Recent content by happyhacker1

Your horse falling like that is just like my old mare (18 years old), she was an ex hunt horse and suffered from COPD, laminitis and started just 'almost' falling over but not quite. She was diagnosed with narcolepsy, which steadily got worse in her case until she was retired. She did get a...

I was wondering if all of the horses have to stay at Greenwich Stables or are the UK horses able to travel back to their home stables i.e. a long time for the dressage horses to be stabled in between competitions. I have read about all the security and health checks, so it kind of looks as if...

All noted thank you, just wanted a general view of what other people are feeding and this has given me a good idea - before I put the pressure on, i want to be sure of my facts. I've had quite a few horses and ponies myself and I took his rug off last weekend and had a good look over him. He's...

Thank you for replies so far, really helpful to have other views on this. He is 12.2 by the way - light-middleweight. He was bought from a horse sale 3 years ago because someone felt sorry for him and my neighbour took him on to eat the grass in their small paddock. He's a mixed breed, but he's...

My neighbour has a pony aged around 30-35. He has poor teeth, but does keep condition fairly well. He's on 1/2 sachet of bute daily for arthritis, mixed with 1/2-1 scoop of Dodson & Horrell 16 Plus once or twice a day (depending upon weather). His paddock is bare (1 acre) so he's not getting...