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“You’ve Got Trail” August Newsletter
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Welcome to the August issue of "You’ve Got Trail!"
10% Off Discount Special!!
All online orders with "You’ve Got Trail-7M8" in the Comments section of their web order will receive a 10% discount on non-sale items. We will reply with a confirmation email and your discounted total. This sale will last only through August 30, 2007, so grab these deals while the gettin’ is extra-good! Begin Shopping.
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HORSE SPRAY,
THE NATURAL WAY |
Pesticides are a growing concern to many. If you wish to avoid chemicals, try the popular Larry's Natural Horse Spray as a highly effective alternative pest repellent.
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LYME DISEASE FOUNDATION
24-HOUR HOTLINE |
The LDF’s 24-hour Hotline, 800-886-LYME (5963), responds to over 80,000 inquiries each year from across the country. It offers numerous information options, including proper tick removal, disease information, prevention techniques, physician referrals and information to help pet owners.
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Ticks & Lyme Disease – What Every Trail Rider Needs To Know
More than once I have come home from a ride in the hills, bathed thoroughly and discovered a tick crawling around aimlessly upon my body or in my hair as long as a day or two later. Ick! I’m itching just thinking about it. Have you experienced this scenario also? I know many equestrians who have. Though we don’t want to put you in a panic about the creepy little critters we do want our bush-whacking, nature-loving, readers to be aware of a disease that is spoken about little, yet sadly touches more lives than most dare to think.
Inspired by LRG customer Tracy Stout who is all too familiar with Lyme Disease, I have compiled bits and pieces from the Lyme Disease Foundation as a resource. The information linked below only begins to scratch the surface of the vast material offered on the LDF website. A fact our readers need to know is that Lyme Disease is often misdiagnosed. Please take the time for a good long look, and pass it on.
---Julie, Long Riders Gear
Information and photo courtesy of Lyme Disease Foundation, www.lyme.org, providing invaluable resources for those seeking awareness and prevention of tick-borne disorders. Based in Connecticut and founded in 1988, the foundation’s website receives an incredible 300,000 hits per month from nearly 100 countries. The non-profit organization acts as referral site for numerous government agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, as well as the Food & Drug Administration. The LDF’s Journal of Spirochetal and Tick-borne Diseases is the only peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to tick-spread and spirochetal disorders.
Personal Protection
Ticks like to rest on low-lying brush and “catch a ride” on a passing animal or person. The areas that hold a high risk of tick infestation are wooded areas, low-growing grassland, and the seashore. You should exercise caution where you go. To reduce your chance of getting a tick-bite:
- Avoid tick infested areas, when possible. Avoid short-cuts through heavily wooded, tick-infested areas. Use caution when you are entering tick-infected areas. Stay in the center of paths, avoid sitting on the ground, and conduct frequent tick-checks.
- Dress properly. Wear light-colored clothing. This allows you to more easily see ticks on your clothing and gives you the opportunity to remove them before they can attach to your skin and feed.
- Wear a long-sleeved shirt and long pants. This reduces the skin area exposed to ticks. Also, tuck your shirt into your pants and pants into your socks. This keeps the ticks on the outside of your clothing and thwarts their efforts to crawl onto your skin. However, during warm or hot weather, this is not practical. So, if this advice is ignored, we suggest that you increase your vigilance in conducting tick-checks.
- Use EPA-approved tick repellents. During the summer months it can be inconvenient to wear pants and long-sleeved clothing, so using repellents can help protect you from ticks. Wash off the repellents when you return inside and always have an adult apply repellents to children.
- Conduct frequent tick-checks. This includes a visual inspection of the clothing and exposed skin, followed by a naked, full-body examination in a private location. Be sure to check the scalp, behind and in the ears, and behind any joints.
- Remember to check your pets too! This is not only for your pet’s safety but for your family's as well. Pets can bring ticks in from outside and put you and your family at risk for infection.
For instructions on how to remove ticks, Click Here.
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Share your savvy... Do you have tips and tricks you would like to share with fellow Long Riders? Send your tips to julie@longridersgear.com or reply to this email. If we publish your submitted trick we'll gratefully offer you a 10%-off coupon code for your next purchase!
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