This message is from: S K <windyacre...@yahoo.com>
Toni, I found your article very imformative....I'm really confused as to which salt I should use..I always used the loose salt in a large rubber feed bowl right next to their water in the walk-thru....I'm wondering i f I should now buy a block...??????? I'd also heard they were more for cows with their raspy tongue....not for a horse... Also, yesterday my horse trainer, Chris Lombard told me Andy my 9 yr old Fjord has almost outgrown his saddle...He's filled out and gained alot of weight...He told me to look into a Bob Marshall treeless saddle..... I'd appreciate any comment on these saddles.....Chris's wife is an expert dealing with saddles, that's her business, she doesn't like the treeless saddles...but it' shard to find a good western saddle for a Fjord...as I'm sure you all know... Susan.... From: Toni <toekn...@frontier.com> To: "fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com" <fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com> Sent: Friday, July 6, 2012 12:51 AM Subject: Salt, Sweat, etc. This message is from: Toni <toekn...@frontier.com> Great thread on the list about our horses and this heat! I am usually a lurker, but had to write in today. The temps topped out at 107 degrees here today, and I decided to rinse my horses off. The heat and humidity has been brutal the last 4 weeks, and my Fjord and Mustang have been drinking lots and lots of water. A tank usually lasts 4 to 5 days depending on the weather. I have been filling it almost every day. They have a salt block right next to the water tank and my mustang sucks up some water and dribbles it in the hole on the salt block to disolve the salt. He's pretty clever. Neither one of them tries to chew on it, just dribble and lick. If I want my Fjord to drink more, I give him a few peppermint flavored treats. He always drinks right afterward. I have been concerned about sweating because it's been so hot. Everyday I walk out in the pasture to check them out. Everyday they have been just fine. If they get too hot, they hang around in the barn and catch any breezes that happens by. Today I noticed my Fjord was very sweaty, so I ran some warm water and mixed it with cold (until it was cool on the inside of my wrist) and then sponged them off. My mustang looked at me like I was an idiot for touching his body with a wet sponge, but my Fjord just stood and relaxed into it. I scraped them both off really good and the water coming off their bodies was HOT! They were much cooler afterward. It is now late night, and it has cooled off to around 80 degrees. Very warm for a Wisconsin night. We don't usually get weather this hot for this long. I will be glad when it cools off a little. I am so blessed to be able to have my horses right on my own property and check them several times a day if need be. I make sure they have shade, water, salt, and (if necessary) a good rinse to cool them off. Keep cool all, Toni in Wisconsin Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
