Why do equines need socks in the winter?
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It’s a proven fact that metabolically challenged horses often have difficulty adjusting to cold temperatures. This is an actual health hazard for horses that have experienced founder or chronic laminitis as blood vessels in their legs and hooves are likely already damaged. This damage can worsen in cold weather, causing extreme pain and even laminitis. Keeping your horse warm by using Whinny Warmers™ can help to keep those blood vessels working at full capacity. Whinny Warmers™ can improve the very quality of your horse’s life.
Equines with arthritis suffer greater levels pain in cold temperatures just as we do! Older horses suffer the most from arthritis and it is the cost they bear for offering you so many years of dedication to the use that you assigned them. As you know, if you have arthritis, warmth eases the pain of arthritis.
Flash back to “Flash Dance”? Think about it! Dancers wear leg warmers to keep their muscles warm, preventing cramping, and to minimize the chance of serious injury to muscles and tendons. Cold muscles and tendons are easily injured during the stress of performance and exercise. Dedicated competitors know that the soundness of a horse’s legs is a major factor in the length of its career. Horses are athletes and like any athlete your horse will benefit from warm comfortable legs before or after a workout. Whinny Warmers™ can keep those legs warm right up to the moment you are to compete. They come off in seconds unlike wraps. You’ve gone through all the trouble to warm the horse up, keep the legs warm right up to the moment your horse is expected to go out and perform to its peak.
Do you spend hours cleaning your horse before the event and then have to clean its legs again right before the show? Use Whinny Warmers™ to keep those white legs white! They come off the legs in seconds just before you head into the arena.
Still dedicated to wraps? Do you end up with wads of wraps in your dryer that have to be untangled and then wrapped again in order to be put on the equine leg? Do they stay up or end up scattered all over the stall or the pasture? Do you know how to wrap a leg safely to prevent injury to tendons? Whinny Warmers™ are easy to put on and easy to take off. They don’t present the liability that improper wrapping creates. They wash and dry just like any sock and are made to last many seasons.
Why do equines need socks in the summer?
Horses are pestered all day long by flies. You can spray them, hopefully not with toxic chemicals, to help them as much as possible, but legs still end up with sores all over them and hooves are cracked and split from the compulsive almost obsessive stomping that horses do to get the flies off their legs!
Summer Whinnys™ are made from yarns that wick moisture from the legs keeping the legs cool and in the process, stop the flies from biting the legs. Silver and copper ions embedded in yarns inhibit the growth of bacteria, fungus and mold in the socks so that the legs are in a clean environment. Remove the flies, protect the wounds, the stomping stops, the hooves stay in great condition, and wounds and sores can heal.
What are you spending on stuff to heal the legs of sores and wounds made worse or caused by the flies? Summer Whinnys™ create a needed clean environment around the leg. Sores and wounds heal because of this protection.
Light compression in the Summer Whinnys™ helps alleviate the edema (stocking up) in the legs after shipping or after competition.
Why do you need socks for your horse?
You are doing all you can for your horse that suffers from IR Cushings, Founder, laminitis, arthritis or old bone and tendon injury. Whinny Warmers™ keep legs warm in the winter contributing to a higher quality of life and comfort for your horse.
Warm legs and muscles before a competition mean the least chance of injuries. That is why riders warm up their horses before competition, but Whinny Warmers™ can help to keep those legs warm right up to the moment of performance. You already do what you can to prevent the chance of costly vet bills and nursing time because of stress to cold tendons, muscles and ligaments. Whinny Warmers are one more tool in your tool box.
Do you spend hours cleaning your horse before the event and then have to clean its legs again right before the show? Use Whinny Warmers™ to keep those white legs white! They come off the legs in seconds just before you head into the arena.
Whinny Warmers™ feel great on your own legs while you ride, hike, skii or clean the barn in the winter! We recommend Warmblood size for people. That size will fit over your jeans and boots, or under jeans and boots. Cozy up and stay outside more comfortably.
Summer Whinnys™ will reduce how much you spend for Fly Spray in the summer. How much of the repellant you use goes on the legs? Usually a lot! Summer Whinnys™ save you their cost in less than one summer and can last many summers!
What are you spending on stuff to heal the legs of sores and wounds made worse or caused by the flies? Summer Whinnys™ create a needed clean environment around the leg. Sores and wounds heal because of this protection.
Light compression in the Summer Whinnys™ helps alleviate the edema (stocking up) in the legs after shipping or after competition.
Summer Whinnys™ help make the money you spend on shoes and trims last longer. How long does it take for a horse to stomp off a trim? Not long if the flies are bad.
Your horse has given its life for your enjoyment and use. It is our responsibility as their stewards to offer them safety, health and comfort in exchange for everything they give us. It makes us happy to know we give to our horses as much as they give to us. If you get a good chuckle out of how cute your horse looks wearing its Whinny Warmers™ then you’ve experienced another benefit. Laughter helps us all live with the hard parts of life.
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Whinny Warmers™ can only be purchased here on our web site and are being offered by other distributors in the UK and Canada. You can also send a US Postal money order or personal check with the printable order form available on our site.
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