Recent content by Hokuspokus

I have but got outbid... Some good deals if youre specifically looking for something.

All very bizarre. If your horse has been out of work for 2 years, and a bit older, it's not going to be able to get back in to work so easily. Muscles will have gone, fitness will have gone, things will have stiffened up. You need to start off slowly, even by doing in hand walking to build her...

Mine does this too. Even more so if they're over a year old. o_O. Try and make sure all your background apps are shut, and keep it in your pocket close to heat. I have a charge pack i keep and i can also charge in the car. Charge pack is handy if youre out for a long ride as its fairly slimline.

As above, get as much trimmed off the frog as possible, oxygen kills the nasty stuff too. Then slather it with what ever your using, or pack it with cotton wool slathered in it or whatever.

First Choice are good and have a lots of options. There's also The Feed Room at Lochwinnoch. Or David Cameron.

I second Kevin Bacon's Hoof dressing. The only thing thats worked for mine and thats been with trying iodine, red horse products etc

Me too. I just moved in December and it's a breath of fresh air . Wish I found it years ago.

Me too. Weight and reducing sugars in everything - soak hay , no sugar or low sugar feed (nearly everything has sugar in it!)

Where did they get the figure of 750kg? I tow on a B license. My combination comes to 3450kg.

14hh cob x welsh type takes 48" on his wh saddle . It is a bit too big though so could probably go down to 46".

I second trying to find a Bahill. Mine was fab. I just couldn't tow it myself as it had no plate so had to go buy tyre loadings which put me over 3.5t :(

Thank you for your experiences and time to reply . He trotted up sound this afternoon after coming in from the field. However , I'm still not overly convinced so I will be discussing it with the farrier to see what he thinks and take it from there. I will also be buying him a vitamin supplement...

Thank you for replies . I will trot him up today and I think I'll phone my farrier . I tried boots about 5 years ago but he didn't seem to adjust to them at all , he got to the point he wasn't for lifting his hooves up to get them on so I have in and got him shod again. In terms of diet he...

How does he keep his weight? How much work is he in? I would personally ditch the pasture mix and the linseed. If he's a stereotypical cob Weight-wise then come the spring the sugar beet would go too.

I'll just give a bit of history into my gelding. He is shod in front only. He copes fantastically without hind shoes, but if you take the front shoes off he is incredibly sensitive. He has had the onset of laminitis in the past, and thankfully caught very early. This was May 2013 and June 2015...