Sorry no wood pellets to talk about. Did put wood/chips/bark into the field shelter with mixed results. One horse refused to have anything to do with them - standing wedged into the corner on a rubber mat. Another decided that they required digging up (terrier like) and carried on digging through the foundations. George decided that they were cat litter and made long trips specially to poo on them, even though he had six acres to choose from
In this weather I am only half joking when I say I'm going to clear out the kitchen and bring them in..........
Speaking of which. Anyone having any grass/sugar issues yet? Our grass has been frozen for two weeks solid (plus) and then snowed on. But now after several days of torrential rain and hailstones new grass is peeking though. Not a lot but its very jewel like and bright and the girls are either very very slightly footy from that or because I was slightly cowardly and in the peeing rain chose the disused railway rather than the road. - In TW the worse the visability the faster the cars go.......... ditto the more difficult the bends the faster you go... well no one else would be on the lanes would they
Thanks Brucea its good/bad to know that others are feeling the sugar already - means we are not alone which is not good for your guys but makes me feel better!
But sugar or not the girls did 2.9 miles on the road in about 50/55 minutes today. We are very proud of them because Snips has never been known to walk faster than 2 miles an hour before. We did do a bit of trot but not heaps because I am short and round and was on foot... and a quarter of the ride was uphill (a proper hill). Hopefully soon my gluts will also be short and round.........
All this barefoot stuff is proving very expensive. I am spending a fortune on shoes.......... mine that is. Trolling round after my mare trying to wear her feet out is getting through a pair of trainers a month!
And unfortunately I am still short and round.
5.3 miles on the road today and horses still sound (me not so much) and still no ***** wear of the horses feet. (can you hear my teeth grinding?)
Trimmed both boys last week and both looking good apart from squidgy frogs, but then thats no surprise as they are knee deep in mud every day! Moving them to a new yard on Sunday where fields are not bogs. We shall see what changes occur, grass has not been grazed at all this year so very different to the stuff they are on now.
Hopefully i will be able to convince the farmer to let me create a mini track system, with time
Have finally got Morris back into work after a break since August. Spent three days at a clinic with him where he stomped up and down the very horrid sharp rocky track to get to and from the arena. Then went out for a hack with Helen N and he was very enthusiastic and quite happy to trot on all the stones on the tracks.
Plan to try to get him to an endurance ride this year if his brain seems able to cope.
Bet your girls thought it was a breeze after the hills here No wonder Snips was storming along - probably a blessed relief after being made to yomp round Exmoor
Our guys are wet and grumpy, but thank goodness for the track which at least means that everything is draining well.
Performance wise we continue as before - no longer frozen, so everyone is working properly again, and the days are a little longer, which is helping.
Charlie is now well and truly our master's second horse, and is being hunted by her once or twice a week. He loves it, particularly if I am not hunting and so just drop him off at kennels, because that means he gets to go in the hunt lorry with hounds, which he adores I don't tell Felix that this is going on, as he would be mad with jealousy...Sometimes he gets to be her horse too, but not as often as Charlie, though thats something else I don't tell him
Keep your fingers crossed for Hector, on Thursday. I am taking him to see his previous vet, who diagnosed him with navicular in July, and who was very interested to hear about the rehab research programme. He has kindly agreed to run a comparative lameness assessment on Hector to see how much he has improved, so lets hope he is impressed...
Maintenance trims this afternoon and all looking just tickety-boo.
Working Bramble's toes back all the time and there's another new angle coming down which at a guess looks like it puts his toe a good 5 mm or more behind where it is now. Certainly there was no hint of footiness when he was careening round the school the other night leaping over anything in his way!! Little nutter! Time to get him driving again, we've had a break for a while with all that frost.
Link's feet great, hardly anything to do, there never is really. Nice "cloggy" wood like sound. Polly - cob feet! Need a new rasp now. Despite being on a grass free paddock and measured hay, he's not lost any weight really - despite regularly escaping in to the mares field and having a grand old time with them
Everything quite muddy up here. We're lucky though - our ground dries out fairly quickly. Couple of the yard horses with heat in feet and puffy coronary bands.
LGL pony's feet are great. Took her heels down about 3 weeks ago and they havent grown back. Can now not fit fingers under back of foot when she is standing on concrete! Sounds crazy but this has been my way of monitoring it over the last 13 months (must get a life)! Her frogs are beefing up again and have a wide diamond shape clefts and for some reason are quite hard even though she stands in wet mud ?! I have been waiting for this moment for months - so happy !! Shes also very very sound - yipee
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No wonder Snips was storming along - probably a blessed relief after being made to yomp round Exmoor 
