Bonus — it’s an effective way to reuse your SmartPaks!
As the times get hotter, we’re completely right here for developing with methods to maintain our horses cool, content material, and wholesome. These SmartSicles are an effective way to replenish your horse’s electrolytes whereas offering a cooling deal with.
By Ellie Kittler
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Treats is available in all shapes, sizes and temperatures at Fortunate Horse Equine Rescue in Bolton, MA. This summer season, everybody’s been having fun with SmartSicles constituted of SmartPak’s SmartLytes® Complement.

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We put 1/2 scoop of SmartLytes powder (cherry taste) right into a bottle of water, shake nicely, pour into 12 empty SmartPak wells and pop into the freezer.

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They solidify shortly and pop proper out of the SmartPak wells… a lot simpler than getting them out of a standard ice dice tray.
“JoJo” likes them floating in his water bucket. “Mikey” and “Dancer” select to lick their electrolyte deal with whereas they’re held for them and our massive gray, “Gandy”, simply grabs it and eats. So does “Tipsie.“

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Normal consensus: ice is good when it’s a SmartPak SmartSicle.

Ellie Kittler volunteers at Fortunate Horse Equine Rescue (www.luckyhorse.org) the place she was “rescued” by adopting a horse named Joplin. Collectively they work to advertise rescue and accountable horse care. Ellie is the healthcare coordinator for Fortunate Horse. She additionally sometimes writes for equine publications together with Sensible Horseman the place her article “This Previous Blanket”, (concepts for re-purposing previous horse blankets) appeared in March 2012. Joplin shares tales about his rescue friends on his personal Fb web page, “JoJo The Dressage Comedian.”