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Lameness Due To Chronic Abscesses - 2200lb Draft Horse Diesel

 

John D.:            Hello, and welcome to another Equinety podcast. This is your host John Dowdy, and this month we're in for a real special treat because we've got Roberta on out of Florida. Roberta, welcome to the show.

Roberta:           Thank you.

John D.:            Well, when you first reached out to us, you've got a 2100 pound draft horse. 19 years old I believe?

Roberta:           Yes, sir.

John D.:            Yup. And one of your initial questions, you were quite a bit skeptical because you've tried lots of things, and I believe in your message you said, "Well, one more try couldn't hurt with something else."

Roberta:           That's true.

John D.:            Yup. And I hear you're glad you did.

Roberta:           Yes, very much so.

John D.:            Awesome.

Roberta:           It's made a wonderful difference in him.

John D.:            Good. So tell us a little bit about what was going on with Diesel, which is by the way a perfect name for a 2100 pound draft horse.

Roberta:           Yeah, he's jet black too, so it fits.

John D.:            So what was going on with Diesel?

Roberta:           Well, he started out on pulling competition in '07, and he pulled numerous competitions here in Florida and up in New Hampshire and New York.

Roberta:           Somewhere along the line he stepped on himself at the coronet band, or his partner stepped on him, and injured right at the coronet hairline, and ever since then he chronically abscessed about every three to four months it seemed like. He would blow abscess right at the hairline, it would separate ... Oh, it was awful.

Roberta:           Of course with that, he would be lame for anywhere from a week to two weeks until it would clear up and go away. And then he would be okay for a little while, and then he would continue to abscess again. This went years. For the past four years I've been battling abscesses with him.

Roberta:           I had the vet come out. We x-rayed him. He shows signs of deterioration of the coffin bone. So, my goal at this point now, I know there's no healing that coffin bone, but to make him comfortable.

John D.:            Right.

Roberta:           At this point it's to make him comfortable so he can live out the rest of his days in retirement.

John D.:            Sure.

Roberta:           So like I've said before, I tried all kinds of stuff and nothing seemed to work. I didn't see no difference. So I saw your ad on Facebook and I said, "Well, what's one more thing? Let's try this," and I'm so glad that I did.

John D.:            Yeah. So you made your first order I believe right around January 1st of this year, 2019, so as of this recording we are close to the middle of March. What kinds of things have you seen since you started and now being almost two and a half months in?

Roberta:           Well, within two days after I started the product, he was walking and taking normal steps. He wasn't limping, which was amazing to me because this poor horse has been so sore. Bute about every other day I was giving him prior. I stopped the bute. I'm not giving him any bute.

John D.:            And he's doing perfectly fine without it?

Roberta:           Yeah, he's good. Yes. He's been great.

Roberta:           The last couple of days here recently, probably a combination with the warm weather that we have here, has really got him shedding really good. I mean I just pulled gobs of hair off of him. Last summer he did not shed it all the way out. He had long spots,

Possible EPM, Mystery Lameness on 2000 lb Draft Horse

John Dowdy:     Hello everyone and welcome to another Equinety podcast. This is your host, John Dowdy, and I'm really excited to bring to you this months Equinety story out of Tennessee and we're going to go with a 18 hands, 2000 pound draft horse who's owned by Becki. Becki, thank you so much for sharing your Equinety story here on the Equinety podcast.

Becki:               Oh well you're welcome.

John Dowdy:     Great. So as I mentioned, you've got a 22 year old draft horse that you've owned for 20 years. Actually, I didn't tell anybody that. That's new information, so but 18 hands, a big draft horse. Tell us a little bit about your mare there.

Becki:               Yeah, well her name's Roxanne and I had bought her as a two year old coming out of Amish country and in her younger days, we did hunter jumpers for a long time and she was amazing. People couldn't believe a big horse could be that agile. She was always in good health and then we went, stopped all the showing, we did a little eventing and then we stopped that. Then we started trails.

John Dowdy:     Okay.

Becki:               And we did trails all over, everywhere in Tennessee, some in Kentucky, Tennessee, most of around Tennessee.

John Dowdy:     Sure.

Becki:               And she's an awesome trail horse. She can do any trail that she wants like any little horse. She was great. And Then out of the blue, she came down with this problem. She could not control her backend.

John Dowdy:     Yeah. And this was about three years ago you said?

Becki:               Yes.

John Dowdy:     Yep. Go ahead.

Becki:               And it was heartbreaking to me to watch her because she's always been such a healthy Mare and I take good care of her. First vet diagnosed it as EPM. And I just wasn't sure of that because it just, I don't know, all the studying I did only EPM and everything, it just didn't sound like it to me.

Becki:               So I did a course of medicine for that, which costs me $3,000. Yes. And didn't really even seem to help her. She stayed that way I'd say for almost a year. And then as the year progressed, she did better. About last summer, she came up with this again with the backend where she couldn't control it. She would swing her left hip out and could not balance and had to stand up against her gate in the barn just to stand there.... couldn't even hardly eat her hay or bend down to do anything. It was heartbreaking.

I thought I was going to have to put her down because I couldn't stand to see her like that. And then on Facebook I saw the ad for Equinety and read all the stories on there and I thought, well, it's worth a try. She had also been diagnosed with severe arthritis and I had to limit her, so I always have limited her grass intake, but I don't had to limit it more because they thought she was in a possibility of founder at that point.

John Dowdy:     Sure.

Becki:               She's a big girl, so I knew I had to do something, so I decided, well, I'm going to try this because I have nothing to lose.

John Dowdy:     Right. Now as we were chatting earlier and of course up to this point, you had mentioned to me you are at your wit's end. The veterinarian's had been scratching their head, you've already dumped a bunch of money and nothing seemed to be working. And then that's where you saw the ad on Facebook with Equinety and you thought, well what could it hurt?

Becki:               Right. That's exactly how I felt. What could it hurt. You know, so I ordered some and started her on it and within three weeks, she was walking straight. She wasn't swinging her hip. Her arthritis is better,

007: Mystery Lameness - Weak Hooves - Hair Growth

 

John Dowdy:     Hello and welcome to another episode of the Equinety podcast. This is your host, John Dowdy, and today we're going to swing down in the Lubbock, Texas, area. We're going to change things up a little bit, although not too much because we're dealing with another lame horse issue.

John Dowdy:     Jorge had contacted us about 30 days ago, had some questions about the product, and so he picked some up and sent me a couple videos, which we'll have listed down below the podcast here before and after. Instead of me telling you all about Jorge's horse, why don't we introduce Jorge. Jorge, welcome to the show.

Jorge:               Thank you so much. Thank you for inviting me to share my experience with you guys. I'm pretty excited about this product.

John Dowdy:     Yeah, yeah. We are definitely blessed. When you called me about 30 days ago, now, I understand your mare is about nine years old. You use her in the Spanish rodeo.

Jorge:               Yes, sir.

John Dowdy:     I cannot pronounce it. I'm sorry, so do us a favor.

Jorge:               Yes, sir. It's called Charreada.

John Dowdy:     Uh-huh (affirmative).

Jorge:               That's what it's called. Yes, sir.

John Dowdy:     Okay. And then, this is what you're using her for and you've been doing that for about, using her in that for about five years.

Jorge:               Yes, sir.

John Dowdy:     And then, you walked outside one day at your house there, and tell us what was going on.

Jorge:               Yeah, I walked out one day outside and there was other horses running and she got happy and she tried running as well, and I'd seen that one of her back legs was a little ... She was limping on it a little bit. I thought it was maybe something that day, or I thought it'd go away but it just started getting worse and worse. She would limp on it more and it got to the point where she would walk with her leg in the air a little bit, and that's when I started looking to see what I can give her.

Jorge:               But going back a little bit, I came upon this product. My neighbor, she had a horse that she was limping and they were going to put her down, and every day she would tell me, "Yeah, she's getting worse and this ..." I seen the ads pop up on Facebook and I seen it one day, and my horse was doing good. She still wasn't hurting or nothing, so I saved it on Facebook and I said, "You know what? I'm going to show this to her one day. That way, she can try it." But, I ended up moving here to Texas for my job and I really never got the chance to show it back to her because I got busy moving and all that.

Jorge:               One day I was on Facebook and I started seeing the videos I had saved and I came upon that, and that's when my horse was already limping and stuff and I said, "Man, well ..." I started reading more about it. I went to YouTube, looked up what people had to say about the product, reviews and all that, and everybody that had tried it, they just said that, had nothing but good stuff to stay about the product. So, I called you, a matter of fact, and I called you and it was almost an hour that we talked on the phone and you explained everything to me. Any question I had, you sat there and explained to me, and I ordered the product that day.

John Dowdy:     Right.

Jorge:               Man, from there it's been 30 days that I've been using it,

Navicular Horse Battling for years - then I found Equinety!

John Dowdy:     Hey everybody, welcome to another Equinety Podcast. This is your host, John Dowdy, and I'm really excited to have Lori on this podcast, because she's got an amazing story with a rescue horse that dates all the way back to 2008 time-frame, dealing with navicular, among some other issues going on, and been quite a struggle and a battle. Without further ado,let's jump right in this. Lori, are you there?

Lori:                 I am. Thanks for having me on today.

John Dowdy:     Well, you bet. I'm excited for everybody to hear the story about Joy. As we were talking, so you rescued this horse back in 2008 and it had a few issues going on.

Lori:                 Yeah. I got her for free in2008, just because of her ongoing lameness, and the person who had her did not look into further x-rays or to see what was going on with her lameness, so I did get her for free. We discovered with x-rays that she did have navicular disease.

John Dowdy:     Okay. Then as you jumped ahead to around2013 time frame, you were kind of trying some different products recommended by the vet, and that wasn't working out so well-

Lori:                 Yeah. No. I was guessing on what her condition was and just trying supplements on my own, and I said,"Hey, we need to get an x-ray to find out what is actually going on here."I did try a couple products. These products worked for a while, but then she was coming up lame again.

John Dowdy:     Mm-hmm (affirmative).

Lori:                 This was going on for a couple of years.

John Dowdy:     Right. And very frustrating, I'm sure.

Lori:                 Oh, definitely.

John Dowdy:     Yeah, yeah. Was it at that time you had some other x-rays done and found out that the navicular had spread a little bit or was getting... There were some changes, I guess, to the navicular that was making it worse?

Lori:                 Yes. Yes. The vet did some ...I just said, you know, let's follow up and see what was going on because she was still sore. They did find some more navicular changes in her left front and also starting on her right front foot.

John Dowdy:     Then also one of the other challenges; living in Maine with the very hard ground in the winter times. She was always kind of lame during the winter. I mean, you couldn't ride her or anything like that.

Lori:                 Right. I could only ride up until ... I'm not sure. Maybe before the snow started. Even with that, you know, in the fall before winter got ... Winter without the snow, the ground gets very hard. I didn't want to have her ride with me on her back on the ground. It wasn't fair to her, so I stopped riding. When the snow came I lunged her and worked with her and did in hand work, but definitely ... You know,being in Maine, the ground, the hard ground, the uneven snow, the hard snow was definitely a challenge.

John Dowdy:     Yes, and then you found the power of Magna Wave.

Lori:                 I did. I was doing research.She was very lame last year and I said, you know, I want to help her as much as I can. I have never given up on her. She was a rescue and she's just a lovely mare. I was looking online and came up with Magna Wave, and I said, you know,with this research and find out, hey, let's give it a try and see what happens.We started that in April.

John Dowdy:     That helped out quite a bit then?

 

Old Injury and very depressed horse - Equinety has BIG impact!

John Dowdy:     Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Equinety Podcast. I'm your host, John Dowdy, and in this episode we're going to be talking with JoAnne. She's been dealing with an injured horse for about eight months and she believes that he's very depressed. Up until his injury, he was the leader of the herd that now has taken a position in the back of the bus, so to speak. I should also mention that Joann is a huge skeptic when it comes to supplements. Joann called in earlier today and I sweet-talked her into sharing her Equinety story. So, Joann, I really appreciate you taking the time to share your story.

JoAnne:            Oh, you're welcome.

John Dowdy:     Tell us a little bit about what was going on with your house.

JoAnne:            Well, I have a 26-year-old gelding and for at least the last eight months he'd been lame in his one front leg, and it looks like maybe he had pulled a tendon in it and when it healed it didn't heal properly and it was making him club-footed. I had the farrier look at him, I had the vet look at him, and they figured that was just the way he was going to live, and maybe a little bute would help with the pain, but that was just going to be the way he was gonna be.

John Dowdy:     Right. And so, when we were chatting a little earlier, you said he was the boss of the herd and since all of that happened he wasn't so bossy anymore, huh?

JoAnne:            No, no, he'd kinda sit back in the background. People think I'm crazy, but seriously, he was depressed. I don't know if it was so much he was in pain or he just wasn't feeling himself. So I saw the Equinety product on Facebook, actually, and thought, "What the heck? I'm gonna try a sample pack of that."

JoAnne:            And I got my sample pack, I've been giving it to him religiously for only 15 days now and there is such a difference in that horse. It's unbelievable. He still has a slight limp. His attitude is totally, totally different. He's back to his old self again, with a very minor limp. And you can just see it. You can just see it. [inaudible 00:02:13] His coat is beautiful, coming in, his winter's hair's looking great. He's happy again.

John Dowdy:     Good. And back to being boss.

JoAnne:            And back to being the top boss. Yep. I have six other horses, and they're all a lot younger than him. But they all wait for him now. He's the boss again.

John Dowdy:     Wow. That is so awesome. So, have you tried any other things other than ... I mean, it was kinda came up with this and the vet and farrier said, "Well, that's just kinda how he is." Did you try anything else or?

JoAnne:            Well, we did. Actually, we tried massage therapy because that was something my vet had recommended. As far as other products on him, I hadn't really tried any other products. I had asked around about things, local shops around here. And there just wasn't anything that I felt real comfortable with, except for lotions and things that I would try to put on to loosen that ligament or that tendon. That wasn't working. That just wasn't [inaudible 00:03:17]. I think it was too old of an injury, you know?

John Dowdy:     Sure. So how long was the injury?

JoAnne:            I'm gonna say at least eight months, to maybe a year.

John Dowdy:     Okay, yeah. Yeah, 'cause we do have people that, similar situations, and they ask about old injuries. And I always tell people that there's such a high probability that Equinety will help, it's definitely worth a try. And you had mentioned to me how skeptical you were about trying the Equinety and I think you said, "Well, it's a dollar a day. What could it hurt?"

Severe Ringbone

John Dowdy:                 Hey everyone, this is your host John Dowdy and I'd like to welcome you to another episode of the Equinety podcast. Our special guest is Kathleen Robb. Her 10 year old horse has been dealing with four frustrating years of severe ringbone. Let's just jump right into this episode, which is already in progress because your highly trained host, that would be me, forgot to hit record. Here we go.

Severe Ringbone

Kathleen Robb:             ... which I was ... If I end up with a horse with a shiny coat and all that, that's great, but if it does more than that I was even more excited, which it did.

Kathleen Robb:             So, I purchased a horse from a friend about four years ago not knowing that it had leg issues, and she did not know that as well. It became really apparent that he had something going on with his front, both hooves - cannon bone there. I had the vet come out and shoot some X-rays and found out that he had pretty severe ringbone. He's only 10 so that was pretty surprising for such a young horse. I figured I was going to have to retire him, and so I've just been kind of letting him walk around, not really doing much with him, but started him on Equinety after kind of looking at some of the testimonials and success stories. I thought, "What the heck we'll give it a shot," and just been giving him one scoop a day. I never did a loading dose. I just thought, "We'll see what happens," and I noticed about maybe two months ago I got on him and he wanted to trot, and he wanted to canter, which he's never wanted to do that. Even when he did do that he was lame on his front right always, and he's sound. He's not limping. Of course we're not cantering around in circles, but I actually have a horse that I was considering putting down because she was looking pretty uncomfortable and we're back to a full trotting, walking, cantering, trail riding horse. It's fabulous.

John Dowdy:                 Wow. How long was he lame prior to using the Equinety?

Kathleen Robb:             About four years.

John Dowdy:                 Wow, and you had tried all kinds of different things to try to figure out what was going on or did you kind of know what was going on?

Kathleen Robb:             Yeah, I mean ... My vet suggested injections and I live out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a little tiny island called Kauai, so getting injections and things like that become actually a challenge since we don't have access to a lot of that stuff. So, I wasn't really in to that, and I thought, "Well if it's ringbone it's ringbone," and injecting him to make him comfortable just so I could ride him was not what I wanted to do to him. Didn't sound right, and so I thought I'd just let him be a beautiful pasture ornament, which he was beautiful, but it's-

John Dowdy:                 For four years beautiful.

Kathleen Robb:             Yeah, it's expensive to take care of pasture ornaments, and shoeing, and everything else that goes with the care of a horse so when he was becoming more and more lame I thought, "Oh gosh what am I going to do," and actually called the vet out and I had mentioned to her about the Equinety, and she said she hadn't heard about it, and I said, "Well I watched all the success stories and testimonials," which from some pretty reputable trainers and riders, and I thought well give it a shot, and pretty happy, pretty darn happy…

John Dowdy:                 That is awesome.

Kathleen Robb:             Yeah, and he looks great. So, then I have a older horse who's 21 and I thought, "Well if it's helping him," and she's got ringbone as well. Of course she doesn't ever need to compete again. She's an old lady and it's okay for her to retire, but if it keeps her more comfortable. So,

Elise Parsons

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An initial Equinety skeptic and now 100% Equinety supporter & believer

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John Dowdy:                         Hello and welcome to another episode of the Equinety Podcast. I am your host, John Dowdy, and today we've got a very special guest on, Elise Parsons. I appreciate you being on the podcast. This is something new that we've started and I wanted it to be around education and some fun, and also of course getting into Equinety. But before we get into all of that, some of your background. You were a vet tech for several years and then you transitioned over into a full-time trainer.

Elise Parsons:                      I was a vet assistant for six years. Some of that time was spent in exclusive large animals, and the rest of that was spent in two different mixed practices that had done small and large animal. And I made the leap into full-time trainer and instructor about five years ago.

John Dowdy:                         Nice. While you were doing the vet tech and tech assistant, were you also training at that time, just kind of on the side?

Elise Parsons:                      Yes.

John Dowdy:                         Yeah.

Elise Parsons:                      I've always done a little bit of my own off the track thoroughbred retraining, reselling. And then about six years ago, I started teaching lessons and slowly building that on the side.

John Dowdy:                         Right. And so with your training, I know when we were speaking the other day, pretty much all of your basic groundwork starts with dressage and then you kind of expand out from there.

Elise Parsons:                      Correct. All of the students and horses have to start in dressage to learn the basics since dressage is just basic manners and control of their saddle. And depending on what the horse ride shows interest in, their training becomes specialized from there, either in eventing, or hunters, jumpers, or strictly staying in dressage.

John Dowdy:                         So as a trainer, what would be one of your, we'll say your biggest challenges with students coming in? As far as, do they have super high expectations? They might think it's easy and so you've got to bring-

Elise Parsons:                      Yeah. Oh, yeah. A lot of them come in thinking that they can jump within the fourth lesson. And some of the newer TV shows really don't help that much. So unfortunately, I have to kind of spend that first month saying, "Yeah. No, you don't know half of what you think you know." And then once you tear them down enough, you build them back up.

John Dowdy:                         Yes. Yep. As a good trainer would, a good coach.

Elise Parsons:                      Yep.