Sturdy boots: heels, good traction and if possible reinforcement at the toe should you get stepped on by a horse.
Leather gloves.
Have on hand a First Aid Kit.
Sturdy step stool.
Strong, well-made, well-fitting halters, lead ropes (solid brass hardware).
Halters 1" wide for a reg. horse tripled layer nylon halter,such as a Hamilton and BMB are good brands with round edged hareware not flat on the cheek pieses (where the cheek piece connects to the nose band. Adjustable chin and snap throat straps are some sometimes helpful in hard to fit horses or grooming. A good lead rope is 10 feet of 5/8" inch cotton with a brass bolt snap. Keep the the rope from getting wet and dirty so it doesn't start to fray and take a risk of breakage. Cotton can prevent many painful rope burns. Bolt snaps will break easier then bull snaps but are on the whole much less difficult to deal with day in and day out.
Proper fitting of a halter is with two fingers (spacing) resting on the noseband just below the prominent cheekbone.
Common Grooming Equipment: You should have at least three different types of brush and all should fit in your hand comfortable to be easy to work with. Soft finishing or face brush like a *Tampico or horse hair, medium like a *Charger which has soft bristles on the outside edges and stiffer toward the core of the brush, *Stiff Union Fiber. Small brushes with natural bristles (I like them better, perhaps old school thinking).
Small rubber curry comb (child's size), maybe a Groomer, with longer teeth for the winter months if she has a lot of hair.
Cheap/old flathead screwdriver and a small stiff household scrubbing brush lasts longer, easier to work with.
Cheap but (solid made) flared hairbrush and wide toothcomb for the mane and tail.
Spiral steel curry for mud and shedding, becareful not to be rough or go over boney areas, the sharp teeth can be painful.
Sweat scraper.
Gloves can help keep you hands clean.
Fly repellent spray.
Fly repellant ointment (small jar) of clear "Swat".
Wash rags a couple of old bath towels you can cut up for grooming rags.
Plastic tote to carry it all in.
Hoof dressing Corona cream (this would be a 2nd small jar) to put around the hairline of the hoof to help soften and keep the concussion down.
Hoof care for wet and soft feet: Pine Tar and Turpentine for the sole, the rest should be okay. Here some others:
Kopertox, Thrush Stop, Thrush Remedy or Iodine 7%; Use all these products w/ playtex plastic gloves (never get this stuff on your clothes, it does not come out).
There are 2 theroies about worming: use only one drug per year then switch, to keep from building resistances. or use all three drug in rotation all year long (dose every 3 to 4 weeks). There is also one more way but it is costly Strongid C 2X daily wormer supported with 4 doses of 1.87% ivermectin a year.
An anthelmintic and boticide paste containing ivermectin. Is effective against 3 types of worms and bots including neck threadworms--the cause of "sweet itch" and dermatitis while it controls "summer sores" caused by largemouth stomach worms.
1.87% ivermectin. Use EQUIMECTRIN every 2 months for broad-spectrum control of 34 species and stages of worms and bots. This schedule provides far more protection, kills more parasites, than moxidectin's every 3 months schedule (four times per year only for strongyle fecal egg count suppression, one parasite only). EQUIMECTRIN treats horses up to 1,250 pounds in a single dose. No resistance has been shown to date, so you can use it without rotation. Deworm with EQUIMECTRIN every 2 months for the most complete parasite control you can give your horse.
1.87% Ivermectin. This product provides unsurpassed control of the most dangerous worms and bots, plus the deadly migrating stages of bloodworms no wormer could ever control before! One tube worms up to a 1,250-pound horse. Safe for mares at any stage of pregnancy. No need to rotate with another wormer on an every-other-month worming program.
The ROTECTIN deworming system is based on two of the most effective parasiticides available today: 1.87% Ivermectin.
All three of the products are the same drug and equal in quality, yet differ greatly in price.
The following two differ in drug type from the above, but are the same as one another, again differ in price.
These compounds are chemically unrelated and both provide broad spectrum control of a wide range of parasites - without benzimidazole resistance worries.
(pyrantel pamoate) For the removal and control of large strongyles, small strongyles, pinworms and large roundworms in horses and ponies. A 20 ml. syringe contains 3.6 grams of pyrantel pamoate and will treat from 901 to 1,200 pounds of bodyweight.
The following two differ in drug type from all the above, but are the same as one another, again differ in price.
(10% Fenbendazole) Safe for pregnant and nursing mares, foals and breeding stallions. Very effective in the control of large and small strongyles, pinworms and ascarids. Dosage: one syringe per 1,100 pounds. Apple cinnamon flavor.
(10% Fenbendazole) Panacur paste contains 10 percent fenbendazole for the control of large and small strongyles, pinworms, ascarids and arteritis caused by the fourth-stage larvae of large strongyles in horses. It's safe for pregnant mares and foals, and has an apple-cinnamon flavor to help horses swallow it. One tube will deworm a 1,100-pound horse.
Vaccinates healthy horses against Eastern, Western and Venezuelan Encephalomyelitis, Tetanus and Influenza due to types A1 and A2. Safe for use on pregnant mares. Single dose is in a pre-loaded syringe. Directions: Inject 1 ml. intramuscularly. Repeat in 2 to 4 weeks and annually thereafter. Order (2)
The most complete vaccine available for protection against abortogenic Rhino. Contains both the 1b and 1p strain to protect against equine rhino-pneumonitis (prevention of respiratory diseases caused by equine herpes virus) and abortion in pregnant mares. Dosage for pregnant mares, 2 ml IM during the 5th, 7th and 9th month of pregnancy. Syringe and needle included with 1 dose size only. Order (2)
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