Maybe a bear? That's almost the only time I heard our horses blow like that.
Whoa~! Rein 'em in here and show your horse! 2026
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We don't have Bears here. The occasional bear that might cross the border from Wisconsin or Missouri are rare. More likely to me would be someone walking back there. That's why I always pay attention to them when they act like that. I should have drove back there. Even the occasional coyote they don't seem to be frightened of. You saw the one where it was right in the pasture and they were just looking at it. Or it was something that they just couldn't make out. They don't like that. That's too scary when you don't know what the hell it is LOL
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After trying certain supplements with no improvement, I reached out to the Thoroughbred community as anhidrosis isn’t uncommon in the breed and hoped there would be someone to shed light on a miracle unknown cure and I’m hoping/believing I found just that. It’s a product called Equiwinner non transdermal patches, ten patches that each one must be worn for 24 hours then changed out for a new one ten consecutive days in a row. The science behind it is pretty incredible, somehow it resets the way the body regulates electrolytes and as a result cures a number of ailments, and revitalizes the entire horse. At least that’s my understanding in a nut shell. Although it is not meant for humans, us and horses are the only mammals that sweat the same way… I wonder if something like this wouldn’t be beneficial for ourselves? Anyway, today will mark day three. Yesterday somehow he had managed to lose his patch by the time I came to change it, but the barn owner said it was still on for breakfast so it wasn’t missing for too long. I contacted the company and they said it’s fine but in the event he keeps losing them they will send me more, and also recommended adding duct tape. I am so hoping this works, as he is huffing and miserable whenever I go to see him.
The first photo is when I arrived, and then the others after I groomed and hosed him down. He is always visibly happier after that. The white marks are his horsey sunscreen that also doubles as a wound/hair regrowth and a young boy living outside there are bound to be regular scrapes.
The first photo is when I arrived, and then the others after I groomed and hosed him down. He is always visibly happier after that. The white marks are his horsey sunscreen that also doubles as a wound/hair regrowth and a young boy living outside there are bound to be regular scrapes.
I hope it works for him!
Keep us posted, I'm so curious if it works! I no longer have horses, but I knew a horse in Arkansas who didn't sweat and it was miserable for him and the owner was in constant stress over it all summer. She kept the horse at her own place and would hose the horse down several times a day to try to keep him cool.
Brioddy
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I will definitely let everyone know! It is miserable for them, I hose him off every day and he’s visibly happier afterwards but it only lasts so long.
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No progress on the anhidrosis as he keeps rubbing the patches off on low hanging tree limbs 
but thought I’d take a visit to memory lane and show my old foundation Quarter Horse “Pokey” (who was anything but) from the time I was six, who we had for seventeen years before we had to put him down at the age of thirty 
but thought I’d take a visit to memory lane and show my old foundation Quarter Horse “Pokey” (who was anything but) from the time I was six, who we had for seventeen years before we had to put him down at the age of thirty
I've never known anyone who had a horse with that. It's got to be very stressful for you as much as heaves is stressful for me with my Palomino. It's awful watching them suffer in the summer.
Is there a different area you can put that patch on so that it doesn't get rubbed off? Like maybe on his belly? It'd be wonderful if that would work for him.
Your pictures of Pokey are beautiful!
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