Mr. Eby,

I wanted to send you an update on my Hanoverian mare that I have had on Gallium Nitrate 1% maintenance dose for one year. She is my Dressage mare that I bred who injured herself playing in the pasture last Spring. She injured the left high suspensory high which is serious. She had ESW (electric shock wave) therapy as well as stem cell therapy for this injury along with stall rest and hand walking only. She seemed to be progressing about one month after the therapy and then her hind leg swelled up again even though she was still on stall rest and hand walking. I tried wrapping it w/poultice but couldn’t get the swelling down completely. I wrote to you and you suggested the GN for her as I had used this on another horse for navicular and I was familiar with it. I put her on the loading dose and within 3 days the swelling was down. I continued that dose for two weeks and then went to the maintenance dose. She recovered so well that I continued her on the maintenance dose. I was able to bring her back to work this Spring, one year after the injury, and she has been doing very well and has continued to stay sound. Since she is 13 yrs. old this year, I decided to keep her on the maintenance dose to protect her from another re-injury and to help any arthritis that might occur. It is cheaper than any of the other arthritis formulas and seems to work much better.

I also wanted to let you know that my Irish TB mare who had the navicular changes in her x-ray but no symptoms has done remarkably well on the maintenance dose of GN 1%. I kept her on this in order to keep her from developing any problems with the navicular changes. I sold her this Summer and the best news is that the new owners realized the importance of this supplement and are keeping her on the maintenance dose to insure that she will continue to be sound in Dressage.

I am going to put my oldest horse on the maintenance dose of GN before the Winter to help her arthritis during the colder months. She will be 30 yrs. old in 2009 and deserves to be comfortable in her later years. I am so glad that I found out about GN 1% and intend to keep it a part of my feeding regimen with my horses. Thanks for the information that you have helped me understand about GN 1% to keep my horses sound and pain free.

Thanks,