Windsucking, cribbing

My 15yr. old Connemara gelding, Coillte Mah has suffered very badly from copd for the past 5yrs. and I have been struggling to give him some reasonable quality of life. There have been several occasions when I nearly called the vet to have him put to sleep as his lungs were sounding like a church organ. Over the years I have tried many supplements, some worked well and others not so well and always he was getting slowly worse. I was constantly 'surfing the web' looking for new products and discovered Equine Breathing. He has been using the All Weather Breather for several months and the improvement is nothing short of miraculous and I don't think that it will be too long now before I will be riding him again.

I also have an 8yr. old Irish Cob called Samson and a few weeks ago he developed behavioural problems. He became over reactive and very spooky and also started to crib badly. After using the All Weather Breather for only a couple of weeks he is a different horse. He no longer cribs and is focused and co-operative during our schooling lessons and much safer on the roads. Clare has been so supportive during this amazing journey. Not only do I have two healthy and well behaved horses, I have learned so much as well.

Although Miss Galena was in very good shape, there were still some problems that we never could solve. Because of her stomach and gut problems , she was a bad eater. Furthermore she was a medium wind sucker , always reacted very irritated when groomed or saddled and had a permanent nose rash . Miss Galena has a heavy working schedule so we decided to implement it on a very extensive basis, monitoring her carefully and keeping her under close supervision of my vet.  Within a couple of weeks we already saw some noticeable improvements: Her fitness improved and she seemed happier and was more attentive at what was going on. Her recuperation time after a heavy training was faster and also her heart rate went down more rapidly after a cross country. In Holland the horses heart rates are checked before and within 10 minutes after a cross country, so I was able to document this improvement: before I started the breathing programme, she had a heart rate of 72 to 75 beats per minute, 10 minutes after finishing a cross country. Now she had around 60. Furthermore her nose rash vanished, she reacted less irritated when groomed and saddled and even her wind sucking seemed less.   After about 3 months the most astonishing result started showing itself: her eating improved. Miss Galena always had trouble digesting the high quality food that is ideal for a high performance. Now slowly she started to eat more and more and she also reacted impatiently and hungrily during feeding time. I can fully conform that even a strong and healthy horse can benefit from equine breathing.

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Its effectiveness has given me such confidence that I have not found it necessary to use the anti wind sucking / cribbing collars either when they are wearing the AW or during their time not wearing it