I think we are going to see a lot of this. Horses that have spent their lives with their mouths strapped tightly shut now making the most of the new regulations
I knew a very overweight woman who had a gastric band when they first started doing them 25+ years ago. She lost the weight but then got very underweight as she wasn't getting enough nutrition and sadly ended up dying because of it.😪 She would have been about 40.
When I have been in the changing rooms at the pool/gym I have heard the "trophy wives" that go there talking about being on the jabs. None of them are remotely overweight, but some of them have had a lot of cosmetic work done (I'm not really a bitch, they are perfectly nice people but with...
I tend to be able to keep weight off until something happens in my life that takes my mind away from healthy eating. Bereavement, job problems, illness , depression, make me want to go back to comfort eating. The same as people with alcohol or drug problems fail.
That is not necessarily a bad thing as once on Prascend for the Cushings it may be enough to keep her free of laminitis and have more sound years ahead. Mine stayed sound for 5 years on Prascend and he was older than yours.
Days like this make it worth the cost of paying for livery and knowing he's fine even if I don't go.
I walked very carefully up to the shop for milk and that's all I'm doing. -7 and layer of ice and graupel this morning. Was warned off the country lanes by a friend.
Have you an indoor or outdoor school and do you have safe hacking from the yard.
Your best bet is to check out the other yards in the area and their pricing.