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Dry Skin Help

My mare has been having what we believe is a dry skin problem. Before I got her, she actually rubbed out her mane and tail becuase of this. I am now putting baby oil on her mane and tail once a week and MTG every couple weeks and this is helping. The problem now, is that she appears to be having dry skin all over her body. There have been flakes of skin coming to the surface when I groom her and she is very itchy, especially on her back. Is there any type of shampoo or anything like that I can use to help this go away?

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shots

I just got a mare this past winter and she is my first horse, so I have no experience with shots. As far as I know, she has never had any shots what so ever. I have been around horses for about 6 years, so I have quite a bit of knowledge. I know she needs a tetanus shot(unfortunatly she is in barbed wire, but we have no other place to put her and she respects the fence), but I don't know the difference between the antitoxin and the other one. I also don't know what other shots are absolutley necessary and which are just helpful to give.

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Grooming and Riding Trouble

My mare isn't a big fan on me grooming her. Whenever I groom her neck and chest, she starts nipping at me. And when I try and groom her rump and areas close to that, she tries to kick me-she almost succeeded with that once.
As I try to mount into the saddle from the ground, she throws a fit. She pins her ears, starts biting the air, and tries her best to kick me. When I am in the saddle, she starts bucking. Not like a bronco at the rodeo, just little bucks when we're riding around in the little arena in the barn.

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help

How do I ad pictures to my profile page???