What bit of advice from HHO members

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Have you taken on board and found benficial. Will start with I now feed my horse his bute every day in a marmite sandwich (This originated from a post by Cortez). He loooks forwards to it and when I left it at home one day he was seriously disappointed.
 
The older forum members will remember Tarrsteps. Many good posts from her but one that sticks out is that when considering whether to take advice from someone, consider the source of that information and if it's someone whose opinion/knowledge you trust/has the relevant experience etc. She put it much more succinctly of course!
 
chaps89 said:
The older forum members will remember Tarrsteps. Many good posts from her but one that sticks out is that when considering whether to take advice from someone, consider the source of that information and if it's someone whose opinion/knowledge you trust/has the relevant experience etc. She put it much more succinctly of course!
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A wise one is Tarrsteps.
We continue to debate situations outside of the forum
 
Not a specific piece of advice but I have learned that there are few black and white things in the horsey world! (with the exception of Piebalds! :) )
 
I cant remember names or the like, but a member did once tell me to "get rid" of a horse, and i finally realized they were right and i did.
 
Slinky Unicorn, who doesn't seem to post any more, suggested adding Aloe Vera to the feed of a horse suspected of having ulcers. It worked! Along with feeding her a low sugar/low starch diet and making sure that her tack fitted properly (adjustments from her previous home). We did notice that if we ran out within the first 2 years, she became grumpy again after missing even one dose. We made sure we never ran out after that:D
 
Pearlsasinger said:
Slinky Unicorn, who doesn't seem to post any more, suggested adding Aloe Vera to the feed of a horse suspected of having ulcers. It worked! Along with feeding her a low sugar/low starch diet and making sure that her tack fitted properly (adjustments from her previous home). We did notice that if we ran out within the first 2 years, she became grumpy again after missing even one dose. We made sure we never ran out after that:D
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Why does aloe vera help ulcers though? Never heard of that before, interesting! :)
 
That rope halters and young stock go very, very well together.

That teaching horses pressure and release is one of the most important lessons they'll ever learn.

Neither of those came from threads I'd created, but I still used them to very good effect with Flower foal. The rope halter gave me just a little bit more control and finesse over the aids with a strong and very sensitive baby, and pressure and release created a horse who firstly, doesn't panic if she ever manages to tangle or catch herself (I've had and have others who still didn't/don't know this in their late teens and 20s), and secondly, is incredibly responsive to even the lightest of touches.
 
Chinchilla said:
Why does aloe vera help ulcers though? Never heard of that before, interesting! :)
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It accelerates skin cell growth, so it will repair acid damage quicker.




Most useful info from forum members was what people told me about PSSM. But there's been loads of stuff over the years. Most recent probably about appys being sensitive to alfalfa, from PaS I think.
 
Without doubt the best advice I received was from Snitch . My dad was poorly and I needed advice about what he was entitled too , and where to look for help. Her advice really helped me cope in a very difficult and sad time . If youre reading this Snitch , thank you . There where others who advised as well , all very helpful and made a big difference. HHO at its best
 
ycbm said:
It accelerates skin cell growth, so it will repair acid damage quicker.




Most useful info from forum members was what people told me about PSSM. But there's been loads of stuff over the years. Most recent probably about appys being sensitive to alfalfa, from PaS I think.
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Ah thank you. Might put this on 'best bit of advice from HHO members'. Depends how vet goes tomorrow lol.

Honestly I have learned loads of stuff here. Some random, some bit odd; some happy, some sad; but very little of it not actually at least interesting, if not also useful.
 
Asha said:
Without doubt the best advice I received was from Snitch . My dad was poorly and I needed advice about what he was entitled too , and where to look for help. Her advice really helped me cope in a very difficult and sad time . If youre reading this Snitch , thank you . There where others who advised as well , all very helpful and made a big difference. HHO at its best
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You are welcome, Asha! Happy to have helped make a difficult situation a little easier. Hope you’re ok.
 
meleeka said:
If you can bear to revisit can you post a link? A friend has a horse that sounds similar.
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Im happy to post the link of doom but i doubt it will be of help to your friend - its the only one that i really posted about her cause i only had her a month or so. I can in hindsight say the mare may have been nice with a more confident rider and facilities - my confidence was not there and her confidence didn't exist. She was a nervous wreck that had not much done and never been away from home before...it was a bad decision from the start but i was blinded by beauty and want for a sound horse. But boy did i learn from it! On the ground she had no issues bare a bit of a scared eye at things. Honestly i don't think she was ridden as much as the owner claimed, but also they didn't have any confidence issues and the mare was happy in their one field...beyond that she just didnt know anything about life.

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?681200-First-canter-was-not-as-planned

If you want to know about a real demon horse you can PM me about my friends horse shes finally got rid of - but i wont be posting about him and his life cause its not my story to share publicly.
 
The one piece of advice I got on here that had an immediate result was in relation to a horse who was putting his tongue over the bit. The advice was to remove the flash, which I did. Problem solved, happy horse, happy me!
 
"sbloom" on here gave me some really good advice re. an issue I was having with a saddle - NOT one of hers I hasten to add, but I needed advice on how to proceed and some background information on a situation ...... can't go into the details on here - but thanks "sbloom" if you're listening in to this!!

I was very grateful indeed. Thank you!
 
ycbm said:
It accelerates skin cell growth, so it will repair acid damage quicker.
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Pearlsasinger said:
It soothes the stomach lining. I know someone with ulcerative colitis who takes AV when she has a flare up.
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Can you just give aloe vera juice in feed? How much do you have to give?

(I will talk to the vet about it too, just too curious to wait).
I've found some journal articles which say gel is helpful, but I don't know how you'd get that into a horse: so which is best?
(Sorry major hijacking....)
 
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I added a few glugs of aloe Vera juice from Holland and Barrett (other shops are available) to the feed when I used it. Think I used 2 bottles as they were on offer and then stopped as it was just an experiment. It certainly didn’t do any harm, but I couldn’t say for sure it made a difference.
I’ve got some plants growing and have tried to feed her a leaf occasionally but she won’t eat them. I just use it on her dry skin now!
 
Chinchilla said:
Can you just give aloe vera juice in feed? How much do you have to give?

(I will talk to the vet about it too, just too curious to wait).
I've found some journal articles which say gel is helpful, but I don't know how you'd get that into a horse: so which is best?
(Sorry major hijacking....)
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I added H&B's juice to feed. There is a measuring cup on some bottles, I think she had 3 cups (about 30ml) every day. It took a while to kick in but when it had, we certainly knew if she had missed a dose - she was very grumpy!
I don't think the vet will know much about it tbh, they usually want to scope and prescribe expensive drugs.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
I added H&B's juice to feed. There is a measuring cup on some bottles, I think she had 3 cups (about 30ml) every day. It took a while to kick in but when it had, we certainly knew if she had missed a dose - she was very grumpy!
I don't think the vet will know much about it tbh, they usually want to scope and prescribe expensive drugs.
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I looked on Pubmed though and there is a VERY strong evidence base for aloe vera being useful in significantly improving ulcer prognosis alongside conventional treatment. Anyway. I need to stop hijacking this thread, even if it is interesting. :rolleyes3:
 
chaps89 said:
The older forum members will remember Tarrsteps. Many good posts from her but one that sticks out is that when considering whether to take advice from someone, consider the source of that information and if it's someone whose opinion/knowledge you trust/has the relevant experience etc. She put it much more succinctly of course!
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Don't teach pigs to sing. And don't be a general dick.

Both advice from TS (although not necessarily in those words). I disagreed at the time. Hindsight, however, is a wonderful thing...
 
Hog The Beast! Best decision ever, makes me and her so happy not to be dealing with that mane any more PLUS she looks awesome!

Also, ditching the balancer has saved me money and I haven't seen a notable difference in health and condition, in fact they are both doing better I'd say. Plus the tying up/PSSM threads have been very useful.

AND advice, including a donated tweed jacket, on what to wear and what to do that got me and The Beast to our first in hand show. It's just a shame we didn't really enjoy it! But it was good to go and try it and I'm not sure if I'd have managed without help from here.
 
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