Recent content by BayWelshThing

My horse has one of a similar size in one hind foot... and is happily field sound, barefoot.

My horse can get bored quite quickly so used to be a bit fidgety and snatchy for the farrier and picking out feet. What helped the most was practice! I'd hold each food up in various positions for longer and longer, and make a massive fuss of him if he didn't snatch. If he did, I'd keep hold of...

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I think he has improved but can't be sure it's due to the magnesium as he's not the most consistent anyway! He's still had the odd silly day but I've put those down to bad weather. It's not made him worse anyway so I'll keep giving him a scoop a day for now. I've read it's important in muscles...

Thanks for the replies. I bought some magnitude this morning and typically he seemed nearly back to his normal self anyway when I went up! He's been on a diet of only grass recently and I've found some data suggesting our area is low in magnesium so I'll give it a go anyway and see if I notice...

Hi all, Is this a time of year when magnesium deficiency can show itself? Over the past few days my horse has suddenly become more tense and stressy for no clear reason and I'm wondering if this could be a cause. I remember him acting similarly this time last year and have known him to get more...

One of my lecturers who taught equine nutrition spelt it correctly but always pronounced it as "alfa alfa"!

I've bought from them in the past and love their products. I remember reading before purchasing from them that they were quite slow in delivery due to being overwhelmed by orders so expected it to be a while. It wasn't too long though and they did include some free stirrup bands in the order...

I always wear boots or wellies when handling horses, luckily never had more than a horseshoe shaped bruise! I've not been riding recently so have been living in shorts at the yard, so have a very fetching riding boot tan line!

I don't think it's rude to ask, recently I had no choice as my farrier got injured and put out of action on the day he was due to trim my horse. I had a nightmare trying to find someone else, of the 10 I contacted one managed to fit us in about a week later which I was very grateful for, the...

I have this saddle, I had the standard version for a while before swapping to the cob version as this fit better. When I swapped I could really tell the difference with the flatter seat and I felt less supported in the saddle, although adjusting the knee blocks has helped with this a little...

Hiya, yes it's pretty rare he does spooks like that thankfully, touch wood! He'll have little looks at things but it's normally forwards he goes at any speed! The problem is quite a lot of our hacking tracks aren't very safe to canter on, for example some bits are very rutted or boggy! So these...

Thanks, yes I agree it could be worse and they all spook sometimes, many horses I've ridden have done this occasionally I just want to make sure it doesn't get worse! :)

Thanks for replying, yes I'm sure I'm a big part of the problem which I really want to change! When I was riding another pony last year I caught myself preparing to need to stop him when a bush rustled behind us even though the pony hadn't reacted at all! So I'm really trying not to react and...

Thanks for the reply. I'm hoping it will get better as he gets older! I thought he had improved as he very rarely did it over winter, but I was hacking a lot less and there were fewer birds around to jump out at him! He seems to be pushing boundaries a bit more this year too which I'm sure isn't...