How Mackinac Island
process more like their natural
Stall Cleaning Made Easier!
Became Fly Free
grazing habits.
Fine-Tines Bedding Sifting
My recent experience using the
feeder was fantastic. The feed stayed
Fork
in the feeder, and even with the high
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winds we’ve had recently, the hay
I recently had the opportunity to
stayed put too! There was virtually
try out the Fine-Tines Junior Fork. It’s
no waste and it kept my mare busy
the perfect tool for that smaller job
most of the day. The heavy wood
or younger barn help. This compact,
construction keeps the feeder in
lightweight fork is designed for use
place and a metal grid provides
with Woody Pet sawdust and small
wood shavings. It has a 13-inch
by Alan Sibinic, DVM, Mackinac
wide basket with 22 tines spaced at
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3/8”. It’s made of tough and fl exible
composite material that resists
Flies were always a problem on
breakage and won’t cut or puncture
ON
Mackinac, the lovely 19th century
your stall mats. The angled basket
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resort island in Lake Huron off the
makes sifting easier, with faster
tip of Michigan. With 600 horses
picking time. It’s great for those
to haul thousands of tourists, fl ies
Sweet PDZ’s Paddock
were as historical as the place. It a holder for the hay and a small
was a constant: spraying horses
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opening for the horse to grab only a
and buildings, putting out traps, small amount at a time.
calls from the drivers to spray their Vist
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horses again and again. Nobody, Shannon Steketee at 360-480-8968
man nor beast, wanted to stand still to learn more.
anywhere.
Then we got wise to fl y predators,
and Spalding Labs came to the
Bucking Horse
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rescue. The fi rst season we started
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late and were dealing with the usual
Gravel and sand both provide
pestilence. We were told it would take
“stall walkers” that leave little bits
excellent footing for horse paddocks,
an intense deployment of Spalding
all over. I would also recommend
but one downside to using a gravel
Fly Predators to catch up with the fl y
this for miniature horses or use as
footing product is the potential
population. After a month, the fl ies
a secondary fork in the horse trailer.
for an increased ammonia smell,
literally disappeared. There was an
The original Fine-Tines Fork has a
which is unhealthy for horses and
occasional one, but that was it.
17” basket with 30 tines spaced at
unpleasant for us.
People noticed. Cottagers were
5/16” and holds twice the volume of
One way I’ve found to tackle the
asking what happened, one even
the Junior Fork.
odor problem is to use Sweet PDZ’s
thought we had been nuked. Starting
Ask your favorite retailer to
Paddock Odor Product, which is made
on time the second year, we needed
show you one or learn more at
from zeolite, a naturally occurring
fewer fl y predators. Now fl ies aren’t
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mineral found in clay. Pores in the
a problem anymore! We only have
zeolite mineral bind with ammonia
to spray a horse occasionally. Our
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molecules, holding onto them until
tourists are happier and so are we
World-famous sculptor Austin
naturally occurring bacteria break
who are here to take care of them,
Barton has been commissioned to
down and eliminate the ammonia.
two-legged and four!
create the bronze bucking horse made
I have been using Sweet PDZ for
Vist
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famous by the Pendleton Round-Up
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many years in stalls. Now, the larger
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granules of the Paddock Odor Product
information.
The artist is also creating a limited
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are available to help keep larger edition series of one hundred 28-
in the
outdoor areas clean and healthy. I
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inch replicas of the statue for sale to
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work at least two or three bags of the western art collectors and fans of the
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product into the horse’s “pee spot,” Round-Up.
If you have an equine product
digging down and stirring it in well. Pinecrest Equestrian has just The sculptor was raised in the
you would like us to review for
I take part of a forth bag and sprinkle introduced its Hay Saver Grazing Snake River and Wallowa Valley
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it across the top. I fi nd this method Box, a slow feeder designed for use of Eastern Oregon, giving him an a product sample and press release
quite effective for odor control that in pastures, paddocks, or anywhere intimate knowledge of the western to Northwest Horse Source Magazine,
lasts a long time. hay is fed outdoors. The grazing box way of life. His pieces are sold in
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Find out more information at encourages horses to eat small bits, galleries across the United States.
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their meals and keeping the feeding
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