Recent content by km2327

My horse has been wearing over reach boots as he pulls his shoes off for fun! He has been wearing them 24/7 lately as he managed to pull one off in his stable. I take them off twice a day while I'm around and change them regular so they stay clean. He is in the rubber ones as they give the best...

Hi there...so I've had a read though some previous posts about box rest and hand walking and just wanted some thoughts for my situation before I talk to the vet. My horse has recently had keyhole surgery for an adhesion in between his navicular bone and his ddft. He is now on box rest for 8...

Hi there, My horse has to do a period of box rest with controlled exercise after an op. This is gradually increasing over an 8 week period. So far we have just completed week 1 and on the whole this was mostly good with only a few explosions when on controlled exercise (mainly today). I...

Hi, my horse was kicked while out at a competition a few weeks ago while working in for the dressage :( after I'd got back on him he would not work in around other horses and kept jumping out of there way/ spinning and trying to run off. I've worked him at home with lots of horses off the yard...

Hi there, just wanting some advice re my horse who has begun to cat leap, snatching the reins out of my hands on approach to both SJ and XC fences, he does this both at home and competing SJ but only training XC so far. I have tried stopping him before the fence while schooling and while this...