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RE: [RC] [RC] heat - Ranelle Rubin

Kathy,

I love my Cool Medic vest..but I don't know how it would work if you have high humidity because it is an evaporative cooling mechanism. On days I don't wear it, I do stop and take off my sun shirt, dunk it in the creeks or the river and then put it back on.

Ranelle Rubin, Business Consultant
http://www.rrubinconsulting.com
Independent Dynamite Distributor
raneller@xxxxxxx

916-663-4140 home office
916-718-2427 cellular
916-848-3662 fax




From: kramspott@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC]   heat
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:07:00 +0000

Does anyone have any 'tricks' on how to stay / get cool enough to go riding during these 90 degree + days? I'm thinking along the lines of taking cold showers or drinking hot liquids or whatever it is that is supposed to work to cool our temperatures down. Unfortunately I work in air conditioning all day so the heat and humidity is brutal when I get outside.

--

Kathy

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From: Spottedracer@xxxxxx
Once the horses are USED to eating a ration with significant shredded beet pulp in it - you don't HAVE to soak.. Since they've figured out they have to take smaller bites and chew it like hay - unlike what they do with pellets/grains.

When I'm first introducing Shredded beet pulp to a horse/cow - I wet it 'lightly' prior to giving it to them... It starts expending almost immediately, so it's 'pre-expanded' when they first get a bite - instead of them gorging on it (like with pellets/grain) and it expanding within their throats and causing choke problems. I do this for the first two weeks or so with horses, then slowly add less and less water - until it's dry.. By then, they've figured out HOW to eat it properly..... Now, I'm still wetting it for the cattle..

- LP



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