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Does your horse still have a tail?
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Betsy O'Shea" <betsy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Stall Rest?


> I tried every thing I could think of to prevent my horse on stall rest
from
> fretting  and further injuring himself.  What worked for me was getting a
> young goat and putting it in the stall with the horse. The goat was so
cute
> and fun, that I kept him, and his job now is as a companion to whoever
needs
> company and quieting down. He is currently in with my pony who is on dry
lot
> (to lose several hundred pounds!)
>
> The goat is named Clark and he  only cost $40. Goats are easy to find as
> people who raise them to sell goat's milk, are only too happy to sell off
> the little boys. the suggestion to get a goat was made by the vet at
K-State
> where the horse was treated. when they are neutered, goats don't smell,
and
> the castration only cost $5.  Horses like cats too, but mine wouldn't stay
> in the stall with the horse.  and when the cat left, the horse fretted.
> Betsy
>
>
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