Hello Folks, First, I'd like to thank you for your many expressions of sympathy on the loss of our friend, Mandy. They helped both my husband and myself so...
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Mule Mom
derby_54@...
Feb 2, 2000 4:24 am
I am not sure how many people will blast me for this but I have to tell. Per my mule vet I have been giving Cadbury a daily dose of "Quietex" for two weeks ...
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Ima Mary Dennis
softeyes@...
Feb 2, 2000 5:05 am
... Deb~ I looked in the Jeffers catalogue and it says 'natural and drug-free relaxants won't cause drowsiness and keeps horses alert without anxiety. contains...
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Loren McQueen
jlm@...
Jan 5, 1980 6:22 am
Deb, What's in it? I'm willing to bet it's the B vitamins. They (especially Thiamine, I think.) have a quieting effect on equines. Loren...
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Kris Anderson
kande04@...
Feb 2, 2000 10:27 am
... Just a question. Did you try working him exactly the same way for 2 weeks before you used the Quietex? I gave my horse a biotin supplement for 2 years and...
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Kris Anderson
kande04@...
Feb 2, 2000 11:04 am
... Is that ever a deal! I pay $65 to go to a shoeing seminar each year, and although it's definitely worth the money and time, $20 is a helluva deal! Are you...
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DEANHUD@...
Feb 2, 2000 3:38 pm
In reply to your problems with Cadbury and his training. I am by no means a professional, but I've never been able to have any success with Quietex and my...
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Barbara Glynn
mule_dancer@...
Feb 2, 2000 4:09 pm
Hi. Does anyone remember the obstacles in the green gamblers choice trail class in Bishop Mule Days last year. Also the regular green trail class. I watched...
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Dennis & Sheila Temple
mule@...
Feb 2, 2000 4:32 pm
... Not yet, but at $80.00 per animal I think I will try and learn. Hank's main idea was to teach the backcountry people how to pull and re-install a shoe in...
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Gail Gale
hsshadow@...
Feb 3, 2000 1:19 am
Well, Pumpkin had her first injury. The little s...! Looks like she went to kick one of the other ones and got a leg stuck through either a gate or a fence....
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Gail Gale
hsshadow@...
Feb 3, 2000 1:33 am
To toss another curve here, about shoes on mules. The folks I bought Pumpkin and Traveler from only shoe the fronts of their riding mules, and then only after...
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Sharon Root
mulelady@...
Feb 3, 2000 4:22 am
... From: Gail Gale <hsshadow@...> Subject: [MulesOnly] Pumpkin's first "owie" ... You know that old saying about mules never hurting themselves,...
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Sharon Root
mulelady@...
Feb 3, 2000 4:33 am
... From: Gail Gale <hsshadow@...> ... We have several friends who never shoe their mules (couple because the mules are so hard to shoe). The mules...
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Cassie
cassie@...
Feb 3, 2000 5:19 pm
Gail: I had shoes on my saddle mule. Her feet are so good she would grow out in 4 weeks. I took them off all the way around and I have ridden 12 - 15 miles...
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Kris Anderson
kande04@...
Feb 3, 2000 5:24 pm
... I agree that they have a much healthier hoof that way as long as the hoof doesn't get too short, but using mules with too short a hoof puts them at higher...
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Charlene Campbell
campbellhome@...
Feb 3, 2000 7:41 pm
Hello all I am new to the list, and new to Mule ownership. My son just bought a mule, brought it home, and left it for his sister. She has 2 arabs, a mare...
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Gail Gale
hsshadow@...
Feb 3, 2000 8:54 pm
- ... and ... Very good points!!...
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Gail Gale
hsshadow@...
Feb 3, 2000 8:56 pm
It did. Thanks. Think with the two youngsters who have never had shoes, I will try to keep that up. no shoes. With Sugar, who has had shoes, we will check...
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Gail Gale
hsshadow@...
Feb 3, 2000 8:59 pm
Another good point. Wish I was doing wagon trains and 30-40 miles a day. We, being "newbies" are still looking forward to our first packing trip this summer...
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Gail Gale
hsshadow@...
Feb 3, 2000 9:18 pm
Welcome to the list and to mules. My hubby and I are new to this too, but never had horses before. In all the "research" we did, we choose mules as our...
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Ima Mary Dennis
softeyes@...
Feb 4, 2000 8:38 am
I looked at the Quietex container at the feed store....instead of herbs,etc, it uses homeopathic remedies. Haven't used it, so am not saying one way or the...
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Sharon Root
mulelady@...
Feb 4, 2000 2:27 pm
... From: Charlene Campbell <campbellhome@...> ... Welcome Charlene, I have chatted with several mule "converts" that owned Arabs before. For some...
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Mule Mom
derby_54@...
Feb 4, 2000 2:31 pm
To those that requested the ingredients of Quietex: Ignatia amara 8X HPUS 0.125% Valeriana officinalis 8XHPUS 0.125% Lactose qsad...
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two_mules@...
Feb 4, 2000 4:25 pm
Valerian Root! My husband takes that when he can't sleep!...
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sabine calkins
sabcalk@...
Feb 4, 2000 5:32 pm
... i use valerian pills from the healthfood store to take the edge off in real critical situations because i am not supposed to get stressed out. they really...
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sabine calkins
sabcalk@...
Feb 4, 2000 5:45 pm
... hi charlene -- i enjoyed your introduction :-) bill sounds like a pretty laid back kind of mule. how long have you had him, what's he look like and how old...
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Sunraven
sunraven@...
Feb 4, 2000 8:15 pm
Hi, I'm a new member to the list! I live in Virginia Beach,Va. and have a saddle mule named Kip. Kip is 12 years old and a real sweetheart. We originally...
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Carol
pasofino@...
Feb 4, 2000 8:22 pm
Hi Kim! Long time no hear.. I recall both you and Kip from Longears (and AnimalSpirit too... :) Nice to 'see' you here... Carol Todd Paso Finos Larimar home of...
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Sunraven
sunraven@...
Feb 4, 2000 8:41 pm
Hi Carol! I remember you too! Nice to see familiar names and faces. ;] I stopped doing the lists for a while but I missed talking about mules. It's interesting...
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Angelika Dietrich
angelina@...
Feb 4, 2000 8:43 pm
We certainly hope that we are not offending anybody with this message, but let me introduce myself: I am a member of the this mailing list and the co-founder...
