SWLY Setback; KNS All Set

[BillW]

Chuck, Steve,

Any update on SWLY's progress?

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by BillW

Chuck, Steve,

Any update on SWLY's progress?

Chuck will add more on ChuckBlog, but she went to the farm in Shelbyville the other day without a hitch and is on stall rest for another 6 weeks.

There really won't be a lot to say until she moves to Chuck's new facility and starts taking treatments in the hyperbaric chamber.

[BillW]

Tks Steve.

[Many Others]

have a dumb question but will ask anyway – is poor Sumwon in a heated stall since her coat was clipped at the track or is she just wearing heavy blankets until it grows back in???? IT’S COLD lol..

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Many Others

have a dumb question but will ask anyway – is poor Sumwon in a heated stall since her coat was clipped at the track or is she just wearing heavy blankets until it grows back in???? IT’S COLD lol..

I'm sure she is blanketed, and equally sure that she is not in a heated barn (any idea what that costs?)....but keep in mind that horses are well adapted to survive cold....first since they are hind gut fermenters they generate pretty good heat digesting...and they just shunt blood away from the extremeties and back toward the core during cold weather....without wind or rain they don't really notice cold until it gets below 15-20 degrees.
and in truly cold weather like VT where I used to live....it takes about 5 pounds of hay to raise a horses temp one degree (I forget where I read that....but you just load them up on roughage when it's cold)

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

I'm sure she is blanketed, and equally sure that she is not in a heated barn (any idea what that costs?)....but keep in mind that horses are well adapted to survive cold....first since they are hind gut fermenters they generate pretty good heat digesting...and they just shunt blood away from the extremeties and back toward the core during cold weather....without wind or rain they don't really notice cold until it gets below 15-20 degrees.
and in truly cold weather like VT where I used to live....it takes about 5 pounds of hay to raise a horses temp one degree (I forget where I read that....but you just load them up on roughage when it's cold)

I have been loading up on roughage and its not working....

[Payson Dave]

You must not be a hind gut fermenter...??

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I have been loading up on roughage and its not working....

roughage does not include steak and ribs....

[Many Others]

guess reason asked is have no idea what kind of facility it is, large layup center or just a couple of stalls in somebody's backyard - but what you say is all true - this is the best time of year for them, they love the cold, the mud the snow, it's a "horse" thing lol - am half-afraid Sumwon is gonna be tearin the doors off her stall to get out in it, am sending best wishes to her handlers RIGHT NOW !

and hadta chuckle about your reference to vermont, recently received some pictures of a friend's christmas vacation there, am left with no complaints lol...

Originally Posted by paisjpq

I'm sure she is blanketed, and equally sure that she is not in a heated barn (any idea what that costs?)....but keep in mind that horses are well adapted to survive cold....first since they are hind gut fermenters they generate pretty good heat digesting...and they just shunt blood away from the extremeties and back toward the core during cold weather....without wind or rain they don't really notice cold until it gets below 15-20 degrees.
and in truly cold weather like VT where I used to live....it takes about 5 pounds of hay to raise a horses temp one degree (I forget where I read that....but you just load them up on roughage when it's cold)

[Riot]

guess reason asked is have no idea what kind of facility it is, large layup center or just a couple of stalls in somebody's backyard

If it's the place I'm thinking of (a place I've been to) it's very nice physically, good-sized professional working barn, and the time I was there the place was very clean, the horses happy, calm, and well-kept.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Many Others

have a dumb question but will ask anyway – is poor Sumwon in a heated stall since her coat was clipped at the track or is she just wearing heavy blankets until it grows back in???? IT’S COLD lol..

No, blankets only (nice ones though)