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Re: Subject: RE: [RC] Rehydrating your horse's skin and coat - Kathy MayedaBeau sometimes does not do well with the skin tenting, when all the other dehydration indicators are perfect. Wasn't there a study about skin tenting not being a reliable indicator of hydration? I imagine that this could only be improved if I applied this stuff! Maybe I could have improved that vet score.... I also think that dandruff is eliminated in part with the sweating process. My horses have not been put in a cycle of sweat and rinsing this year yet, and I imagine if I got Beau out right now he'd be a cruddy mass of mud clots after sweating a little. And yes, they have a lot of dandruff between the dust, mud and crud they have accumulated being a California pasture horse during the rainy season. When I was competing regularly, his skin was pretty clean because he got a good rinse after each sweaty ride. I bet the sweat itself lifts off some of the dandruff. Applying product to a clean horse would probably make it even easier to keep dandruff from accummulating. Not sure it's a good idea on the mud bunnies right now! K. On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Dream Weaver <nvrider@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I was always told that the best endurance horses are the most sensitive skinned ones and have found that to be true. ?I tend to avoid problems by preventing them and have in fact turned on several high mileage and multiday riders onto using Eqyss or aloe to keep their horses skin and coats soft and supple while competing in high mileage seasons. ?I really like how the horses coats are soft and their skin underneath is in good shape - the neighbors horse that I just petted and scratched has dried dandruff flakes coming out but my horses that have already completed 560 AERC miles this year don't. Using these things to keep the coat and skin soft and supple has absolutely nothing to do with tack sores, rubs or galls. ?It's just for helping the skin and coat during times of more extreme work, natural shedding and/or climate changes that some of our horses experience. Karen http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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