup full of cracked/chopped corn in their feed ... 30 days horse will be slick and shiney ..
Whole Flax seed ... half a cup to 1 cup per day ... will oil'em up within weeks and if you rub your horse with your hand after he has shined up ... you will get dirty oily residue caked on your hand ... this is how well whole flax seed works ..
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| Rice bran or any fat supplement |
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| You can feed a supplement for coats and one thing for everything else. I found it was cheaper in the long run to just feed Platinum Performance. All of my horses stay shiny all summer in extreme Texas sun and all winter when they are hairy.
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