Recent content by Fuzzypuff

Really sorry to hear this, I know how it feels. My horse was diagnosed a few years ago now. He had PRP treatment and laser therapy, and a lengthy careful rehab, plus treatment of other issues found (stifles and hocks). Due to various other personal factors he ended up having pretty much 2 years...

I did the champs and did have a nice time. I have fed back on the downsides, but don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed it. I qualified through on 4 scores but appreciate that at lower levels it would have been harder to do that - definitely think it should be on 3 scores not 5. I came 4th so did...

My 16.3 poor doer WB gets soaked grass nuts (EasyPack Timothy ones) and Copra, plus linseed and a powdered balancer from Equinatural. This costs about £50 total max, and the balancer includes a few extras you wouldn't get in a "normal" feed. He has also had oats as a top-up before, they never...

My horse had laser therapy as part of his treatment for PSD - he did also have PRP though. Because it was on insurance and vets recommended we had the vet do it with their class IV laser which was very pricey, but it does seem to have done the job! I have however done some research and learned...

There is a limit to any saddle being "fully adjustable". While you can adjust the width, you need the tree shape to be suited to the horse, and this cannot be changed. She has tried to make up for this by telling you to use a riser, but this really isn't ideal and you shouldn't expect a saddle...

"Regional championships" are regionals. "Winter championships" or "National championships" are the finals.

BD doesn't really have a proper "programme" for trainee judges. There is a pilot one, sort of, in the North I believe, but not in all regions. In most cases you sign up to be a trainee and then you choose when to go on courses. They may have been on every training available or on none, you have...

We are off to Addington on Friday to do Medium music, then Merrist Wood in a couple of weeks for Advanced Medium non-music :D

I did a blog entry here with videos of my in hand lesson at Turville, hope this helps: http://serendipitydressage.co.uk/2015/04/turville-valley-stud-in-hand-clinic.html

I believe the main ingredient is this one type of yeast. Yeasacc (another yeast) has a good effect on many horses, so I can see how this might also have a good effect. The idea being I guess that the yeast helps replenish good bacteria in the gut and so aid its function. It isn't going to be a...

Wow, so many assumptions and generalisations in this thread!!! All this talk of injections and what they must be injecting - I don't doubt that they do inject, but which of you know for SURE what is injected and therefore the impact it has on the horse? What about all the leisure horses that...

No holidays, only occasionally "go out", limited and inexpensive new clothes/shoes, no savings, no hope of buying a home...

Do they have to be official endurance competitions? As Chiltern Distance Riders do training type rides in this area.

Personally I would never ever feed pasture mix, it is full of starch and sugar! I also wouldn't feed bran, historically it was fed for various reasons but now we know more about it and we feed differently anyway it is not such a suitable feed. Probably your horse's previous owner fed it because...

I would go for Equine Science Gastro Plus, worked far better on my horse than Gastrogard or anything else I tried (Egusin, Succeed, GNF, Protexin...). Having had 2 horses scoped at different times I wouldn't do it again. It will only show ulcers and not hindgut problems and in my experience...