People at the Cheshire Farmers have noticed that I've had two different horses out with no shoes on. They seem quite interested and not at all defensive. But they're a very nice bunch, that hunt
And Jazz's feet, now the grass has gone, are losing their soles backwards from the point of the frog in chunks, and increasing in concavity like some kind of magic trick
They seem quite interested and not at all defensive. But they're a very nice bunch, that hunt
Its a shame, isn't it - the people on the ground who see these horses day in day out without shoes just think its fascinating - I've never had a negative comment from th Exmoor - its only the H&H reporters who are totally disinterested
Although after hunting him all day, our huntsman did remark on Wednesday that Charlie seemed to have "lost" all his shoes by the time he got back to th lorry
We had a wonderful snowy weekend in Aberdeen - and as you can see, lots of fun with the ponies.
Apollo was also ferrying children up and down - he can carry 3 children at once!!! (Ohhhh - hope no one from the BHS is reading this )
We are so fortunate to have such brilliant ponies! Bramble was absolutely exhausted after a whole afternoon sledging - but completely sound and no hint of a wheeze or cough.
Still have not managed to get my girl out in to big field full time. I'm really fed up!!
She has been out overnight for three nights but in during the day but her pulses are gradually getting worse. Last night for instance before I put her back out she had mild pulses but I decided to risk her out and see how she went. This morning at 7am she had moderate pulses all round but no real heat but it was minus one.
I think I will have to keep her in for a while longer. This is the latest I have ever had to keep her confined, but I guess this is the south of England (Oxfordshire).
On a positive note I have been riding her out bare all round and whilst she is definately footy on the stoney tracks she is absolutly fine on soft ground and the roads.
Jake still sound and happy on winter grass. Rather forward going these days
Not rock crunching but not bloody bad for navic horse. Happy to much around on crusher run with only ocassional ouch and very happy on his pea gravel. Have to buy more of this as its fab.
Negative is that he seems to have separation at white line on both front, and the wall chips more easily than they did. The separation/chips appears to be in the horn grown over summer. I can see def event line half way down hoof - corresponding with approx april when we saw sensitivity to grass, and he def flared in summer.
The other factor might be that I did fed lower levels of Magnesium on at that stage due to advice from SS that Alfalfa would provide plenty. Seaweed was at max 50 ml.
Mag was increased to 50ml scoop mid summer and will keep at this level.
Seaweed now being incresaed to 2 x 50 ml scoop if I can get him to eat it. Some seaweed is bit wiffy. Will try Equus Health as that seemed not to be so smelly.
I have gradually increased amount of unmolassed beet in feed cos it gets supplements down easier. I have reduced alfalfa to about 300 kg. p day while workload low.
Just wondering if I should be soaking in milton etc to prevent further separation by crap getting in gap.
SueH - I do find that some kinds of seaweed can be stronger flavour/smell than others. I try to buy the SeaQuim Elite - Harbro £17 for 25Kg - it seems to have the nicest smell - but there is only so much of it they can eat!
Absorption of magnesuim requires adequate calcium. We use dandelion leaves and root alongside seaweed - dandelion is high in correct props of magnesium, calcium, potassium and vits A, B, C and D (more vit A than carrots!)
We buy dandelion from cotswold herbs (about £4 a kilo) - we use it with our cob. He seems to prefer dried to fresh.
hera's tendon now sorted, so she went mad on the lunge and fell over, so got her seen by mctimoney chiro and told to start work yesterday.
so NOW in her determined efforts to be retired she's decided to break off her inside heel on right fore following a manky abcess a while back her bar on that side was decidedly peely and i discovered a load of black ming trapped underneath it, so the bar's now gone too (was laid over trapping the ming in).
boots and pads while she's turned out, and boots & socks while she's in, with nekkid-feet time on the concrete yard when it's dry for the moment but will hopefully get nekkid-feet in the stable by the end of the week.
hoping that in 2 weeks she'll have sorted some emergency growth out and i can start riding her. who knows what she'll think of next?!
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Lovely pic Bruce - I want snow now !!