Irish Horse Welfare Trust Tractor Appeal

The Irish Horse Welfare Trust (IHWT) is appealing for help to purchase a 4 x 4 tractor with front loader for our equine centre based in Woodenbridge.

The IHWT centre comprises of 68 acres with many of our horses living out. Working without the facility of a tractor makes our job incredibly difficult and means incurring the extra cost of hiring.

If you have an idea for fundraising, or sponsorship, contacts in the trade or have a second hand tractor that you are willing to sell  or donate, then please let us know.

We are appealing for anyone who can help us to please contact info@ihwt.ie or phone 086 6047 840.

Also You can check this website: www.shopmedvet.com for  Gastroguard and Ulcerguard or others veterinary supplies for horses because they give good prices always.

I have been treating my Mare with a Powder remedy and not been very sucessfull, problem still remains.

Her ears are very sensitive and powder or liquid remedies direct to the ears is not working.

Has anyone any advice or help.

Thanks

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The oils that we use are essential oils that aid the horse in providing the plant secondary metabolites that due to their absence were causing her eye to swell and weep when aggravated by UV's.  Connie particular choice was Sweet Orange Essential Oil which contains the following plant constituents - a-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, limonene, linalool, citronellal, neral and geranial. She chose this oil from a selection of maybe 10 oils - the whole process took about 45minutes. Prior to the Orange oil she was offered (and selected) Angelica Root Oil and Yarrow. Angelica helps an animal relax and the Yarrow helps with wounding - internal and external, physical and emotional. ( It's official name is Achillea Millefollium after the Greek Legend Achilles whom obviously didnt have any to hand when his heel was cut!)

During offering the oils, she showed sighn of extreme stillness and became very relaxed. It was extraordinary behaviour according to her owners. Her head lowered and she stood very still.

When she showed no more interest in any of the oils we then left her to process. I left some Yarrow and Orange Oil with the owner for her to offer for the next few days/weeks. Connie showed interest in the yarrow for the next few days but then the interest receeded. However, she took Orange for the next few weeks and when the owner ran out of Orange oil, she offered Oranges which she also ate!

To date (6months from session) Connie has had no more swelling or inflammation or eye watering which is remarkable seeing as she has suffered over the last 4 years having had anti-biotic eye drops and finally the mask.

I felt very honoured and happy to be able to help her end the suffering.

Thanks for your interest!

Carly

www.whitethornequinehealth.com

I live in a country side and am really isolated and close to nature. There is one beautiful white wild horse near me. He sometimes strains away from the rest of the herd and comes near my cottage. I always leave him some food lying around and I think he is becoming used to me. Well, to be honest, just a little. He does not escape straight away after seeing me but he does not allow me to come nowhere near him. I noticed that he spends much more time near cottage when I am not around. I guess he does fell like it is his territory. How can I get closer to him? Are there any tricks so I can improve his trust and since of security while I am around?

Dear Friends

      i am using 

Gastrogard 37% 14 Syringe of 6.15gms - Generic  for the stomach ulcers

because it is the generic version of GastroGard that treats and prevents the recurrence of gastric ulcers in horses and foal 4 weeks of age or older. It treats horses even while they continue to train.

you may go on http://www.otcvetmeds.com/equine-stomach-ulcers/gastrogard.html and get the additional information regarding the same problem

Thank you!!

That is awesome that Carly cleared up and I would love to know more about the treatment.  We have 90% UV proof products out there if you have a horse going thru such a thing or with light skin that needs protection.  naghorseranch com

Can you tell me more about the oil treatment, it sounds great. 

Thank you,

Sue

The Sweetest Mare and Foal for Mother's Day

All of these options offered to resolve Uveitus are somewhat extreme and uneccessary in my experience.

We recently helped resolve a case of recurring Uveitus in the Uk by offering plant secondary metabolites (Yarrow, Angelica & most significantly orange). The animal will choose the plants it needs to redress the imbalance in it's system through it's own ability to self-medicate. The horse referred to below still takes the occasional drops of orange essential oil but no longer requires a mask in the midday sun or has inflamed eyes. Also apparently her nickname at the livery yard has changed - it uses to be Connie-cowbag but now due to her new friendly temperament, that nickname has been dropped. There is so much we can do to help our four-legged friends - if only we'd be guided by their needs!

Carly from Whitethorn Equine Health.

More info www.whitethornequinehealth.com

"Four years ago our horse Connie was diagnosed with recurrent uveitis in one eye brought on by a suspected trauma. Since then we have done our best to avoid painful flare ups by keeping her masked while outside, even through dull days and with antibiotic eye drops from the vets. We had some success with this but her eye would still swell quite regularly which was obviously causing her pain and distress.
Six months ago I asked Carly to treat her. Connie chose yarrow and orange oils which she injested and inhaled. After a few days she no long selected the yarrow but continued with the orange for a couple of weeks. We stopped the treatment when she no longer selected the oil. Since then we have seen a dramatic improvement to her condition, in fact we have not masked her at all for the last five months and have had no flare ups at all, she looks really well. We are delighted with the outcome."
Cath Moore, Bristol, UK

Finally there is a way of working with animals that gives then the power back to choose their own remedies. Sounds like pie in the sky? Well read on....

Global scientific research currently seeks to find herbal pharmacological answers to today's diseases including the issue of resistance to antibiotics. The extent of which drug companies have been able to find solutions to modern day diseases has reduced compared to levels of success a couple of decades ago.  Consequently there is a growing body of interest towards animals in the wild and their ability to self-medicate to indicate medicinal plants that as yet have been undiscovered. This process of self-medicating on herbs, minerals, algae’s etc. is called Zoopharmacognosy (translated from Greek as Animal+drug+knowing) and is responsible for animal and human survival prior to the introduction of modern day drugs.

So how can we transfer this knowledge on a practical level to help our horses gain and maintain health? The answer is staggeringly simple - by giving the horse/pony/donkey the opportunity to have access to the secondary metabolites, minerals, algae etc by offering potent plant extracts that they would normally have access to in the wilderness.

So how do they know which ones to choose?

Equines (as do most mammals) have a secondary olfactory organ called the Vomeronasal Organ(VNO)located above the back of the mouth which enables them to have a heightened ability to scent. You most probably will have seen a stallion with an upwards tilted head curling up its lip when a mare in season is in the vicinity. This action known as the Flehmen response, allows exposure of the VNO to the mares scent and activates the chemical messengers required to prepare the stallion for mating. As well as assisting in matters of a reproductive nature, this extra olfactory organ has enabled equines throughout evolution to identify plants to sustain and regain health.

Earlier I referred to the process as giving the power back to the animals. By this I mean that the horse controls the process by selecting the  remedy and the level and extent of dosage plus the means of self-administration. This can be by a variety of ways - inhalation, ingestion and sublingually, depending upon where the plant constituents are required. The practitioner is trained to recognise behavioural responses and cues in order to present the next constituent for the horses consideration.

So what’s going on when an animal poisons itself – surely that proves that they don’t know the difference between plants that nourish and plants that poison? Several things going on here - when animals do poison themselves it is through lack of choice of fodder rather than by accident. If a horse is grazing in a field with little grass and a lot of ragwort it may be forced to supplement its diet with the ragwort until conditions improve. Other possibilities include a toxin being masked by another scent making it more palatable. Also in the domestic situation a horse is unable to sequentially graze on detoxifying substances. For example, when a horse over-indulges in acorns for their calorific value and is poisoned by the tannins contained within them, it has no access to the saponins required from other plants to neutralise the tannins. A bit like us after a good bottle of wine, reaching for the aspirin in the morning – maybe we should be reaching for a handful of dried marigold leaves or a cup of slippery elm both saponin rich. Just a thought! 

 For more information visit www.whitethornequinehealth.com

Picture courtesy of Filans yard, Sligo & Mary Manandhar

So I have a horse and his name is Cooper, he is just about to be registered so I need a show name his mothers name is 'Nutcracker' and his fathers name is 'The Gambler' if anyone cn help it would be much appriciated!!

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Hi guys,
I am a fourth year Equine Science student in UCD and as part of my fourth year project I am researching the effect of turnout on the incidence of stereotypic behaviours in horse. If you could take 5 minutes to complete this quick survey i would really appreciate the help! Please feel free to pass it on to others!

Thank you!!

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Hi guys,
I am a fourth year Equine Science student in UCD and as part of my fourth year project I am researching the effect of turnout on the incidence of stereotypic behaviours in horse. If you could take 5 minutes to complete this quick survey i would really appreciate the help! Please feel free to pass it on to others!

Thank you!!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LFDFKSZ