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Exactly.  Also the same as giving a tiny (less than 1/2 prescribed) dose of 
a strong elyte (Lyte Now) after horse has been eating and drinking....which 
is what I do because I'm too lazy to mix my own and this way one syringe 
lasts  through a 100 with some to spare.

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From: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: [RC] Electrolytes revisited


> > What really bothers me is that no one but Tom Ivers has bothered to
> > mention to riders that it takes energy to get electrolytes to go
> > into the proper places-
>
> Sure they have. I believe every speaker on electrolytes that I've sat
> through has. At the convention in Reno several years ago Susan
> Garlinghouse had slides that I believe showed the horse's glucose levels
> or something like that. I remember them explaining that it was needed for
> the electrolytes to be used. Then there was a place on the graph where
> the levels spiked and we asked what that was and the reply was, "Oh, he
> ate some hay there". So..I figured so long as my horse was eating, he
> didn't require the brand that's 90% other stuff and takes 3 doses to get
> the recommended amount of electrolytes in the horse.
>
> Isn't it Perform'n Win that everybody loves the taste of...but it
> requires high dosages? If that's the brand, had 2 different people who
> had trouble with their recoveries when they switched and then they
> realized they were supposed to give 2 or 3 times as much of it.  The
> horse was getting a lot of good tasting stuff other than salts.  So...now
> that I've been incredibly vague trying to avoid being trapped with my bad
> memory...*supposing* that this brand has lots of "energy" providers in it
> and fewer electrolytes, does this not satisfy yours & Tom Iver's (rest
> his soul) concerns?  How is that different than my horse eating lots of
> hay & slurry & getting a dose of  lite salt desolved in yogurt shot in on
> top of it all at the end of a vet check?
>
> Angie
>
>
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