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I bought a Comfort Zone Giraffe rug for my 16.3 horse and after the first day it starting splitting across the chest, they come up really small. I had the largest size and it was still too small for my underdeveloped horse. The manufacturers are no help - they haven't even bothered replying to...

My horse had behavioural problems, back problems, gastric ulcers, eating problems, bucking problems. I have spent thousands of pounds getting him scanned, xrayed, medicated, treated by physios, remedial shoeing, etc, etc and still could not get this horse right. I was told he was okay and to...

I was thinking about buying a Show Trekka then I read the British Eventing Forum comments. It seems that even the ones that have done not many miles are having problems with the axles breaking and wheels falling off and they are saying they are getting no help from Equitrek. Does anyone know...

Dear All Many thanks for all your help and comments, he has been rescoped and the ulcers all but gone now! So will keep on with all preventative measures and keep my fingers crossed we don't have a recurrance. He is still a bit erratic and touchy when tacking up sometimes, so have put him on...

My vet has said that Trimadiazine would work as well as Doxicycline, so I have to take his word on that. To me though I still can't understand why the ulcers still come back after the bacteria has been treated. You say that the doxcycline worked on your boy, but he has still got to have chaff...

Yes I have had him rescoped after the course of Gastroguard and antibiotics and they were nearly all gone, he then went on to reduced dose and when that was finished I had no real advice from the vet regarding keeping the ulcers away and they are back again, well the symptoms are, he is being...

How long did you have the horse on Global Herbs before you had him scoped? Do you know what is the cause of your boy's gastric ulcers was?

Thanks for the recommendation. I ordered some last week and waiting for it to arrive, hoping it will be a miracle cure. It does amaze me though that vets just put a horse on Gastroguard at enormous expense and then when they come off it, they expect all ulcers to be gone and never come back...

Interesting poiint - he was bred in this country and is much happier out in the field, he gets a bit stressed in the stable. I have looked at the old threads and found some interesting theories, just wondered if there had been any recent breakthroughs! I think your suggestions are in line...

He is generally a very sweet horse with no malice - he is telling me that it hurts. I also had a horse on loan that was grumpy with saddling and rugging and his problem was arthritic changes in his back, this was after the back experts had said he was OK!!

I have had a 17hh, 6 yo Hanoverian gelding for 5 months He was in a few yards before coming to me. My place is calm and everything normally settles, he didn't! He is out all day and fed on a high fibre diet. I had him scoped and he had grade 3 ulcers. He went on a course of Gastroguard which...

I am interested in Gastroguard lookalike but dont know what you mean when you say 'PM' me? Sorry

Thanks for suggestion. Do you have to do a lot of maintenance and keep it watered? Was your sand really loose before you put the Clopf on?

I am looking to top up my arena. At the moment I have sand down which rides deep and loose, but much better when wet. I want to ride on top, rather than in the surface. There is a good hardcore base covered with Terram. Does anyone have experience of additives or any suggestions for a cost...