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Discussion on Non-Prescription Calming Pastes/Powders
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Posted on Thursday, Aug 17, 2000 - 9:58 pm:
What about store bought items like Quietex, Be-Calm, etc. They come in both paste and powder and are advertised to calm down nervous horses. I searched the site but could find very little about them. Do they really help a spooky horse? Any side effects? Comments and opinions much appreciated!
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Posted on Friday, Aug 18, 2000 - 1:28 am:
I've yet to believe they really work. I've seen them used, and heard people swear they had wonderful results - but every single one who used them eventually stopped. They claimed that it SEEMED they worked in the beginning - but the changes they think they might have experienced at the beginning didn't continue. Some of them used the stuff a long time. In my opinion, the owners wanted to see a change so badly, that they were willing to be convinced by anything they saw.
Lungeing is the best calmative. It also allows valuable learning sessions at the same time. No better way to kill two birds with one stone.
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Posted on Friday, Aug 18, 2000 - 6:46 am:
We have had a lot of discussions on this and related subjects. I had the best luck running a search using: +calm +nervous as the parameters. The plus in front of each term requires it to be in the message. It only took the new search engine 8 seconds to pull it up.
DrO
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