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    <MEDICAL SUPPLIES>
    
    
    As a point of interest, I recently attended a riding club meeting
    where a vet was giving a talk on an emergency medical kit for
    your horse.  She said that to clean a cut or hole ordinary surgical
    scrub (the type doctor's use on their hands) is excellent for the
    job and is much cheaper than some of the preparations on the market.
    It cleans thoroughly, and as long as the area is rinsed with clean
    water after is safe to the animal.  The beauty of this is that you
    can buy it from pharmacies in large containers and transfer it to
    a smaller bottle to be kept at the stable. It also has the advantage
    that your own hands are sterile when tending a wound.
    
    She also extolled the virtues of animal lintex. Although I am not
    sure this is available outside the UK.

    
    	One of the catalogs I order from is one from PARRY HARNESS AND
    	TACK (altho they no longer make harnesses ;^}!!)
    
    	They can custom design your tack...  I had a custom made 
    	halter-bridle made for my cridder.  They work with leather and
    	alot with Bioplastic (Biothane).
    
    	Some of the things that they offer are:
    
    	Cantle bags - saddle bags - saddle packs - "sponge on a roap"
    	Water sacks - seat savers - water bottles - cushioned stirrup
    	pads (they are great!) - Grain sacks (very handy! Fit 50lbs
    	and water repellent cordura with zipper and strong nylon
    	handles - they have one that holds a bale of hay with handles
    	too - breastplates (leather or bioplastic) - cavison headstalls
    	western headstalls too - and miscellaneous other goodies..
    
    	Bonnie and Judy Parry are both super folks.  I have bought from
    	them for a number of years now and I have never even seen anything
    	of poor quality.  A number of times I have just called them	
    	with an idea of something that I needed and they came up with
    	what I needed or better...  They really use their horses and
    	the equipment that they sell - so they know if something is
    	gonna work well or not.
    
    	They also do alot of Bio english headstalls that are sold in
    	various tack shops around the northeast.
    
    	I would highly recommend them..
    
    		PARRY HARNESS & TACK
    
    		Foster Road
    
    		Verona, NY  13478
    
    	(315) 363-6173
    	  

     This place has everything you need for dressage:

     Dressage Extensions
     Star Route 3 Box 4975-15
     Bear Valley Springs, CA 93561
     1-800-541-3708   
     FAX 805-821-0317
    

    They have a nice selection of english tack 
    (including Courbette and Collegiate saddles, 
    dressage girths), books, videos, as well as 
    veterinary, stable and grooming supplies.

    Wiese Vet Supply    
    117 South Oak
    Eldon, MO 65026

    1-800-869-4373

    Phelan's  "High Performance Horse Gear"
    184 Schoonmaker Point
    Sausalito, CA 94965-1751

    Phone 415-332-6001
    FAX   415-332-4807

    This catalog has lots of stuff for endurance and event riders,
    and for non-riders; sunblock, boots, bats, saddles, clothing, 
    biothane tack, books, thermometers, watches, and more.

    I ordered some stuff from Phelans not too long ago, and their system
    isn't computerized so they have no idea what is in stock.  I ended up
    cancelling half of my order because it took so long to get.

    Nymeyer's Equine Supply
    315 Oak St
    Iowa Falls, Iowa 50126

    1.800.747.TACK
    1.800.247.1362
      515.648.9153

    Western, Saddleseat and Driving Gear, Stable Supplies, 
    Arabian tack, Custom work.

   Jeffers Vet Supply
   Box 100
   Dothan, Alabama 36302

   1.800.633.7592
   6am-9pm Central Time

   Vaccines, Antibiotics, Clippers, Insecticides, Fencing Stuff, 
   Instruments, Videos, Books and supplies for all types of farm
   animals.
  

   Libertyville Saddle Shop
   PO Box M
   Libertyville, Ill 60048-4913

       1.800.872.3353
   FAX 1.800.680.3200
       1.708.362.0580  10-5  M-F Central Time 

   Everything for your horse, and a wide selection of most items.
   Western and all types english saddlery.

   Dover Saddlery
   PO Box 5837
   1644 Washington St
   Holliston, MA 01746

   1.800.343.4626

   Tack(Hunter,Dressage,Eventing), Clothing, Stable Supplies

   
   American Livestock Supply
   PO Box 8441
   Madison, WI 53708
   1.800.356.0700

   Wormers, Vitamins, Grooming and Stable Supplies

   
   Miller's
   235 Murray Hill Parkway
   East Rutherford, NJ 07073-2114

   1.800.553.7655
     212.673.1400

   Tack(Hunter,Dressage,Racing), Clothing, Stable Supplies

 
   State Line Tack
   PO Box 428
   Plaistow, NH 03865

   800.228.9208  9-5:30 EST Mon-Sat 
   603.382.4718
   
   Western and English Saddlery, Blankets, Stable Supplies, Grooming 
   Supplies, Clothing and Books.     

   Schneiders
   1609 Golden Gate Plaza
   Cleveland, Ohio 44124

   800.365.1311 
   Call hours: M,W,F,Sa - 9am-6pm CST
               T,Th - 9am-9pm CST

   Western and English Saddlery, Blankets, Stable Supplies, Grooming 
   Supplies, Clothing, Giftware and Books.     

   KV Vet Supply
   Box 245
   Rt 1 South Highway 15 and 92
   David City, Nebraska 68632

   402.367.6047 
   800.423.8211  8-5 CST Mon-Fri
   FAX 402.367.6165

   Wormers, Vitamins, Grooming and Stable Supplies, Veterinary Supplies, 
   Pet Supplies, Books.

    
    
    	I don't have their full address, but I think this catalog
    	is very reasonable. They have mainly saddleseat equipment,
    	but lots of other stuff, too.  Catalog is free.
    
    	World Champion (Harness and Saddlery - I think)
    	(800) 251-3490
                                                       

    Capriole has great T-shirts and sweatshirts for racing fans.  They are
    supposed to come out with a catalog, but don't have one yet, so I don't
    know what else they carry.  The shirts have "portraits" of famous race
    horses (they have them designed by artists and then printed on the
    shirts).  The one of Secretariat shows him running straight at you.  My 
    husband and I both have a Secretariat T-shirt and really like them.  He 
    also has one of Man O' War, but it's not quite as impressive as the 
    Secretariat one.  Both have the horse's pedigree on it, but I'm not
    sure if they all do or not.  Here's a list of the horses you can get:
    
    	Secretariat
    	Man O' War
    	Citation
    	Seattle Slew
    	Native Dancer
    	Seabiscuit
    
    	Ruffian is in design now and should be available in a few weeks.
    
    Prices are:  T-shirts - $21,  Sweatshirts - $31
    They take credit cards.
    
    You can order by calling Capriole, Inc. at 703-687-LEAP(5327) or
    					       703-848-2631
    
    or you can write to them at:  Capriole, Inc.
    				  P.O. Box 1536
    				  Middleburg, VA 22117

    
    
    You can order Bute from the Rockford Vet Wholesale catalog by sending
    them a prescription from your vet with the order.  They are very prompt
    about shipping and usually have my order to me here in Colorado in 3-5
    days.  They also have some of the best prices anywhere on horse
    medications and I usually get all of my wormer through them.
    
    The address for Rockford Vet Wholesale is in note 583.0.
    
    
    Pat

Are any of you having trouble finding tack,equipment or clothing for ponies & 
kids? I saw an ad in a recent Chronicle for a tack shop which says it carries
a full line of pony and kid sized gear.

It was a cute ad. Shows a kid jumping his(? looks like a little boy but I'm 
not sure) pony. The kid's wearing cowboy boots w/ pants tucked in the tops,
an oversized Caliente-style jockey helmet which is slipping down over his 
eyes and a T-shirt. The pony is resplendent in its flat saddle and a 
side-check made out of hay strings!

Ad says to call for their brochure

Maryland Saddlery
10811 North Reisterstown RD
Owings Mills MD 21117
410-581-0800

Tues-Fri 10AM-6PM
Sat      10AM-5PM

    In the Feb 1992 Dressage & CT, I found another pony & kid specialty
    catalog. This time it's Millers! They're finally getting smart. they've
    got a cLub, newsletter & US Pony CLub association. Where were they when
    I was a kid?
    
    "PONY AND CHILD CATALOG
    Miller's is pleased and excited to introduce their latest most
    informative and most creative catalog to date. "The Small World of
    Ponies N' Kids" offers the largest range of clothing for kids 4 to 17
    years old and equipment for small, medium and large ponies. Included
    are helpful hints for riding and fitting equipment and beautiful
    artwork by world-renowned horsemen and equestrian artist Ronnie Mutch.
    
    The catalog includes Miller's new "Small World of Riding" club for
    children. Members will receive a member lapel pin, a personalized
    membership card and a Gran Prix Rider poster, and Miller's "Pony Pals"
    newsletter 4 times per year. "Pony Pals" features pony news, expert
    "pony pointers" and contest in which members write stories or poems 
    about their riding experiences. Lucky members may have their stories or
    photos appear in "Pony Pals" or other Miller's publications, for which
    they will win a bonus prize.
    
    Timed with the release of Miller's "Small World of Riding", Miller's
    is proud to announce that they are now the official saddler to the US
    Pony CLubs."
    
    Call 1-800-851-7669 to order the catalog or more info.

    I forgot all about this, I ordered it way back in December for my kids.
    I wonder why I didn't get anything. Hummm.

    Anyone know where to get brown field boots?  I don't want to go for
    custom made boots, but all the ones I see are black.  I did see some in
    brown in a Chick's catalog, but I was told they had been discontinued
    and shouldn't have been in there, when I called to order.
    
    -ellie

    Europe.  Seriously, you can call England for a catalog order as easily
    as Ohio...  They take happily Mastercard/Visa.  When I was shopping for 
    black field boots in London last summer they thought I was totally odd, 
    since their field boots are all brown, and they don't carry black!  
    Perhaps some of the English noters have a favorite catalog supply house 
    over there, and I'll bring in the phone # for some shops tomorrow.
    
    -Kate

    Good idea!  As it happens, I thing I have a catalog or two from when I
    lived in Ireland.  I think postage, however is extremely expensive? 
    Anyone have any experiance with ordering things from UK or Ireland?
    
    -ellie

    I stopped in to Giddens in London (among 4-5 other tack shops across
    England) last summer and they were very used to have phone orders from
    the US and other countries.  They have a nice color (colour!) catalog
    and specifically show the "Burlington Field Boot" - their only field
    boot - and it's brown.  Normally the price would include VAT (like sales
    tax), but they don't charge it for exports, so they use the same
    money to cover shipping.  So it's really not "expensive" to mail.
    
    Giddens' number is 734-2788.  If you call at about 6:30am EST, it's 
    11:30am there, and your call is not too expensive.  Obviously, you
    need the country code (44) and so forth... I have to look it up in the
    front of the phone book everytime.

re: Giddens

	I bought my jumping saddle via mail-order from them!  They are very
   nice to do business with, however, when ordering MAKE SURE you find out
   if the item you want is backordered...  I neglected to do so and ended up
   having a far longer wait than I anticipated.  (However, I really enjoy
   my saddle //though *some* people consider it 'greased lightening'! ;-)// )

				-Caroline

Yes, the secret is out.  Mail order from Europe can save $$$ !!

Call for a Divoza catalog from Holland:  011 31 59 45 12 145

I saved $300 on a Keiffer dressage saddle.  But be prepared to pay a
customs duty on all leather goods.

Melinda

    re .-1
    
    Will the person who answers the phone be likely to understand English? 
    Or French?
    
    -e

re: Divoza

Yes, everyone seems to speak English.  Just remember their time is 6 hours 
ahead of Eastern Standard.   

Melinda

We've been using Foster & Smith for all our dewormers and vaccines for several
years but I think they just lost a customer. Their current catalog offers
Zimectrin and Eqvalan brands of ivermectin dewormers for $12.99 per tube. Their
previous catalog, which is only 2-3 months old, listed the prices  at $8.99!
I called to check that it wasn't a mistake. It wasn't! That's a price increase
of 45% or about 10 times the inflation rate!!!!!! Besides that they charge at 
least $4.95 for shipping. We usually order 6 tubes at a time and they charge us
$6.95 shipping on an order that size. 

Not a very attractive price when you consider I can buy them from my local vet
for $11 including the oppressive 8.2% WA state sales tax!!!! So, I called  
7 other mail order places that have been sending us catalogs. The places I
called and asked for a price including S&H were:
Vet Express Inc			$9.45 + $5.95 S&H on 6 tubes
Econovet			$9.49 + $6.95 S&H on 6 tubes
American Livestock Supply 	$9.49 + $4 S&H  on 6 tubes
Bloodline Vet Supply		$9.49 with FREE S&H on orders over $50
K V Vet Supply			$9.49 with FREE S&H on orders over $50
Omaha Vaccine			$9.49 with FREE S&H on orders over $50
Valley Vet Supply		$9.49 with FREE S&H on orders over $50

To save you doing the arithmetic, 6 tubes would cost $56.94 so I can get free
shipping from the last 4 places. The S&H charges from the other places would
add between 67� and $1.16 to the cost of each tube.So, I have 2 questions. 
	1) does anybody have a cheaper source? 
	2) does anybody have any experience with any of these suppliers? 

We used to order from Omaha Vaccine. Never found anything wrong with their 
products or service but they don't carry everything we use for either the dogs 
or the horses. That's why we had been using Foster and Smith. They carry 
EVERYTHING and had very competitive prices when we first started 
ordering from them.  Feel free to send mail if you have a negative opinion that
you don't want to post.

Thanks
John

    Jeffers Vet Supply in Dotham Alabama.....
    
    FWIW - The makers of Zimecterin upped the price last month....
    
    It will be a while until the prices drop....usually when they
    see less sales due to the increase....

    Re: "FWIW - The makers of Zimecterin upped the price last month...."
    
    So, Foster & Smith may just be one of the first to be affected by the new 
    prices and the other catalogs will have to increase their price when
    their stock runs out. It doesn't make sense that ANY manufacturer would 
    try to raise their prices 45% in one shot, especially during a recession. 
    Guess we'll just have to wait and see.......

                     <<< Note 583.5 by VMSSPT::PAANANEN >>>
   RE:                -< Phelan's High Performance Horse Gear >-

   I just got a note off the internet and promptly lost it, but the
   gist of it was that apparently Phelan's is no more. They had a
   big going out of business sale a few weeks ago. Just in case anyone
   has sent an order or was thinking of it...I thought you might like
   to know this. They haven't been offering much horsey stuff anymore 
   lately, mostly overpriced clothing, so not such a great loss...