It is always nice to hear responses out there to my ideas and protocols. I received this not long ago:
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I stumbled upon your web page accidentally a few months ago, and loved what I found! I am not into racehorses (although I've always said, in my next life that's what i plan to do) but am into barrel racing. I have been competing in Rodeo's and big races (we call 4D's, for 4 divisions) for over 45 years, so there isn't many horse injuries and illnesses I haven't encountered.
As you can imagine, we deal with bleeders all the time, and lasix has been the only tried and true thing we have available. However, testing has become more widespread and Lasix is frowned upon. I haven't used Lasix much the past 5-10 years, as i have been lucky to have health horses. I currently have a mare who has as many allergies as I do, and has bled a little pink snot a few times. I would not call it lung bleeding, but I worry that will be next. I have another big gelding who doesn't have the allergies but has bled dark red blood a few times on very hot days.
I took your advice and found an old nebulizer at work (I am a physical therapist and work in a rehab), cleaned it up and started using it. I made a milk-jug nose cover and it works pretty good. The mix I use is two large dropperfuls of collidal silver (500ppm), 1/4 dropperful of DMSO and 1/2 dropperful of H2O2. This has worked very well so far, with killing any infection I felt was coming on, and improving my horses' breathing. I do 3-4 tx a week. What a difference! I couid tell it on our very first run, so I know you are on the right track. I also use the breathing strips, and they seem to help too.
The first time I used the nebulizer was last Sept, just before Labor Day. I qualified for the Amateur Select World show in Amarillo, Tx, which is an AQHA sponsored show for ages 50+ competitors from across the US. I treated my mare on Wednesday, made an 8 hr drive, and treated her Thursday and Friday, when I made my first competition run. I qualified for the finals on Sat in second place. I treated her again on Sat morning and ended up winning the class and my first AQHA gold trophy, along with lots of other stuff and over $1000. That was pretty cool!
I would like to say Thank You for your article, it has helped my horses immensely. I am very picky and careful what I feed, using as natural to nature as I can, no synthetic vitamins or additives. I've spent the past 15 years researching nutrition. I believe nutrition and healthy horses are the only advantage I have over the competition, which is so tough and getting tougher every year!
Yours truly,
Vicky