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Location: North Central Kansas | Wonder how many will opt not to go? |
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| ks_cowgirl - 2014-04-02 12:00 PM Wonder how many will opt not to go?
There's been several post stalls and RV spots for sale on FB pages. |
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| Rodeowithjoker, I am not 173, but I know that gal and you will be good to go with her!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Nateracer - 2014-04-02 9:38 AM Here is what I am doing. I copy and pasted the draws in to excel and sorted them out by session and draw #. I copy and pasted the stall assignments and sorted them by pavillion and then by stall number.
I'm researching the people around me in the barns, to find out where they live, based on the draw info, which says city/state. I am researching the people who are in my drags based on city/state.
From looking through the info, there are only a handful of people (probably less than 25) from Minnesota and Wisconsin, which those two areas are the hot zone. I looked up the counties where the horses have been infected. They are about midway up the state on the MN/WI border.
It's quite a bit of work, but it's also giving me peace of mind. Do your research. I supposed I could email my Excel file to make your lives easier, but it took about an hour.
Oh good heavens Rae you are a Super Star!!! Way to do your homework. |
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Location: Iowa | Read the posts that the 2 vets put on the Bonus Run fb page about disinfectants. Bleach does not work. I'm going and I don't have any reservations about going. Go, enjoy and relax!!!! |
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Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | memory - 2014-04-02 2:36 PM
Read the posts that the 2 vets put on the Bonus Run fb page about disinfectants. Bleach does not work. I'm going and I don't have any reservations about going. Go, enjoy and relax!!!!
Yes, but just because they aren't recommending bleach doesn't mean they are saying don't disinfect your stall. My vet is one of the onsite vets, and she is bringing/selling disinfectant, and I will have some there as well incase she runs out. |
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| RockinGR - 2014-04-02 3:39 PM
memory - 2014-04-02 2:36 PM
Read the posts that the 2 vets put on the Bonus Run fb page about disinfectants. Bleach does not work. I'm going and I don't have any reservations about going. Go, enjoy and relax!!!!
Yes, but just because they aren't recommending bleach doesn't mean they are saying don't disinfect your stall. My vet is one of the onsite vets, and she is bringing/selling disinfectant, and I will have some there as well incase she runs out.
I don't think memory meant that you shouldn't disinfect, just that you shouldn't use bleach.
We're going, taking precautions and hopefully taking home checks! |
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| I'm not going, I have 4 entered, each one twice In the open and once in bonus round. It's going to hurt, lol, the huge expense I spent to go & now staying home, but no barrel race is worth my horses life.
It's too easy to spread & without a vaccination, for the neuro strain, I don't feel comfortable taking the risk.
I thought about not stalling but a coughing/sneezing horse can spread it 35',
From the research I've done.
I farm too though, so hopefully we'll be in the field and I'll feel better about being at home missing out! lol
Good luck to you going & I hope morning negative becomes of it! |
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Location: Kansas | MightyMic123 - 2014-04-02 2:06 PM
Rodeowithjoker, I am not 173, but I know that gal and you will be good to go with her!Â
good deal! That's the only MN or WI entry in a drag with Matt or I. We aren't real social in the holding pens anyway but you never know when someone else's horse will decide to be your buddy so its good to know if potentially exposed horses are in that group. :) |
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Location: sunny california | Nateracer - 2014-04-02 7:38 AM Here is what I am doing. I copy and pasted the draws in to excel and sorted them out by session and draw #. I copy and pasted the stall assignments and sorted them by pavillion and then by stall number.
I'm researching the people around me in the barns, to find out where they live, based on the draw info, which says city/state. I am researching the people who are in my drags based on city/state.
From looking through the info, there are only a handful of people (probably less than 25) from Minnesota and Wisconsin, which those two areas are the hot zone. I looked up the counties where the horses have been infected. They are about midway up the state on the MN/WI border.
It's quite a bit of work, but it's also giving me peace of mind. Do your research. I supposed I could email my Excel file to make your lives easier, but it took about an hour.
did you research who was going to be loping in front of you in the warm up pen and as that horse blows your horse follows and lopes right through the cloud? |
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Location: NW Missouri | If someone wants a stall that didn't get one, I want to sell mine. Friday thru Sunday. Let me know if you want it! I believe it's on concrete, but hey, it's inside! |
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| For those stating your horses havent been in anywhere, thats not the issue. The issue is that other horses have and may infect yours. From the seminar a good friend attended, it can be spread up to 40' and since this is a mutated strain, i would never risk it. You can disinfect your stall but isnt going to change the infected areas throughout the whole barn.
I wouldnt forgive myself if I was having reservations, went anyway and my horse got it. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | kwanatha - 2014-04-02 5:53 PM Nateracer - 2014-04-02 7:38 AM Here is what I am doing. I copy and pasted the draws in to excel and sorted them out by session and draw #. I copy and pasted the stall assignments and sorted them by pavillion and then by stall number.
I'm researching the people around me in the barns, to find out where they live, based on the draw info, which says city/state. I am researching the people who are in my drags based on city/state.
From looking through the info, there are only a handful of people (probably less than 25) from Minnesota and Wisconsin, which those two areas are the hot zone. I looked up the counties where the horses have been infected. They are about midway up the state on the MN/WI border.
It's quite a bit of work, but it's also giving me peace of mind. Do your research. I supposed I could email my Excel file to make your lives easier, but it took about an hour. did you research who was going to be loping in front of you in the warm up pen and as that horse blows your horse follows and lopes right through the cloud?
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-04-02 7:17 PM
kwanatha - 2014-04-02 5:53 PM
Nateracer - 2014-04-02 7:38 AM Here is what I am doing. I copy and pasted the draws in to excel and sorted them out by session and draw #. I copy and pasted the stall assignments and sorted them by pavillion and then by stall number.
I'm researching the people around me in the barns, to find out where they live, based on the draw info, which says city/state. I am researching the people who are in my drags based on city/state.
From looking through the info, there are only a handful of people (probably less than 25) from Minnesota and Wisconsin, which those two areas are the hot zone. I looked up the counties where the horses have been infected. They are about midway up the state on the MN/WI border.Â
It's quite a bit of work, but it's also giving me peace of mind. Do your research.  I supposed I could email my Excel file to make your lives easier, but it took about an hour.
did you research who was going to be loping in front of you in the warm up pen and as that horse blows your horse follows and lopes right through the cloud?
What are you going to do when the person in front of you at Mcdonaldd has an infected horse, you touch same stuff they do and you take that home to your horses? I`m not being a smart ass but if its as bad as everyone says then I guess my hypothetical question could happen whether your horses stay home or not.
You wash your hands before touching your horses.
Yes, it can happen. Vets are advising NO visiting other barns, vets and farriers are taking precautions by wearing booties, sanitizing all tools before switching barns even wearing different boots before getting into their cars and lysoling steering wheels. If you do visit another barn you go home and change clothes and shower before even going near your horse.
I know a woman who's horse hasn't traveled since November with no other horses brought in and still contracted EVH-1. This is a mutant strain and I don't they really know all there is to know about this.
You're going to do what you want, but should seriously read up on all the information out there, and determine if a few bucks is worth the risk. I hope someone doesn't unknowingly bring a carrier horse and the virus spread through the whole country since this race is so big.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | 3canchaser01 - 2014-04-02 7:23 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-04-02 7:17 PM kwanatha - 2014-04-02 5:53 PM Nateracer - 2014-04-02 7:38 AM Here is what I am doing. I copy and pasted the draws in to excel and sorted them out by session and draw #. I copy and pasted the stall assignments and sorted them by pavillion and then by stall number.
I'm researching the people around me in the barns, to find out where they live, based on the draw info, which says city/state. I am researching the people who are in my drags based on city/state.
From looking through the info, there are only a handful of people (probably less than 25) from Minnesota and Wisconsin, which those two areas are the hot zone. I looked up the counties where the horses have been infected. They are about midway up the state on the MN/WI border.
It's quite a bit of work, but it's also giving me peace of mind. Do your research. I supposed I could email my Excel file to make your lives easier, but it took about an hour. did you research who was going to be loping in front of you in the warm up pen and as that horse blows your horse follows and lopes right through the cloud? What are you going to do when the person in front of you at Mcdonaldd has an infected horse, you touch same stuff they do and you take that home to your horses? I`m not being a smart ass but if its as bad as everyone says then I guess my hypothetical question could happen whether your horses stay home or not. You wash your hands before touching your horses. Yes, it can happen. Vets are advising NO visiting other barns, vets and farriers are taking precautions by wearing booties, sanitizing all tools before switching barns even wearing different boots before getting into their cars and lysoling steering wheels. If you do visit another barn you go home and change clothes and shower before even going near your horse. I know a woman who's horse hasn't traveled since November with no other horses brought in and still contracted EVH-1. This is a mutant strain and I don't they really know all there is to know about this. You're going to do what you want, but should seriously read up on all the information out there, and determine if a few bucks is worth the risk. I hope someone doesn't unknowingly bring a carrier horse and the virus spread through the whole country since this race is so big.
Yes in all reality you wash your hands.....but how many do? Just saying. |
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| rodeowithjoker - 2014-04-01 11:30 PM
I am going and I'm oh so glad that Matt and I elected to tie ours out this year. We won't have to get ours nearly so close to any others as we would if we were stalling them so I'm hoping that will lessen our risk of exposure if any exposed horses are there.
Right now, my main dilemma is should we vaccinate them between now & next Friday or would it be better to wait until after the trip so we don't inadvertently weaken their immune systems right before the trip. My horses are probably about due for annual vaccinations and I think Matt's are due in a month, but I am not sure if vaccinating now will do us any good.
I plan to talk to my vet when I'm over there Thursday and pick his brain on the entire situation. The last time this flared up, I was headed to state NBHA and asked for Dr. Droge's opinion before I took my prized possessions to Topeka.
I am wondering if we will be able to tie out on grass and not asphalt or concrete. We are tying out Friday night and running Saturday. |
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-04-02 7:44 PM
3canchaser01 - 2014-04-02 7:23 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-04-02 7:17 PM kwanatha - 2014-04-02 5:53 PM Nateracer - 2014-04-02 7:38 AM Here is what I am doing. I copy and pasted the draws in to excel and sorted them out by session and draw #. I copy and pasted the stall assignments and sorted them by pavillion and then by stall number.
I'm researching the people around me in the barns, to find out where they live, based on the draw info, which says city/state. I am researching the people who are in my drags based on city/state.
From looking through the info, there are only a handful of people (probably less than 25) from Minnesota and Wisconsin, which those two areas are the hot zone. I looked up the counties where the horses have been infected. They are about midway up the state on the MN/WI border.Â
It's quite a bit of work, but it's also giving me peace of mind. Do your research.  I supposed I could email my Excel file to make your lives easier, but it took about an hour. did you research who was going to be loping in front of you in the warm up pen and as that horse blows your horse follows and lopes right through the cloud? What are you going to do when the person in front of you at Mcdonaldd has an infected horse, you touch same stuff they do and you take that home to your horses? I`m not being a smart ass but if its as bad as everyone says then I guess my hypothetical question could happen whether your horses stay home or not. You wash your hands before touching your horses. Yes, it can happen. Vets are advising NO visiting other barns, vets and farriers are taking precautions by wearing booties, sanitizing all tools before switching barns even wearing different boots before getting into their cars and lysoling steering wheels. If you do visit another barn you go home and change clothes and shower before even going near your horse. I know a woman who's horse hasn't traveled since November with no other horses brought in and still contracted EVH-1. This is a mutant strain and I don't they really know all there is to know about this. You're going to do what you want, but should seriously read up on all the information out there, and determine if a few bucks is worth the risk. I hope someone doesn't unknowingly bring a carrier horse and the virus spread through the whole country since this race is so big.
I just think since this is KNOWN problem and vets are suggesting no travel, that we can argue all we want but everyone will make this decision on their own.
I am following vets recommendations. I do not think its worth the risk and I would rather miss showing now, versus all summer if they cant get a handle on it.
If you bring 500 horses to this race. and One is inefected and infects 10 of the 500 (small chance right). But then those 10 continue to the spread into 4 other states, boarding facilities, etc this will go on and on unless we stop the exposure. Just think its a good idea for producers to cancel or postpone. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | The more everybody travels, the more risks you take and the potential to spread it further to catapult this to epic purportions. I cant believe the producers are not post poning this race to a later date. |
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Location: Iowa | RodkinGR- I'm not saying not to disinfect. I'm saying use the products mentioned by the vets. Everyone just have a good time and enjoy such a great event. |
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Location: western Nebraska | I didn't realize the vets are saying not to go now. When did this come out?
I guess I just thought they were saying to take some precautions. I always feed l-lysine-have for years. I vaccinated with Calvanza last Monday which my vet says isn't a vaccine for the virus but should help. I am going to try to stay away from the rest of the horses as much as I can. I guess now I need to think about it some more. |
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