Recent content by km-j

Thank you for you advice, I will start the deep clean of her feet! It might take a few days get them like those photos ?. Will post again soon!

Is this any better?

Hi Does anyone know how to tell if your horse is flat footed? She recovering from an abscess and worried about the heel bulbs too. If I need to attach more pictures please let me know and I will post?

I am not sure whether to give the farrier a chance as he only been out a few times to trim and the last was to shod her two fronts. He was highly recommended and he did a fab job all round, it’s maybe that I give him time to respond to see what he is going to do or suggest and then maybe if I...

Thankyou; so if not lame after Bute has come out of her system I could take her out for short rides?

Thankyou; I do tend to check feet but on occasions I have forgotten! Which I won’t do again so lesson learnt! So it won’t harm if she isn’t lame to gradually start to exercise her again In walk/trot maybe for say 20 minutes

It’s really strange how is cracked! I called the farrier as well as the vet and I asked what to do and about him coming to see her and this was the reponse; “”Try tubbing it in warm Salty water then apply a warm poultice held on with Vet Wrap . Leve it on for 24 hours then change it...

My horse suddenly went lame last Thursday, vet arrived and couldn’t find anything obvious as she wasn’t reacting to any pain. Vet put her on some Bute then on Sunday night noticed a crack at the top of hoof near to heel bulb which was wet and also the frog was wet. I started using poultice and...

Hi Does anyone know when the HB401 stopped being manufactured and what year they started to make the HB403 please? Also, I am after a replacement for my HB401, as it’s 1998, 22 years old.....still in really good working order but someone told me the newer model aren’t as well made as the older...

It’s either ride alone or try compromise

I would imagine she would settle like you said. I would say the riding group is the problem and the breed of horses! Maybe slowing me down, I want to enjoy her and I don’t want a battle like you said, want to work with her and be a team

Thank you and good advise, I am very light in the hands when schooling etc, and don’t always need the Dutch gag, but feel until she learns to respect the bit and me when we are out on endurance rides, I felt no other choice but we have improved greatly within the last 6 months and it is worse...

I have an Irish Sports Horse that shows more TB then ID, she really good in traffic and all sorts but as soon as we hit grasslands or any place where we can canter or gallop she can certainly excel! She covers the ground really well brilliant paces, but my riding group are not the same as my...

What are people’s view on the hanging cheek French link bit?

I have been reading about the French Link Fulmer Snaffle rather than the French Link Full Cheek which is the fixed bit so this may help.....I didn’t realise this was fixed but the snaffle Version is definitely worth a try! What do you think?