Recent content by KHippo

Thank you. I’m sorry about your mare. If she can manage a bit of gentle hacking then great. She’s sensitive enough that her current ridden “feel” could simply be a result of being overdue a physio session & needing a saddle check. This has been the case before. Otherwise I’d be keen to see...

There’s nowhere local unfortunately, current yard is pretty much the only facility within 30 minutes drive which still offers 24/7 turnout, hardly any offer group turnout it’s all individual & for limited hours. I have looked at abler & would consider, but again, its a few hundred £ which I’m...

I agree that sounds miserable, & the place I have in mind has a very good winter setup with shelter. She certainly wouldn’t be sent off to stand in a bog for 6 months of the year & it’s close enough that I’d be visiting regularly.

I agree, it’s something I won’t know until I try it. She gets bored out of work in her current setup but it’s far from inspiring & this is why I’d look to send her away rather than retire her here.

Yes scoped at the beginning of everything which was clear. I’m aware this doesn’t necessarily mean she is clear now, but I don’t have the funds to either scope or treat at this stage.

He wants me to medicate another part of her back & do another round of foot balance X-rays. He doesn’t seem to think she’s too bad 🤷🏼‍♀️

Thank you. I know pts would be a perfectly acceptable decision, but it’s not one I could bring myself to make without first giving her a chance at a happy retirement out in a field with some friends somewhere. Keeping her in work is costing me 3 x more than a decent full retirement livery...

She has. We have physio, chiro, mctimmoney & Tom Beech all on a never ending expensive cycle of bodywork 🙈

Thank you, we are actually on Toms 3 monthly visit rota so see him regularly! 🙂

Thank you - not insensitive at all, just practical! My head agrees with you especially with the gift of hindsight :confused:

I am so sorry you have been through this. Your post brought me to tears as you are describing my life right now. Its awful but also such a relief hearing I am not the only one having experienced this 😢 The constant rehab is just relentless, working full time whilst having her on DIY & finding...

Thank you, its been a rough few years albeit with just enough positive for me to keep trying, however this time around I fear we may not get back to what we had previously. Happy to PM conformation pics if you'd like? Prefer not to post publicly as trying to keep some form of anonymity. She is...

Apologies in advance - this may end up being a bit of a sympathy post as I'm not sure what options I have left, I just feel like writing it all down & getting other opinions might help me make sense of it all... My mare came to me 2.5 years ago in September 2021 as a 4yo ex-racer, lightly...

Did the course of Pre-Ulc then Ulc-Ex & Remount for girthy/grumpy horse over period of 6 months & saw small improvement, then huge deterioration (KS needed medicating again). I was told I'd need to do Gut Restart & start the process all over again. I swapped to Ekygard instead & am seeing good...

I posted months ago on this thread querying its suitability for helping with my mares girth rubs. Since then we have had a bit of a journey with months of soundness issues, rehab etc & slowly chipping away at one problem at a time. Earlier this year I changed her to a Stubben string girth (which...