Recent content by Charlie31

What about a three ring happy tongue with a backstrap rather than a curb chain? My TB goes well in one of these (although brakes can still be an issue when he's really keen!).

Thanks for all the further replies on this. There are too many too comment on now but I think between them all you've pretty much covered all of the different thoughts I've had and demonstrated why it's not an easy decision at all! I do think the current weather and the forecast aren't helping...

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Thanks everybody, this is all really helpful. It does reflect my thinking but it is perhaps making it more concrete for me having people's thoughts written down. So to try and give more detail, he currently lives out. He has a large hedge that he can use for natural shelter but no man made...

I'm being a bit deliberately vague here but I'm looking to move my horse. There are some issues where he is kept at the moment and although I wouldn't say they are welfare issues in any way, there are things that make me worry about him. He's getting older now and I just think I could do better...

Thanks, would this be for a similar level of work as mine? This is why I get so confused as our vets make them stay in longer for arthramid! Thank you though.

Can people please share what protocol their vet has advised after hock injections please? In the past I’ve been given advice ranging from keep in for 24 hours and then crack on, to five days box rest followed by a gradual return to work over around three weeks. It’s been a few years though and...

Thanks, I think that's probably doable. I'm sure I can rejig jobs to get the omeprazole into him first and then faff a bit before giving him his food.

Thanks both, I hadn't realised injections were an option. Can you give them yourself or does the vet need to come and do it?

Thanks, I did wonder about the empty stomach thing as I'm not aware that omeprazole in humans has to be taken on an empty stomach and I'm sure that not all horses who are stabled overnight finish their hay with four hours to spare before the morning comes! Perhaps I'll just have to give it and...

I'm thinking of taking my horse to be scoped for ulcers. We've had a lot of change at our yard recently that he hasn't coped well with at all and there are just a few things about his behaviour that makes me wonder if it's all affected him a bit too much. If he does turn out to have them I'm...

No, neither am I! Not sure if it might even be regional as people who have put in permanent track systems seem to vary a lot with whether they needed planning or not. Will have to look into it.

Thanks for the replies. Obviously wouldn't do anything without the owners permission and I don't think mud control mats would be a long term option so I guess it does come down to the practicalities. In these cases did you need to apply for planning or not? I will obviously seek professional...

I'm looking into the possibility of installing an all weather turnout area. It would be used all year round, both for when the fields are muddy in winter and to limit grazing during the summer. The land is rented so ideally I need a fairly practical solution but equally I don't see the point...

Thanks both. I thought I should pack the hole after the abscess was clear to stop more nasties getting in there? I should clarify that the actual event was a few weeks ago now and I poulticed until clear and then hot tubbed twice a day for a while after and then packed the hole. So I guess I...