Re: Respiratory rate and thumps

[RUN4BEAR <RUN4BEAR@aol.com>]

In a message dated 98-01-04 22:18:35 EST, you write:

<< 
 He has thumped three times in training; all three times after going
moderately
 hard uphill for a fairly long distance.  He did not go hard enough or long
 enough to be exhausted or to have lost significant amount of electrolytes
 through sweating.
  >>

I have heard many people say their horses didn't work hard enough to have lost
a significant amount of electrolytes through sweating.  Think again!!!  A
great many horses who thump ARE depleted of electrolytes.  Also, how MUCH and
WHAT KIND of electrolytes are you gving?  How often? At rides only or during
training as well.  Just because it isn't 90 degrees and the horse doesn't show
sweat, does NOT mean he has not lost electrolytes. I have seen  several horses
come right out of thumps with a megadose of electrolytes.

Teddy