Recent content by PG134

Well, Angelo, almost 29yo, has wintered out through 2 lots of snow and terrible weather in Aberdeenshire. We've had crap weather and sub-zero temps since way before xmas. He has only been "stuck" once, pretended to be dead with rigamortis legs, freaked my friend out, she was a wreck when I got...

Its been hideously cold in Aberdeen, gales and rain, so no. But to be fair, we have a 24yo, and 28 yo, and a young arab who gets a gazillion allergies, so they all had rugs of some sort on, but lots of horses up here with no rugs on yet. You have to rug if you want to keep weight on an oldie who...

I would feed a scoop of Happy Hoof or similar, and 1 scoop of pony nuts, and cut the carrots back. If she's a good doer, there's a helluva lot of sugar in carrots. Does she lose weight over winter, is that why she's coming in at nights? There's more sugar in haylage as well, so you may want to...

Thanks for replies so far. have thought about Saxon rugs, but they aren't that snug around the neck, although as they are not very deep, a Saxon may solve the "sitting on the skirt" problem!!! I have seen a Masta with a higher-cut neck, and Mark Todd's have nice deep forward-set shoulder...

I agree with some of the other posts - farrier and vet......what about plastic shoes as a trial? Also, what about his eyesight? Everyone looking at the obvious things, as we all do, but maybe think outside the box......my horse lost an eye at 21 in an accident (then uveitis), he is now 28, and...

Hi, my 28 yo gelding has twice managed to get stuck in a Weatherbeeta Landa (original, not Freestyle) this week. Its like he rolls, then seems to get his bum pulling the rug back under him, thus getting the front so taut, it pulls down and restricts his shoulders, so he has no "ooomph" to propel...