Re: RC: Electrolyte comparison list.

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

hi Jennifer: I used to use P&W, but switched to another brand and am
much happier with the results.  At first, the horses did like
P&W, they'd even drink water from with the stuff in it. 
But...ah......endurance horses...they are forever changing and adapting
and just when you think something is working, they decide to prove you
wrong :^).  So now I don't even bother messing with trying to put
electrolytes in water, or in their food (or if I do, it is available in
addition to everything else).....that way I can regulate and have some
control over what they are actually getting.  (and no, I don't ask
them if they like what they getting now --- I just tell them that they
can either deal with the electrolytes or get a wormer instead, and they
quit arguing <g>) 

I'm just about thru getting a table set up with results from one day of
testing on one of my horses on a 50 from last month.  It's the
on-site results, showing electrolytes and blood gases and may not be of
much interest to some but it does show at least that the electrolytes ARE
indeed working.  I am always trying to find a better way (anything
to help the horses), though at the current time I'm a bit afraid to
change or try a different electrolyte.  What is it they say, if it
ain't broke don't fix it? So for now we're going to keep with the current
program until somebody can show me why another electrolyte will get my
horse thru a hard hot 100 miles any better than what I'm currently using
(and gain weight, to boot!).  

Oh....Lyte Now does look interesting (I've never tried it), but it'd be
too darn pricey for me based on the amount of doses I give my
horses.  I think that there are so many variables that it is hard to
recommend to somebody else how to manage their horse -- they all eat
differently (at rides), and are in different stages of conditioning and
experience......and those factors alone might have more to do with
anything than the brand of electrolytes or even how you provide
them.  

k
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At 10:11 AM 05/30/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> It appears that Perform N Win is much lower in
> grams of all ingrediants per oz., compared to many of the others. Do
> those of you that use it give higher doses than you would of  the
> others?   I would be interested in any feed back from those
> using Perform N Win (especially from anyone that may have switched
> recently from some other brand, and why), or if the experts out there
> have a strong opinion one way or the other on products.  Also, I use
> a Endura Lytes at the vet Checks and Lyte Now on the trail (ready tubes
> are easier to carry), and thoughts on mixing the products like 
> that?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Jennifer
>