Ridecamp: RE: [RC] A little more Help on Windpuffs

Yes, they are a permanent blemish, won't go away. like a bog spavin. Doesn't
mean that the stress to the legs is over. For instance, some people never
condition their horses on hard surfaces like hard packed gravel roads and
pavement. They just ride softer terrain that they have at home. Then they do
their first ride that incorporates a lot of hard surface concussion
(concussion is a major cause of windpuffs). Their horse develops windpuffs
after the ride. Permanent. They go back to soft terrain, months later they
finally compete on hard surfaces again. The horse is stressed again but
because it already has windpuffs the owner doesn't "see" that the horse was
stressed again. This is a bad training/conditioning plan. If you are going
to compete on a certain type of terrain and especially footing then you want
to regularly train on that type of footing. Sand is another tough footing
that causes major problems for horses not conditioned on it.

Bonnie Snodgrass

-----Original Message-----
From: Tiffany D'Virgilio [mailto:dvirgilio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 12:16 AM
To: kit kat; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] A little more Help on Windpuffs


Wait a minute-I'm a little confused. Windpuffs, once gotten do not ever go
away.  They may worsen after you ride, but they do not come and go. Please
vets, correct me if I am wrong.  Can someone clarify that? I read up because
my mare got one during a very deep and sandy ride. It has stayed the same,
the mare is never lame and it causes no pain.
Maybe she is just stocking up? I was pretty heartbroken to see that
windpuff, BTW. Doesn't seem to bother the horse.
It does sound as if your mare may have other issues as well. Good
luck-Tiffany


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