VETERINARY USAGE AND INFORMATION
INTERNET & MEDIA VETERINARY COVERAGE:
The Equine Clinicians Network (ECN): David Scott, Senior Partner Isle Veterinary Group Practice, has placed a recommendation for Horse Quencher on this forum.
The Veterinary Record (March 27, 2010)
EQUINE VETS:
Liz Brown, Team Vet to the GBR Eventing Team and Partner Lambourn Equine Vets Berkshire is using Horse Quencher in her equine practice and with Team GBR, most recently should the Eventers competing at WEG in Kentucky September 2010 run into drinking problems.
Holly Applewhite, Team Vet to the GBR Driving Team, is recommending HQ to some of the Team GBR competitors competing in the 2011 FEI World Driving Championships in Slovenia to ensure their horses stay hydrated.
Captain Ann O'Flynn, Vet to The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment is using HQ on HM The Queen's horses when they stand on ceremonial duty with 25 stone on their backs (7.5 stone of which is kit) and won't drink in between shifts. Also, some of the horses have bucket phobias and impaction colic is an issue.
Andy Williamson, The Veterinary Surgery, Diss is recommending HQ to clients including World Horse Welfare and using and selling it within his own practice.
Chris Lehrbach, Chapelfield Veterinary Partnership Ltd, Long Stratton is recommending HQ to his clients.
Conor Fenelon, The Acorns Equine Veterinary Clinic, Chelmsford is recommending HQ to his clients including colic sufferers and dehydrated horses.
Dr Corrado Montoneri, Tyrrells Equine Clinic Ltd, Royston, Herts, is recommending HQ to his clients including impaction colic cases.
David Scott, Senior Partner Isle Veterinary Group Practice, Ely is using HQ on surgical patients so that they will actively drink afterwards reducing the "bunging" effect, as well as recommending the product to clients.
Graham Duncanson, Westover Veterinary Centre Large Animal & Equine Unit, North Walsham is using HQ in his equine practice and recommending and selling it to clients.
Helen Whitbread, Deben Valley Equine Veterinary Clinic, Framsden is using HQ in her practice.
Huw Neal, Newmarket Equine Hospital, Cambridge Road, Newmarket, CB8 0FG. Huw is recommending Horse Quencher for all manner of issues which predominantly all emanate from the need to keep horses hydrated and drinking regularly.
Kirsty MacGregor, Bakewell Equine Clinic, Deepdale Business Park, Derby. This is the only dedicated equine unit in the area and Kirsty is recommending HQ to her clients including horses with broken jaws, soft palate problems, and impaction colic. Her practice also sell HQ direct.
Marcus Wilson, First Call Vets UK Ltd, Watton is recommending HQ to clients including colic sufferers and using and selling it within his practice.
Natalie McGoldrick, Equine Vet (currently a Locum) and a member of the 2* British Eventing Squad is recommending HQ to clients including sand colic sufferers.
Rachael Conwell, Equimed Referral Limited, West Yorkshire, is recommending HQ to clients including impaction colic cases and carries a supply of HQ with her.
Sarah Simpson, Hawick Veterinary Surgery, 10 Drumlanrig Square, Hawick, Roxburghshire, TD9 0AS. Sarah uses and recommends Horse Quencher to clients to prevent and get horses drinking post-impaction colic.
Tim Brown, Partner, Links Veterinary Group, Musselburgh, is recommending HQ to clients.
Tim Pitman, Senlac Veterinary Practice, Mount Street, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 OEG T. 01424 772148. Tim uses Horse Quencher to prevent and get horses drinking post-impaction colic having seen numerous cases of dehydrated horses in the 2010 Cold Snap.
608 Vet Group, 608 Warwick Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 1AA. T. 0121 705 3044. This veterinary practice heard about Horse Quencher through endurance vet work. Their vets take our sachets around in the boot of their cars to give to their clients when necessary.
EQUINE HOSPITALS:
Liphook Equine Hospital (Andy Durham), Hampshire. As well as using it within the hospital, Andy is also recommending HQ to clients.
Liverpool Equine Hospital (Derek Knottenbelt), Merseyside. Derek's referrals to us have been liver case complications that needed to be kept drinking having been discharged from his care.
Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, 2150 Georgetown Road, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Has enthusiastically joined the Horse Quencher team. We are so proud to be part of such a prestigious Equine Hospital.
University of Edinburgh Large Animal Hospital, Midlothian. RDSVS Bryony Waggett is using HQ to keep her grass sickness cases hydrated.
Regionhästsjukhuset Strömsholm Equine Hospital, Sweden (Florian Hörmann) are currently trialing the product and an order is imminent.
VETERINARY TESTIMONIALS:
"We recommend Horse Quencher in our practice. When we get a really cold snap we will have several horses with colic. The normal cause of colic after a cold snap is an impaction. This may be because the horse has been confined and has eaten a large amount of straw bedding. Another cause can be that the horse does not drink enough. There is a new very useful product called Horse Quencher which we use and is ideal to help your horse to drink enough in cold weather."
Graham Duncanson, Westover Veterinary Centre Large Animal and Equine Unit, North Walsham
"Horse Quencher is a great product intended to deal with an issue that we have been attempting to overcome for years ... how can we get our horses to drink more? I frequently recommend it to my clients. In my Veterinary Practice, I use it for horses that are mildly dehydrated after exercise, for impaction colics and for horses on box rest who tend to develop either large colon or fecal impactions. I also recommend that my clients use it on the road when they are showing or travelling. I even use it for my own horse during the show season! This product has definitely made my job easier."
Megan L Campbell, The Mid-Atlantic Veterinary Practice, New Jersey
"Excited and stressed horses do not usually choose to drink; as a veterinary surgeon and rider I usually find that this is when their fluid needs are at their highest;
- After strenuous exercise such as hunting or eventing.
- During long work such as endurance or long pleasure rides.
- After surgery, either under sedation or general anaesthetic.
- During and after recovery from colic of almost all causes.
- During any management change i.e. staying at shows or sales.
- Low grade exercise in extremely hot weather.
Encouraging drinking during these periods can be frustrating and failure to achieve reasonable hydration status during periods of increased need can have severe health consequences.
I was introduced to "Horse Quencher" by endurance rider Lucinda Stapleton as a product that could truly "make horses drink"!
I personally use it for:
- My hunters before the long journey home, they would always refuse fluid before and then drink huge quantities at home.
- All surgical patients are introduced to it before surgery so that they will actively drink afterwards reducing the "bunging" effect of surgery as fluid intake increases gut motility.
- For colic patients especially those with colonic impactions where one of the classic problems is their refusal to drink.
This product can truly help in those situations where horses need fluid but for whatever reason will not drink. It is not perfect, a few horses turn their noses up at it or knock the bucket over to get at the grains but for the majority of horses I use it on, it is of some benefit."
David Scott, Senior Partner, Isle Veterinary Group Practice, Ely
COLIC & ILL HEALTH TESTIMONIALS:
"Horse Quencher has had an amazing response with our pony, Captain. He is now drinking in his stable, much to our relief. Captain is recovering from three successive stomach impactions which have occurred over the last two months and getting him to drink has been impossible, the only way to keep him hydrated was with tubing by the vet. No matter what we and our vets tried to tempt him to drink, nothing worked - until Horse Quencher water came towards his stable and with much excitement by both pony and owner, yes, he was mighty keen for a drink. That first night he drank a good half bucket and it didn't take much persuasion for him to begin to drink again. He now drinks a bucket a night and sometimes a bit more. I have also noticed that over the last 3-4 days he is drinking more and with a 'glug' from water tanks in the fields, I feel Horse Quencher is helping with this and maybe teaching him to drink or feel the need to drink again."
"Another interesting note, the pony in the stable next to Captain, is forty years young and only drinks out in the field. Passing his stable with Horse Quencher water he was desperate to have a taste! He guzzled what was on offer and sure liked the treat at the bottom!"
"I have let our vet Rachael Conwell know of this success with Captain. He likes both flavours of Horse Quencher and alternating the flavours will hopefully keep him drinking. The use of Horse Quencher is the reason why Captain started to drink. He still does not drink the tap water in his bucket which is still on offer. I hope this product can help other horses to recover and prevent illness, it is another tool to try - we had run out of ideas. I am so glad my daughter typed into Google 'How to make horses drink.'"
Anita Binns, West Yorkshire
"I have been looking after a horse who was not drinking a lot and making himself unwell in the process. We tried all sorts of different things to get Louis's fluid intake up, from soaking his hay to feeding him sloppy feed. I then remembered a sachet of Horse Quencher that I had been given by a work colleague. I tried it on Louis and he loved it and drank it all up and was licking the bucket for more! We were so pleased with how he took to it that we contacted Lucinda at Horse Quencher and she was able to get a tub of it to us within 24 hours which was wonderful. He has since been having Horse Quencher every day and it has been so good to see him drinking it up. I would definitely recommend Horse Quencher to anyone that has problems with their horse not drinking much water."
Sam, Helen and Louis
REHABILITATION YARDS:
Sheikh Hamdan's rehabilitation yard Shadwell Stud use HQ daily to prevent their horses getting impaction colic.
"We use Horse Quencher when new horses arrive at the farm from trainers for rehabilitation or holidays. Horses that go to the sales to be sold, or those who are purchased from the sales, may spend time at the farm."
"We use Horse Quencher when horses have undergone surgery and return to us from hospital. At these times the horses can be unsettled for a few days, often going off their food and water. Horse Quencher has been excellent in helping to reduce the risk of impaction colic, a very costly and distressing condition."
"Horse Quencher is easy to prepare and the sachets are handy for using when travelling for one or two horses. The larger buckets work out more economical for the larger yards with more horses."
"The hydration of horses when travelling can be overlooked and Horse Quencher will assist those who reduce their fluid intake while being transported nationally and internationally."
"In a nutshell Horse Quencher has helped whenever the horses have a change of routine, or environment, when moving from trainers to the farm, for pre-and-post sales, for travelling and while recovering from injury and confined to the box."
Denis O'Brien, Assistant Manager Shadwell Stud, Norfolk
LIST OF INGREDIENTS:
Barley, salt (18-22%), oats, molasses (8%), corn, beet pulp, soybean oil, apple nectar, and natural flavourings; fibre (6.5%), protein (6%), fat (3%), phosphorus (0.2%), calcium (0.15 %).
FEI POSITION ON HORSE QUENCHER:
"The FEI and the USEF do not endorse products. However barley, salt, oats, molasses, corn, beet pulp, soybean oil, apple nectar are all permitted under United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Rules and FEI Regulations." Sincerely, Diana Tartal, United States Equestrian Federation, The Equine Drugs and Medications Programme