Recent content by JaneSteventon

Hello I would definetly give barefoot a go. I have one horse who is fine and just uses boots occiasionaly (sp) and one who has not so good feet who does ok. One with not so good feet does not hold shoes on so was forced into barefoot really. He was not a good candidate for barefoot as he has...

Used to love rhino wugs for my old TB but to tight for my warmbloods around the chest. Have converted to weatherbeetas for them as more roomy so might be to big for TBs. Guess what I am trying to say is Rhino wugs for TB s but not weatherbeeta's.

Hello in my experience vets are always very honest and do not mislead you, if they think anything could be wrong they will always say. My two would not pass a vetting now - one has very mild thoroughpin and another has spavins - both fine though and do what I want. Vet has told me that my mare...

Hello, thanks for this, yes this is my thinking as well, but conventional wisdom appears to be that dividing into paddocks manages the land better so wondered what others thought.

hello haven't heard of that - who makes it ? Thanks

Currently renting 7 acres of fairly wet land for winter for two big horses. Field shelter on about half an acre which drains really well which i will put them on when it is really wet. The rest of the field drains well in parts but also has areas which are really wet, but it has held up to...

Grass is good if you can get hold of more grazing. Many horses do well off grass even in winter if there is plenty of it. Also big bale haylage if your horses can eat it before it wastes.

Hello My horse badly bruised two of his feet and his whole lower legs swelled with a lot of heat. Was fine in a couple of days though with anti inflammatries (sp).

Hello Have a horse who chews fencing - any tips for preventing ? Just read post about painting horse poo diluted in water on, anyone any experience of this ? Horse lives out so don't want to have to keep buying a product nearly everytime it rains -unless very cost effective. Thanks

Hello Thank you for replies everyone. Hello Cellie remember me we have posted loads about bone spavins overreaching and barefoot for horses with crap feet who don't hold shoes. Anyway horse loads better looked hideous on Friday hence feeling upset and posting this post but two days on bute and...

Hello horse diagnosed with above last summer had two injections which didn't really work. Told to work on bute in Sept but just turfed him out for winter on two bute a day and very lightly hacked him, came sound and I thought his hock had fused, but have started to get him fit for the summer and...

One of mine to tonight, looks like a hamster, bless

Hello I don't have any experience with the marquis boots so I guess if they say they are ok for turnout then they should be fine, but if your field isn't too stony I would still think he should be ok without. The transition period was ok (I had transitioned my mare two months previously so had a...

Just came on to post: saddle fitter told me not to use elastic on one side girths, but see its already been done, so another vote for not using these or alternating the sides.

Hello, I can't speak specifically for greyhounds (although I do have one) but I know that large dogs don't have as long a life span as smaller ones and also kennal dogs generaly have a shorter life span than house kept ones so if he has been kept kennelled when in racing perhaps this has aged...