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My set up is similar at home, and there really is no way to keep an area that small as proper paddocks with grass. I keep my bigger paddock as a turnout with hay and then I rest the small ones as much as I can but they really only grow enough to give them a small bit of grass every now and...

how big are the paddocks? unless you can rotate and rest parts, they won't ever be usable as normal paddocks if you don't have enough land. I rent a field, but at my house I have small turnout paddocks. they grow a bit of grass during the summer that the horses pick at, but I hay all year...

does farrier know her issues? a friends elderly horse got special shoes, i think they said rolled? and her stumbling stopped.

not sure what the story is in england but most charities (at least in ireland) are full to the gills with 13.2 style cobs mini cobs. most are unbroken (but would have had people jump on their back at some stage in their past). they are usually fairly straightforward to break and turn into great...

yeah i'd one with sacroiliac and he was a nightmare to keep comfortable and working happily. i spent all my time keeping his back and muscles strong enough to work comfortably. and that was a very fit tb who had been in constant work beforehand and had a good base of fitness and muscles to...

I have a pony eventer that cant touch hard feed at all! when she's in full work she just gets a balancer and forage

The best thing for my wired ex racer was to turn him out 24/7 with a herd. Cured all his vices. Even though I was in a great livery yard with turnout, it was only when he lived out for about 6 months that he turned into a happy sane horse with no vices.

We got our box serviced before and the trailer guy advised using straw instead of shavings. He said shaving get worked under the surfaces and can do damage

Ive one coming back from Injury at the moment and I found the easiest thing to do was to get a Physio regularly and to follow the plan she gave me. I'm glad I did because if I hadn't I would have brought him back into work much faster than she advised.

yeah my other sports horse wasn't strong behind and he throws himself at jumps at speed as its easier for him than going back on his hocks. He jumps anything and everything, but like the other poster he does it in a buzzy and tense way too. The exracer really just enjoys being athletic and...

sometimes its a lack of balance and a slight panic. When you say 'flings herself' is that speed wise or a bad jumping technique or a combo? I've a lad that loves jumping, if you pop a jump up in the arena he will happily run around and jump it. when he's going into it tho he isn't rushing in...

id echo the other posters saying you could be throwing good money away without getting to the root of the cause. i was in a similar position with my ish, he lost weight, looked terrible, coat was awful, kicked whenever you went near his belly. I was convinced it was ulcers and i would have bet...

il cut and paste the details below Clinical Examination - Bright, alert, responsive. - Mildly elevated respiratory rate. - Poor quality hair coat and loss of muscle over the topline and gluteal regions. - Resented palpation of the thoracic and lumbar spinal regions. Very reduced lateral and...

just thought i'd update this thread with the info from vets hospital. I was 100% sure it was ulcers and all behaviour would suggest it was, but vets hospital scoped and did full work up and there were three issues - 2 back ones and osteoarthritis in hocks. Loss of weight and narkiness was due to...

Cheers for the replies. That's really interesting about the canter issue. Def gonna push for a scope now.