I too chucked my yearling in at the deep end by taking her to East of England for her 1st show and it was required that she be bitted. To prepare her i got her used to loading, standing, being plaited etc, i also did lots of in hand work in the school with other horses working around us so it...
Hi CBFan, thanks for the advice, yes it is stubbs scoops and i agree i seem to be feeding her loads, but like i say we have no grass at all and she is hungry all the time... I like the idea of speedi beet, it's something i have been think about lately or has anyone tried allen & page fast...
She is Hann x TB (with a bit of ID thrown in) Her Dam is Hann x ID and very bulky, her sire is a full TB. Filly has plenty of bone but not bulky like Dam. I was worried about weight loss so i called D&H for advice, this was what they suggested, but am open to change it as i'm not convinced...
Thank you so much for your reply... like you said doing to much to early is something i really worry about, but have never thought about walking out in hand.
My filly is just turning 18 months old and is currently feed 1scoop of Alfa a oil and 1 scoop of D&H Build up mix 2x a day. We have...
Hi all, iam looking for some help as per title, my yearling filly did very well showing this season always placed but a lot of the horses although same build and some bred the same had a lot more topline than she did.
I want to get her to even more shows as a 2yr old and as in hand showing is...
Hi all, iam looking for some help as per title, my yearling filly did very well showing this season always placed but a lot of the horses although same build and some bred the same had a lot more topline than she did.
I want to get her to even more shows as a 2yr old and as in hand showing is...
Spray dettol on it and it should stop your horse eating it. I have never used it but that is what i was advised to do for my horse that used to eat her straw and it worked!
My yearling had a really bad case of lice, i gave her ivermectin wormer, doused her in louse powder, then treated her every couple of days with coopers fly stuff, that stuff is great coz it kills the eggs too, which means you just have to groom groom groom as someone else said to get rid of the...
Thank you for your reply... i will give that a try... there is so much stuff on the market these days that i can't be sure what is best and she doesn't have the biggest appetite in the world so can make it a bit hard when feed companies suggest giving her more and more of the same, she just...