Wonderful story by Joan Ranquet about meeting Dolphin Trainers who use Izmine for the Dolphins and Penguins in their show!
We use Izmine as a Free Choice supplement for the horses, take it ourselves, give it to the dogs, etc. We see the animals gravitating to it any time their immune systems are under attack!
Dynamite Specialty Products: Dolphins and Penguins and Izmine, Oh My!.
Ledger’s Legend
by Anna Twinney
The wind had picked up. Another typical, summer storm was brewing in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains… or so we thought. From the flat, high dessert terrain of the horse rescue we could see the storm; its dark clouds swirling above with a small glimpse of sunlight shining down upon us as the students and I were in the pastures conversing with the horses. More often than not, the weather would pass by the rescue uneventfully, as though the rain, the thunder and the lightning were divinely directed along the base of the hills, leaving us with only the strong wind and taste of the precipitation cascading down upon the mountains only a few miles away. But this day was not typical. And this storm was not going to pass without leaving its mark; a tragic mark that none of us would ever forget.
Dealing with ringbone, sidebone and arthritis in our horses can be truly frustrating as you try the latest supplement or topical salve. While these can often help, is there something you can do? How about a quick exercise to free up the pastern and fetlock joints while gently breaking apart calcifications?
This simple simple process takes only a few seconds per foot and can be done when you pick out the hoof.
Basic rules to remember:
For horses with severe issues there is more you can do – but, when done regularly, even this simple technique can help relieve stiffness and overcome prolonged joint issues. I also recommend it as part of a pre and post workout stretching routine to help prevent issues from starting in the first place.
I know – the title of this post sounds like I run an exercise studio – but this really is one of the quickest and easiest ways I have found to strengthen a horse’s topline and improve their core body strength. This can be tough at first on lazy horses, until you figure out how to use the energy in your fingers as sharp spikes of energetic nails – sounds mean but on a fat bellied mare who doesn’t want to work – it can take some effort for them to believe you!
When you watch the clip – check what the hands below the horse are doing. I begin by placing my forefinger in the divot just behind the sternum. Using the fingers of that hand I press UP into the midline of the horse. I then move my other hand back along the midline – also pushing UP to encourage her to lift her entire back.
Basic rules to remember:
Use this exercise before and after each workout to help prepare the back for holding weight and to stretch out afterward. I find that this helps prevent hunter’s bump and can allow the horse to do minor chiropractic adjustments for themselves! When used regularly, even older, sway-backed horses can rapidly improve and maintain a better topline.
Whether your horse is a novice in training and learning how to bear weight, a performance athlete needing help with staying tuned, or a senior pasture pal with a stiff body, the shoulder stretch can be just the ticket for adding flexibility and reach extension to the front end. I recommend doing this before and after any ride to first warm up the muscles and then help the shoulders and spine re-balance after weight bearing.
Notice how Timeless (the horse – ggg) turns her head to improve the stretch!
Things to remember with the front leg and shoulder stretch:
You really can’t do this too much, just watch your horse for obvious signs of enjoyment and you can both get a lot out of it!
Here at the ranch, we have seen our own fair share of miracles through the products we use. Of course, some of our favorites come from Dynamite Marketing. Dynamite finally has it’s own blog and I am thrilled to share one of the stories posted with you:
Vogue – A Message of Hope
Dear Dynamite,
I fell in love with a wonderful grey mare at a very reputable breeding operation after months of searching and consideration. When I returned to the barn to purchase that mare, an elegant four-year-old chestnut filly chose me–I kid you not. Sensing she knew better than me, Rob and I coughed up the additional monies and proceeded to load her for her maiden trailer voyage. We arrived home, settled in and the first five weeks were divine. I was “Dancin’ on the Ceiling;” the world was mine.
Almost to the day after five beautiful weeks, Vogue began a descent into hell. There is no other fitting metaphor. Weight loss due to diarrhea and anorexia, severe edema, hives, light and sound sensitivity, blisters, head shaking and on and on. The insects were attempting to eat her alive, and doing a fine job of doing so. Her pasture friend, my beloved mare Blondie wore a bell so Vogue could locate her when her eyes were swollen completely closed. When she could see she had to be let out of the barn only at dusk or on overcast days and then with a mask so that light and/or reflection off of the snow would not further irritate her. She lost over 350 pounds and had oozing sores everywhere; under the eyelids, her udder, on the tail bone, the vulva, inside her ears, the nasal cavity, the mouth. The thousands of sores would ooze serum that could literally be heared as they ‘plopped’ to the ground. Three times my vets said to let her go. And then the seizures began. She would convulse, then heavy full body tremors and then go crashing to the ground–always to her right. Terrifying, as one can imagine. This would happen daily at the least, and during any stress or very cold weather, multiple times to even hourly. She was exhausted. The sores had to be sponge bathed two to three times a day, the wind chill often below zero. A hot water heater and a warm area were installed so that she would not freeze, literally, during the process before we could get the blow dryers on her.
Rob and I never left her, checking her numerous times throughout the nights. On the rare occasions I had to leave to gather groceries, supplies and run to the feed store, my husband would sit outside with her, both all bundled up. I was terrified he might miss the signs of a severe seizure and she would die in her stall. This was our life for 25 months and 11 days. Every test imaginable had been done. I heard “allergies to an unknown source” so many times I dreaded picking up the phone when the vets called with lab results. Buckets of money spent and the consensus was she did not have another winter in her. She was six years old and I needed to put her down.
In September of 2007, my equine chiropractor came once again from California hoping to make her a bit more comfortable after another series of seizures. He made the comment that I should call a man he had taken a seminar from and plead my case. Plead is a nice term. Actually I begged, groveled, cried (you know the kind–your nose runs, you hiccup, you look like a truck has hit you?), and I prayed he would consider on such short notice helping my Vogue.
“Rock of Ages” is now playing. Pixie Murphy (Bronze Director) got me into the clinic and onto the list for Dr. Regan Golob (Gold Director) to look her over. While I waited, the days crawled by, but Pixie suggested that I begin Dynamite Miracle Clay, Dyna Pro, TNT and Release. I discovered that if I sprayed her sheets and blankets with Release it curtailed the static that was making life even more miserable. When I carefully removed her blanket, if it was dark, I could literally witness a ‘sheet lightning’ show that frightened her to no end. She did improve considerably on the very basic Dynamite program. Finally, we load her up knowing the four hour trip may be all that she has in her, and she wasn’t as bad as she was going to be in a couple of weeks when winter hit our basin with its vengeance. Summer and early autumn were more kind to her. The final ‘amen’ was imminent and we knew it.
They tell me Regan and Judy Sinner (Gold Director) actually lectured all that morning. I wouldn’t know, all I could hear was Vogue screaming in her stall that was below us. Finally it was time for these two gifted and knowledgeable people to meet my mare. After moments of observing, gently touching (she wouldn’t flinch, she’d buckle to the ground), reassuring her (and me) and muscle testing, her new theme “Stayin’ Alive” began, for the both of us. I was told she had Vaccinosis and Herpes.
With a nutritional plan, a long list of products that then seemed foreign and mystical, in hand and hope in my heart for the first time in over two years we came home. We were warned there would be detoxing and that it would take two to three years for optimal health to be her norm. The music progressed to “Chariots of Fire.” Life was improving.
We followed, absolutely to the letter, every piece of advice we were given and the ‘music’ changed once again, “Rocky” was our motto! She wasn’t just ‘existing’ she was fighting. She has consumed a UPS truckload of products and enough SOD and Miracle Clay that Vogue’s picture needs to be on the containers. Still, my Dynamite costs do not hold a candle to her previous treatment bills. All of the findings have been confirmed by an European Hair Analysis Lab this September. Just two weeks ago we went back to Glide, Oregon for Regan and Judy to see Vogue. There were many tears from those that met this dear creature only one year ago. There are not words to convey the trust, gratitude and wonder that I could ever pen so deep is my appreciation. Vogue just turned seven years old and Regan and Judy concur that I may start riding her! Thank you from the bottom of my heart Regan, Judy, Pixie and Dynamite. You have taught me “not to hope for a miracle but to expect one.”
For the love of Vogue,
Linda M. Bogatay
Klamath Falls, OR
According to the USDA, neurologic EHV-1 can cause an acute paralytic syndrome in horses where they are weak and ataxic in the hind legs. This weakness and paralysis of the muscles of the hind limbs gives rise to incoordination, gait abnormalities and, in some cases, the inability to rise from the sitting position. “The virus, once infected, can become latent. Latency enables the virus to avoid the host’s immune system. Then at an opportune time (i.e., levels of high stress) the virus emerges and can be silently shed, infecting other horses that come into contact with the ‘silent shedder. ’” says Dr. Kerry A. Rood, Utah Extension Veterinarian and Dr. L. Earl Rogers, Utah State Veterinarian.
According to the US Dept of Agriculture, It is important to realize that EHV-1 can be spread indirectly through contact with physical objects contaminated with infectious virus. Examples of such objects include tack, wipe rags or other grooming equipment, feed and water buckets, and people’s hands or clothing. Given this information it is, therefore, imperative to practice sound preventative principles which include cleaning and disinfecting your barn, horse trailer, blankets, etc.
FROM JUDY SINNER
“Vaccination has been cited as a risk factor for development of EHV-1 myeloencephalopathy in one (unpublished) paper* written to report on an outbreak in 1984 involving many horses on at least five premises in Southern California. To my knowledge there have been no documented cases of EHV-1 in horses that have NOT EVER been vaccinated for rhino. An article** on the recent outbreak states that ‘all the affected horses had been vaccinated.’
This is a good thing to consider before you or anyone you care about runs out and vaccinates to try to prevent this, and actually ends up setting the horse up for problems instead, as the immune system is at an all-time low for 30 days following any vaccination. My recommendation if you are traveling and/or merely concerned is in addition to the Dynamite Basic Program†:
1 – BOOST THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
2 – HOMEOPATHIC NOSODES
This is also the type of acute situation in which homeopathic nosodes can be beneficial. If a horse does get sick it is good to have them already on hand. You can get them from a holistic vet. Some people do use them as a preventative.
3- KEEP IT CLEAN
If you have been in contact with other horses ALWAYS wash down everything. This includes your barn, trailer, tack, grooming equipment and blankets. Dynamite Blanket and Barn Wash will disinfect as it cleans.”
* http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ceh/ehv1_vaccination.cfm
** www.facebook.com/notes/animal-health-options/understanding-and-managing-the-neurologic-form-of-rhino/10150183254518562 and www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ceh/ehv1_vaccination.cfm
† The Dynamite Basic Programs includes Dynamite®, Dynamite Plus™ or TNT; Dyna Pro® and all 4 Free Choice Minerals.
Many horse owners are concerned with the recent outbreak of EHV-1 (Equine Herpes Virus) here in the United States. Here at the ranch we aren’t concerned because our horses get regular immune support with their free-choice minerals and Dynamite Vitamins. When spring arrived they all got an immune tune up with Herbal Tonic natural parasite cleanse and my old boy “Sport” who has a history of auto-immune deficiency had his semi-annual SOD immune ramping.
One of the things I love about working with Dynamite Marketing is that they have such a broad product range for helping with any equine health concern. 80 years in business might have something to do with that. With this summer’s concern about spreading the herpes virus, they have made it easy for horse owners to have a toolbox full of supplements and supplies to prevent this infection from spreading into their herd. Their Equine Health and Vitality Pack contains the immune support and anti-viral products we need.
SOD and Hiscorbadine should be in any well stocked feed room no matter what the outbreak. These two products support and stimulate the immune and circulatory systems.
Solace colloidal silver is 200ppm – much higher than that typically found at health food stores. We use it for everything from wound disinfection to treating internal infections. Colloidal silver is anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal – so great for most of what ails us when used correctly.
And the new Blanket & Barn wash also contains colloidal silver for helping to prevent infections from spreading. Great for those headed to events with lots of other horses side-by-side.
This will sound uncaring – but his mother rejected him for a reason. He may have had underlying illness or systemic weakness his entire short life. It may be a blessing simply that he lived so long.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
May I add one more wish? That the industry learns from the example of Zenyatta and lets babies grow up before starting them. Wait until they are at least 3 years old before you climb on their backs. Give them a year of training before you stress their bodies with races. They will last longer and pay off better.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
