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My 16 year old cob has servere damage to both back suspsory ligaments. We tried shockwave treatment but there was no improvement. He isn't suitable for surgery either so there's nothing else that can be tried for him. Vet also said that we need to be careful with his turnout as if he were to run...

Thanks everyone. I have been told to avoid no fill but I fewl like a bad horse owner of I don't have one. He has damage to both back suspensorys (sp?) he's had shockwave treatment but waiting to see if it works and will need scans beginning of Nov to tell.

I've had him 5 years and have rugged him all of the winters as was fully clipped. But he's now possibly retired and if not deffo won't be worked over winter as I'm expecting. He hasn't been clipped since maybe may/June and is getting a nice winter coat in. I've never seen him so hairy! My...

Mawsley would be OK for the right price/yard. I haven't looked round there actually.

Thanks, does anyone know of a good (preferably cheap) supplement or balancer that I can feed with his chaff? He gets quite a lot of soaked hay throughout the day and at night. With small feed for dinner (to keep up with vit and mins but also on and off bute).

Just wondered if anyone can help please.

I'm looking for some advice please. He's recently retired and when he was in work he was on dengie hifi, Pegasus cubes and maize. I dropped the maize when he was lame and then cut down the rest of feed when told to retire. My vet suggested a feed as then I won't need to feed the cubes and he'll...

Mines monthly. I'm not sure how they've worked it but it's the same every month paid upfront for the month.

I thought it was standard practice to suggest chipping. Even I do but I'm not even vet or nurse etc.

Frankie where is the new one opening? I'm not actually in Northampton anymore which is most of the problem. But I'll poss look at yards in Northampton but full livery. Ester thanks. I'm on a phone but will give it a go and switch if need be.

Paddymonty I'm new to this forum and I can't work out how to pm you.

How about building some sort of fence/pen by the back door so you can let him out with some space but not the whole garden. Like a very big pen attached to the house.

So those of you that now understand what I feel, would you say something? Or just pay the bill and expect nothing more of them and move on? (Eventually when I can of course)

My neighbours cat was the same but deaf also. They had him on a lead for a while as they had a fairly big drive and only went down to the end. Then they took him off and sadly he got run over and passed away. Have you looked into proofing your garden? I think it's expensive but you can make...

I have thought about full livery as there is one close to me (with space) but it's still far cheaper where he is. I haven't thought about looking at other yards whatever the distance for full livery though. Might be worth thinking about. They had him on loan 11 years ago and 5 years ago I...