99% Rubbing Alcohol

[tBHj]

Has anyone used this to rub down horses that have windpuffs? Were the results any better then using another liniment?

TIA :)

[ChocoMare]

I wouldn't use straight alcohol. Much, much too drying to the skin.

I would cold hose for 20 minutes.

[GrandStratus]

I've used rubbing alcohol when I've run out of other liniment. It seems to work about the same to me. Just make sure they don't have any little scrapes on their legs when you put it on.

[Janet]

It is my opinion that the "rubbing it in" part is far more important (within reason) than WHAT you are rubbing in- straight rubbing alchohol, wintergreen, linamanet - for windpuffs.

[brokenarrowdj]

My event horse in high school and college had windpuffs, among other issues. He stood in 4 bandages pretty much the whole time he was being ridden. I would use either alcohol or witch hazel and do him up in a sweat daily to help keep them down. He was a chestnut w/ 4 stockings and we never had a problem with drying his skin -- or on any of the hundreds of race horses that were being done up daily.

[mvp]

IMO, it won't do diddly.

Windpuffs are a chronic filling of fetlock joints. They show up above the fetlock because of the stout annular ligament that surrounds the joint. The "extra" joint fluid needs somewhere to go, so it appears above that casing-like structure.

If it's any consolation, wrapping won't do diddly to cure these, either.

Cold hosing can help.... or could have were it done consistently from the time the horse started to put milage on those joints. Most of us didn't see the need before we saw the bumps and also probably would not have wanted to invest the time in preventative cold hosing when the time was right.

[deltawave]

IMO, it won't do diddly.


Agreed, except might make the owner feel better. :) The nice tingle on the skin leads us to believe we're "doing something", which of course makes horse owners happy. :)