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    capped hock

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    capped hock

    Yes make sure you have a good bed down but also if your horse stands against the wall as mine does and slightly sways this will eventually have an affect on the hocks. So my way of curing this is get the thin mattresses of sunloungers and fix them lenght ways at hock hieght on the wall ,as with...
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    Double Bridles

    Don't use one , a rugby pelham looks like a double when on but is only one bit and it comes in jointed ,french link etc so you can get what suits your horse a double in the wrong hands is lethal
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    Riding Pony - What's the definition?

    Riding pony is under 14.2hh and used for showing. If a breeder crosses with a larger breed to perhaps get a foal to make a show hunter pony there is a chance that when they register them with the National Pony Society they think it will stay under 15hh but by the time it matures it has become a...
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    Potatoes poisonous to horses ?????

    In the old days I used to boil potato skins and mixed them with bran after hunting. I was told to do that by an old farmer. it never did any harm but not sure if it did any good either. Potato is not harmful if cooked but it is not a thing horses should be eating . We wouldn't eat hay would...
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    Laminitis and snow

    thanks for all your replys that makes sense as the pony was eating defrosted grass around the edges on a sunny day. will not let that happen again !!.
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    Laminitis and snow

    I have been told that snow and heavy frost can bring on laminitis. Is this so ?
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    Any experience of egg/heart bars with wedges?

    Yes I have used them in the past on my cob and after four shoeings he was able to go back to normal shoes expensive but worth it .
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    wire fox terrier puppy

    Hi, A friend of mine has a wft and she is as bonkers as the dog. Is that telling you something !!!!!!!
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