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I don't show mine but what will the summer coat look like if it "ruined" by late clipping?

My horse has a blanket clip at the moment and my instructor advised me today to take the rest of it off and just leave her legs on. She has started to moult already so is it too late to clip?

I lunge my young mare twice a week for 20 minutes on a Pessoa to work on her canter and she is also ridden four days a week. It's better than doing nothing as they're still working and being exercised.

I literally just turned her out onto the frost :( but I'm getting her in in like 20 minutes to ride. She also has apple chaff which has molasses in. I squirt the steroid onto her feed, do you think I could put a little bit of hay in her feed bowl and do it like that? So she's not having it with...

She had them when we got her and she's only on chaff. She was very briefly on Topspec Original a few months ago so we don't think it's anything to do with what I've been feeding her. It seems to be something to do with heat IMO.

Spoke to my vet this morning and he said as she will only be having a total of three or four doses over the week, the risk is very low and he's only seen two cases of laminitis with this, where the horses were on it for much longer. I'm going to keep a close eye on her and if there is any sign...

Spoke to my vet this morning and he said as she will only be having a total of

She's had them since we bought her. It was summer when we got her so everyone including the vet who vetted her thought they were fly bites. They used to be all over her body but as it got cooler they disappeared and are now mainly on her back and a few on her shoulders. I might try the clipping...

We couldn't pin point what they were so he suggested a course of steroids to get rid of the flammation. I will speak to the vet tomorrow. Someone suggested clipping her again and then hot clothing her and then keeping a clean rug on underneath her at all times. I don't think they bother her but...

She has already had one dose today. Can I stop them now and try something else and then go back to the steroids? Vet wrote 15ml first dose then 10ml every other day for a week.

Don't worry she's not :) She was kept in a field like that for a week with her old owner before I had her. I was just using it as an example to show she's not prone to lami. Now I'm even more nervous about having her on these steroids.

This is probably a stupid question, but my horse has just began a 7-day course of steroids for these bumps she has on her skin. The vet said that there is a risk of laminitis and I've been scaring myself with reading lots of cases where horses have had steroid induced laminitis:confused: She...

i'm 5'7 and my horse is 15.2. She fidgets as it is at the block so I always use the block to get on, but once I dropped my glove on the other side of the school and I had blisters on my heels so after getting her to stand still I got on from the floor. I don't like getting on from the floor...

Thank you everyone! I have the 101 jumping exercises book and will try all of those listed above ^ :) x

She is 4/rising 5. I'm working on her accepting contact and working on the bit and doing lots of circles. She comes round in trot but her canter needs lots of work so any exercises that would help her canter?