Our horse Pablo has battled respiratory issues since he was a 3 year old. We use OxyBoost Plus on him when we we are hauling him hard, and it has really helped improve his stamina and recovery time. In barrel racing, where literally every thousandth of a second counts, and in mounted shooting where a horse may be making several runs each day, respiratory strength and stamina are a must.
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Oxygen has been a vital part of our feed program for a year now. It gives our horses an extra edge while they are on the road and it helps their bodies recover quickly from rodeo to rodeo.
A barrel horse fights his way back from plural pneumonia with the aid of Oxy-Gen and Oxy-Gen GI.
After a troublesome 12-hour trailer ride from 80 degree Southeast Texas to 20 degree Guthrie, Okla., the promising young barrel horse, Spooky, was left fighting for his life against deadly plural pneumonia.
“He should have died many times. We left the barrel race and went straight to Oakridge Equine in Edmond, Okla. They scoped him and he was drowning. They pulled two liters off of one lung and one liter off the other.
“This went on for months. We had to go home so we left him there for three months. We made three trips back up there to see him. Every time we thought we’d be putting him down, but he just had that look in his eye. All the vets say they’d never seen a horse fight like that.
“He was finally stable enough to come back to Texas in March, and this started at the end of December. We were still having to take him to Texas A&M University every 10 days to have his lung drained. Finally, in April, the damaged portion of the lung had encapsulated so they thought they could remove it and stop the fluid buildup. The catch was if the dead lung wasn’t fully encapsulated, he could bleed to death during surgery. We had kept him alive this long only to have a chance to lose him again in surgery.
“He had a rib resection and they removed a pound of dead lung. He still has the hole in his side where they took six inches of rib out. My friends call it his ‘blow hole.’
“I gave him about a year off and slowly started working his way back. Oxy-Gen helped bring back my horse. Between ulcers and diarrhea from all the different antibiotics, Oxy-Gen GI Care gave him a fighting chance.
“When he got sick, he was running 1D locally and almost picked up some rodeo checks. He’s currently picking up checks in the 2D at the larger races in Texas with some mistakes in his runs. He feels so good now, he’s really started to run. More than I ever thought he could. We almost lost him so many times that speed jams seem like such a little thing. I don’t know if he’ll ever be THAT great horse. But, you when you have that horse who’s stride fits your heart? That’s Spooky.
“I love my Oxy-horse!”
Debbi McDonald
My 14 y/o mare Jewel has had tummy problems for a long time. She was scoped and found to have gastritis. I've have tried several products on her, still several times a year we would have to make trips to the vet for "colic-appearing" spells. Last October, 3 vet trips in 2 weeks. At WBR finals in Nov. I was given a mon...ths supply of the Oxy-gen GI extreme care..to this date, we have not been back to the vet!!! I'm a believer!! Every morning she comes running to her plate!!!
From Amy Schimke:
Our horses are doing great on your supplements! Brett started back riding Pablo a couple weeks ago after a winter break and he is doing very well. He seems to have more stamina and he seems to be feeling great. We have him on TNP and the Octane. So far so good, he is usually a little sore once we start back on him but hasn't had to be injected yet. Also seems to have spring allergies but so far none of that either.
Firewater Finale is also getting the TNP and I have been riding him for about 6 weeks now. He had gotten hurt last summer before futurities started and I have been worried about his hock getting sore but so far he hasn't had to be injected either! He is clocking well at the jackpots I have had him at, he has either won or placed deep in the 1D everywhere I have run him so far this spring.
My futurity mare is also doing well, she is on the Octane and the 2X. She is very nervous and tends to want to get pretty worked up when I haul her off the ranch but I have been giving the JailBreak paste you sent for her and I can't believe the difference it has made! Truly a believer in that product.
It will probably be late May and into June before we really start hitting the road much but I am glad that we got our horses started on this and am very excited to have great year in 2010 with OxyGen!
Hopefully we can get you many more referrals! Thanks! Amy
Kate In Kansas wrote: "I am so impressed with an Oxy-Gen product that I have to share this- I started my mare on Bleeder Stop on September 8th. In less than 10 days, her horrible cough/choke has stopped. It had gotten so bad that she would begin a horrible coughing/choking after only being trotted or loped for a short amount of time. When making a barrel run, she'd cough so hard running home that it almost forced her head between her front legs. Oxy-Rob suggested Bleeder Stop and I started my mare on it. We had an NBHA show today and my mare ran cough-free all day. I've not heard a cough or choke for at least three days now. It's wonderful. I'm so happy to have this product! Thanks Oxy-Rob for the suggestion!"
Tina Love wrote: Just want to to Thank You big time for your product Oxy-Calm. My mare Rain is so much better thanks to you. She lets me work with her now without panicing. She can concentrate on me and what I am trying to teach her now. I thought she was going to be a wash out after her accident last year and thought I would never ge...t to train her for what I knew she is capible of doing. I will keep you posted on her results as training goes along. Rain and I Thank You!!!!!