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Post by Shelly on Feb 11, 2015 20:16:11 GMT
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mistersmom
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Post by mistersmom on Feb 11, 2015 20:23:48 GMT
Great information. I know several of my friends use this technique.
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Post by carshon on Feb 11, 2015 20:33:09 GMT
I saw this too and thought it was interesting!
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Post by horselover4life on Feb 11, 2015 22:36:38 GMT
I have to watch it later as right now my ISP is not loading smoothly, watching jumpy actions just isn't a good match.
Did you read the comments section?
Interesting the comment from the third person, another DVM refuting where the information is coming from....
Possibly a conflict of information??? Or a miss-type of the actual locators used...
I know absolutely nothing about this type of technique....if in doubt, scope it and find out for sure.
For that reason though and cost, many just start medication and "hope" they guessed right.
So, hoping in a little bit I can also view this...
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Post by lorddaxter on Feb 11, 2015 22:56:13 GMT
Interesting and oops, Isis was sensitive in all those areas, oops again!
Never mind, I enjoy having just two:)
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Post by Terry on Feb 12, 2015 0:36:13 GMT
Very interesting.
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Post by Shelly on Feb 12, 2015 4:57:13 GMT
So I did these tests on all the horses at home tonight. Both Sheldon and Gracie where sensitive at the girth and under the belly. Actually Gracie reacted a lot... she tried to bite then took off in the field. Meanwhile I put the same pressures and everything on all the other horses and they where very nonchalant about it.
Now I'm not sure what to do LOL
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Post by horselady on Feb 12, 2015 12:31:37 GMT
Shelly, just keep an eye on Gracie, it could only be a learned habit of pressure applied she is uncomfortable. i have one that nips me when i girth her up and she was a lesson horse that i used about 15 times a week for beginners so the nipping was realized and i held her head.
if you have doutbs about her than perhaps ulcer guard might help . and perhaps change her grain for a while. if she has no weight loss or any other symptoms i would wait and see.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2015 15:35:29 GMT
Very interesting! Benny is sensitive in 2/3 areas, and both the Vet and I strongly suspect he has ulcers, but we didn't scope him to make sure. Now that he has been treated it would be interesting to see if he is still sensitive there.
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Post by mistersmom on Feb 12, 2015 15:48:16 GMT
Ooohhhh, our very own experiment!!! Let us know how Benny is after his treatment.
Speaking of Benny, you haven't updated about him lately (that I have seen). I assume he is over his injuries by now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2015 16:39:05 GMT
Yes, I have gone a little MIA lately. Work has been crazy busy, and the weather has not been pleasant.
Benny is all healed up and is doing really well now that we have whatever his mystery stomach/ gut issue was sorted out. Ulcers were no doubt a contributing factor.
I will go out and prod him a bit tonight and report back! I will try and take some pictures too, and post and update later today or tomorrow :)
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Post by Shelly on Feb 12, 2015 17:23:33 GMT
horselady, I recently just took Gracie off grain completely. I had her on just a handful with a very small dose of anti-flam but I decided to try and see how she does without it. Today is day 4 I believe without anything other then hay and water and she seems fine. I'm kinda happy I cut her off before the vet took blood from her too so hopefully I will get true results for her  Apollo; let us know if he's still sensitive it would definitely be interesting to find out the results of everything! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2015 16:04:01 GMT
Results are in and....
Inconclusive. :(
He showed no sensitivity in one spot that he had previously and minor sensitivity in the other. Much less reactive than he had been though. (not that Benny is ever particularly reactive.)
I do suspect some of what I saw is a learned bracing reaction because the more I fiddled and brushed around there the less squirmy and flinchy he was.
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Post by diamondgirl on Feb 14, 2015 14:22:27 GMT
I saw this demo a couple years ago. Diamond reacted a little bit when I touched her at the first and second point. At that time I was feeding a CO-OP milled feed, that was more grain and molasses. It was supposed to be just like Strategy, only less processed, and a lot cheaper. It wasn't anything like Strategy.
Diamond was the only horse to react, but I took them off the CO-OP feed and put them back on Strategy. After a few months Diamond didn't seem to mind if I pressed in those areas anymore.
I think Diamond might just be extra sensitive to grain and molasses, or maybe I was palpating her wrong, at first, and just got better with practice. What ever the reason, the deer really enjoyed the left over CO-OP feed. |
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