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Make sure you don't make the mistake of having someone walking with him whilst he demonstrates hacking alone, I knew someone once who tried a horse hacking alone and the friend she'd taken walked alongside. Sure enough when she tried riding him out at home with no human on the ground for...

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Please bear in mind tho that this is a month, completely untouched. He's home now so will see what vet says in morning, it's going to be a long long journey but hopefully with a happy ending

There's no pulse, no heat in other feet, only localised heat in affected foot, no ridges on hoof and no lameness prior to this. I wondered whether the vet was trying to take advantage of previous owners naivety or whether there was a genuine link.

The abscess is at his toe, he's allegedly been like this close to a month. Out of 3 only 1 vet suspects lami, so I'm unsure. It's a very long and fangled back story and I'm really not trying to confuse anyone. It's just ridiculously complicated and part of that is why the vet can't come until...

We talked again yesterday, and she's out to him Tuesday I was hoping not to sway her too much with the other vets opinion as he's not been lame (prior to abscess) and there are no obvious signs of lami and apparently the other vets that came out to his swollen knee (don't yet know a time frame...

Thanks for the replies, it's the old owners vet that was wanting to do that, mine is out Tuesday because I'd been told horror stories about how bad/risk etc. But I can't see any sign of laminitis and apparently it was diagnosed following his swollen knee?!? So would the lami have to be quite...

Has anyone had a horse with poss low grade lami, an abscess to the point he's absolutely hopping and the first thing the vet wants is an xray? No attempt to dig or drain, won't allow poulticing, just an xray? I haven't heard of this before anyone else have any experience or advice please?

I fed with apple chaff. As for actual amounts I fed, probably too much, just one of my big square scoops full, with water when they were little, ad lib hay when in. In all honesty they've probably always been a bit over weight, not a lot, but a bit. Now tho they're both doing amazing and are...

I swear by suregrow, both my boys did fab on it. :)

Thank you, huge help :)

Someone based locally known as the a man or hay man, that delivers hay and feed please?

Last autumn we introduced the new gelding on the yard to my made, within an hour they were like an old married couple. Imagine my shock when the following day the 25 yr old gelding was mounting my mare ! However he never tries in the stable block or being led, but, I'm not sure if yours would...

Done :-) good luck x

I'm usually done by about 5.30pm, yard rule in winter that Horses have to be in by 4pm. Do all my jobs in morning so at night just need to bring in. Yo checks their hay about 9pm so he anyone isn't feeding enough they can be advised. One person doesn't turn up in "morning" til 12 /1pm and the...