Recent content by Cocokelly379

The track system sounds a great idea but not really possible for me and also he has no respect at all for electric fencing! I now have him out all day without his muzzle on a small patch (about 1/4 acre) and he is stabled during the night with a bit of hay. So far so good! No weight gain, no...

Thanks everyone. We've now cut down most the patch and he's basically grazed down the rest so I think its much better for him now, so do I just do away with muzzle completely or still do it gradually? but quickly! He escaped for the first time today! Cleared the fence and off into the next...

Thanks for all the advice. :-) I think i'm going to keep gradually increasing his grazing time until the grass is down then try without his muzzle and keep a careful eye on his weight and feet etc and see how he goes. Hopefully he will be ok! Does that sound ok? I'm worried if I get it grazed...

Ok thank you. Yes he only has hay never hard feed. So if the grass was down (either cut or grazed) would that small patch hopefully be ok? Its just I know he's a shetti and they are famous for being moody! but when he's had the muzzle off he is brilliant but trying to get him to do anything when...

Hi I have recently got a 5 year old Shetland gelding standing at a approx 9h. He isn't overweight and gets plenty of exercise. His previous owner had been keeping him on a starvation patch feeding only hay as he was on 1 acre of grass and she noticed he was lying down a lot and his feet were...