rescue remedy & the like

[asbo]

anyone use rr or anything like it?

do you use it all the time or as needed?

 

[rema]

Have never used it on my horse but i have used it for my driving test.Realy helped with the nerves.

 

[mlm]

we had to hack 2.5hrs on A roads with a bad hacker. all riders were on RR and the horses on emergency (equine equivalant) it worked a treat

 

[wench]

i tried it... (on me) didnt seem to have any effect at all

 

[catembi]

Ooohh it's fab!!!

I get horrendous nerves bsja & up until Cat got ill, it was working really well. It stops me getting so fluttery & puts me in a more philosophical frame of mind.

The key point is, once I'd been to a few shows & hadn't got worked up to fever pitch, I stopped **anticipating** getting stressed. So I was getting progressively better with each show.

I think it's about £6 for a bottle but it lasts ages.

I've now had 9 months off bsja as Cat had a long illness & then died, but will be digging out the RR in a week or 2 when I start jumping new horsie.

 

[Box_Of_Frogs]

You'll probably think I'm mad but I read that in Victorian times when there were millions of horses in everyday use around - often poorly broken - the knowledgeable horsemen used to put lavender oil on the horses to calm them before a ride. Well, I'm not the bravest of riders (ahem) and now swear by a lavender spray: a liberal squirting on Sunny's chest and my thighs before we go for a hack. Not nec for schooling. I have absolutely no idea if it works but (a) never had any problems to date touch wood and (b) we smell like a tart's boudoir whenever we ride out!!!! Gotta be good! I reckon if you believe a product works, it will! Good luck xxx

 

[PapaFrita]

Yep, I've used it at comps... Kept a spray bottle in my pocket for emergencies, then fell off and broke it... OUCH!
Apart from that it's always given me good results

 

[Happytohack]

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You'll probably think I'm mad but I read that in Victorian times when there were millions of horses in everyday use around - often poorly broken - the knowledgeable horsemen used to put lavender oil on the horses to calm them before a ride.

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This is a well known trick that stallion men used to use - they used to tie a cloth soaked in lavender oil onto a stallion's headcollar and swore it calmed them down. We have lots of lavender planted in pots around our stable yard, could be the reason my lot are such a chilled out bunch.

 

[amzy]

I'm about to try something called Pax, which is a spray that apparently soothes the horse when it smells it, similar to the lavender theory I suppose.

 

[asbo]

sweet guys,thanks

 

[JoBo]

Rescue remedy is the best thing ever! I couldn’t survived backing my own horse without it!

 

[shandy133]

i do love rr, its brilliant. works a treat on a petrified NF i got from the sales.... when he will eat the carrot i put the rr on!
i also put it in their water after a long journey/to new horses when they arrive. seems to work!

 

[JoBo]

Have to add it’s for me not the horse!

 

[igglepiggle]

I used it for the first time last week as last season I used to get crippling nerves before XC. Having used it last week and this weekend and gone clear in both, with a much more positive frame of mind, I would highly recommend!

 

[dieseldog]

It is good, don't care if it is a complete placebo thing going on, but it does make me a lot calmer

 

[Albertina]

Thanks for putting this post up, I was going to ask the same!
I have just bought some RR because I am having a total mental block about jumping which is making my normally good jumper into a refusal knightmare!

To the point that I went XC schooling on Saturday and I felt sick with nerves I could hardly jump a thing. If I don't sort myself out I think I will end up ruining a very good horse

 

[charlottenicol]

It really is fab stuff and they now make it in pastilles as well which are great too,