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LONG story short: I had a pad eat my horses back up real bad. I
treated his back twice with DMSO, the hide basically peeled off.
I bought a Dixie Midnight, which I love and will continue to
use. Did a slower 75, and the bald areas were barely affected.
Started to treat these rubs with Melaluca, BAD idea, did a
training ride and had HORRID, unreal chemical burns! Looked like
someone had stuffed fat onion rings under his skin. I thought
maybe the skin was going to pull away from the muscle. Stopped
the Melaluca, iced the spots 2x a day. Four days later, swelling
was gone, and so was the pain. I had ordered an Equipedic Pad
during this lay-off time. It came in on day five. This was
Tuesday before an endurance ride weekend. I rode for an hour in
the hills. All looked great, and he was really moving out nicely.
Wednesday, I rode for an hour again in the hills. He was still
quite happy, and his back looked great. Decided to go on to the 
endurance ride, and see how things went. I must say, not only did
he move out the best he ever has, his back, come Sunday morning,
was better then when we started. I took a two hour trail stroll
today, just to see how things were. He was not the least bit sore
anywhere on his back. He was a moving out machine, walked up a
storm, as that was all he was allowed to do. At this time, in my
opinion, I would say the Equipedic Pad, did all it claimed, and
then some. For my horse and our situation. The saddle fit has
always been close, but not quite "there". This pad seems to be
the missing link in our fit. I can't wait to ride again. Only
wish I had tried this pad long before now. The cost of the pad
still seems quite steep to me. But, it appears to be working
perfectly, so in some way may have been a "bargain".

Skyla and Tempo-much happier now, thanks Equipedic.

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Of course things aren't perfect,  perfect doesn't exist on this earth.
Doesn't mean we won't go on trying to get better at what we do. Besides, if
everything was perfect today, what would you do tomorrow? Slamming each
other doesn't get anything done.
~  Dot Wiggins

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