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Re: [RC] advice needed - rides2farBefore I ever get on I cut a sappling or limb off a tree about 4' long and strip the leaves off all except a tuft at the end to use to swat flies away. I look like a helicoptor...or fan dancer going down the trail. I swing a steady pattern over and down the left side, over and down the right, whack around his ears (he loves it) can reach down under his belly if he starts acting like there's one there. Fly repellents just don't do much against deer & horseflies. If a horse has any problem with my swatter I'll just cut a good long one and stand out in the yard swatting flies as he grazes. They learn very quickly that it's a great addition to their tail. Kaboot had no problem distinguishing between this and a whip. He would go bananas if you touched him with a crop, but you could flog him with the fly swat and he'd doze. Eventually, my horse will "point" at one that's landed that I don't see. My daughter and I also have a running competition on horsefly kills so we're grabbing them out of the air and crunching them too. If you can keep them from getting eaten alive while warming up for 15 min. a good trot usually keeps them from landing again and I just tuck my swatter back facing his rump while we're making time, then start swinging again if we have to walk down a hill or something. I think it works a lot better than vinegar, and you'll come to enjoy knocking them out of their flight patterns. :-) Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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