Recent content by ralfine

Hi Feisty Have been looking at the cheyenne and the cherokee. Did you have to use a pad with your cheyenne I think i would prefer the cherokee cos of the knee rolls.

Hi Guys My 16hh has a sway back and i'm finding it very very hard to find a treed saddle that fits. Have any of you tried a treeless on a sway backed horse? Have spoken to Easytrek (their prices are all I can afford at the moment) who said their easytrek comfort may do the trick. Any advice...

Have been researching barefoot/shod for a few months now. My boy had to have his shoes taken off at the end of summer cos his feet were not growing. Have finally bitten the bullet and am having a barefoot trimmer from the UKNHCP register coming out tomorrow. Decided this cos my farrier said...

I took templates of his feet and cut out some foam pads from a camping sleeping mat I had. Will try these inside the old macs later this week when I get chance to ride again. Do you think that he could be walking a bit different with the old macs on cos they feel a bit funny to him.

This post has given me hope after two weeks of worry. My boys feet have no growth and cracked a lot so no shoes on now. He is footy at the moment and not able to ride him. Farrier said its possibly due to the dry weather we had earlier in the year. Have been giving him biotin in an effort to...