This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At first it sounded a little touchy feely to me, but my > friend trains a LOT of horses, and for the little bit of $$$ it costs to > find/correct the problem, you save a lot of time and trouble trying to train a > horse that is in pain. I must add here that we also thought it was a little "touchy feely" sounding at first. Until we tried it on one of our horses that was in training. He was a three-year-old with about 30 days on him. He began to have trouble picking up the canter, carried his hind legs funny and couldn't keep in the canter. When the trainer would push on the top of his croup near the spine with his fingers, the horse would "drop" his hindquarters or act uncomfortable. An equine chiropractor regularly works on horses for this trainer, so he checked the horse out, found the problem, corrected it - and "presto", no more problems. It truly works that fast - the horse has no more pain. Although he may have sore muscles for a few days afterwards, due to having used his body "wrong" for a long time. We usually give them a day or so off after being worked on by a chiropractor, with just light exercise. Remember, a horse has no "mental baggage" concerning a chiropractor - he just knows that he hurt before and now he doesn't. It works for our horses, and really isn't all that expensive. The charge for an "adjustment" usually includes a return visit in a couple weeks to be sure the adjustment has stayed in place. Mary, in wet, windy Washington == Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
