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    At my wits' end - horse losing shoes, please any help/ideas much appreciated!

    How about trying shoeless?? If you have a good farrier? I swore i'd never take shoes off Scoobie as he had THE worst feet in the world! I put him on topspec for a few months and they started improving. It was coming up to xmas and i was going to florida for a few weeks. Farrier suggested...
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    £200 a month to keep a horse? Really?

    Ive got 3 so easier to work out yearly then split it up! Farrier 8 times a year = £480 Hay 400 bales a year = £2000 Straw 50 large bales a year = £750 Wormers = £130 Insurance = £1116 (inc trailer) Livery (rent small yard then 2 surrounding fields = £3600 Feed = £500...
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    how much hay

    Not a lot!! My 12.2 welsh who ISNT a good doer and is already having hard feed piled into her has abot 3/4 slices of hay a night plus a large feed. I keep all mine on straw beds so they can pick if they finish their hay. I did the same with my fatty shetland. He used to have 1 slice of hay...
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    Update: she couldn't be in foal could she?

    If you've had the vet out to her why did he/she not just give her an internal exam and tell you either way??
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    Thoe of you who have had portraits commissioned of your horse(s)

    There are only 2 people that i would use to do any of my animals. One is Maria Heskins (http://www.mariaheskinseditions.moonfruit.com/) or Robbie Graham (http://www.robbiegrahamart.com/ )
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