Fly Protection In Style

Equistrian events are always a time when the blingy belts, fancy shirts, and bold cowboy boots are on full display. Why should the style be limited only to the people at the event? I love looking around at all the horses, seeing what new styles and bold prints they are sporting for the event as well. With spring just around the corner, it's important to start thinking about fly control and making your horse comfortable (along with stylish, of course!). Luckily for you, Valley Vet has all the new styles in fly protection from head to toe.

Like some bling and sparkle? Check out the Poly-Max Fly Sheet by Kensington. For the more conservative horses (or owners), there is a standard plaid fly sheet by Kensington. These sheets not only offer fly protection, but they also have protection against those harmful UV rays.

Fly masks are really starting to grow in popularity. They are see through so it doesn't cloud a horse’s vision, and it keeps those pesky flies away from their face. The cutest ones we have (in my opinion anyway) are the SuperMask II Shimmer Weave. Coming in four different colors, the horse can have protection from their face with plenty of style!

Last, but certainly not least, are fly boots. I'm the kind of girl that loooooves boots (it becomes a problem sometimes), and if I can have super cute boots to ride in, I think my horse should too! Kensington has four different colors to choose from, all in a trendy plaid color.

See a complete list of fly protection for all of your fly needs! :D Rhonda

Comments

[Julie]

Lynn, In case such as this, where your horse has allergic reactions to the flies, we would have to strongly recommend that you speak further to your own practicing vet as to what he or she recommends. Typically, we do not see or hear of such reactions. Just like people, horses have their own reactions to certain environments and products and without a personal examination we really have to defer to your vet.

[Lynn Doeriing]

We live in an area that gets extremely hot. Would this not be detrimental to the horse? Last year we used a fly mask and the horse rubbed it loose the flies got into the fly mask and ate her face really bad. We had to go to the vet and get a shot the flies got to her so bad with us using everything we could find. The vet said she was allergic to the flies. Any ideas?
Thanks

[Valley Vet Supply]

Terri, You're right. There are many schools of thought. In general, worms become resistant as a result of under-dosing or repeated dosing with the same chemical class. In either scenario, worms that survive the treatment may, over time, develop a resistance to the chemical class used. For now, the most widely used strategy is to deworm every 2 months, rotating between classes of wormers and making sure to use a tapeworm control product once or twice per year.If you feel that resistance may be an issue with your horse, or if you'd like to know more about your horse's parasite load, consider submitting a fecal sample for testing (our #36588).

[Terri Love]

There seems to be a lot of controversary around equine worming.
Some say that with the bugs becoming resistant to the worming medicine, we should only worm after a fecal sample to target the worm we need to kill.
Others are still sticking with a worming rotation.
I don't know what to do.