Ridecamp: RE: [RC] Wine Country/Gastroguard

You guys have it all wrong. They have ulcers because they
have steel shoed on their feet!

bob

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID

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Subject: Re: [RC] Wine Country/Gastroguard


> here:  http://www.thehorse.com/qf.asp?fid=394
>
> some horses which had feed withheld
> for 24  hours, were fed, then had it withheld again
quickly developed
ulcers.
> If it  is not treated, the horse's health and performance
will be
> compromised at  best, and, at worst, the ulcer will
perforate and >the
horse will die  of  peritonitis.

Somehow all this seems a little bizaare.  If 90% of the
horses who are
doing anything have ulcers...look around.  How many are
dropping dead of
peritonitis? (O.K. I know this is Ridecamp and a bunch of
you are already
sending me the story of the horse you know that dropped dead
of
peritonitis).

So, a horse misses a feeding, then gets fed, then misses a
feeding and he
has an ulcer now.  Is anyone scoping horses, finding these
ulcers and
then tracking their progress *without* treatment?  I mean,
boom, my hair
didn't do right today so I have an ulcer.  Does this mean
I'm going to
spend the rest of my life doubled over?  How have horses
made it up until
Gastroguard's $900 per month treatment came along?  Poor
Secretariet....running Belmont so fast with ulcers...and
John Henry...all
those years running with ulcers... And what about Smokey
Killen's Bandit.
Surely he had them too...all 18,000 or however many miles.
My old pony I
grew up on...every horse on my street... they'd better put
Gastroguard in
the faucets.

Sounds like they've discovered something they didn't know
was there...but
maybe it's always been there off and on on some horses.
Anyone spending
time tracking it to figure out what's somewhat *normal*?

Angie

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