Recent content by RaYandFinn

Hi All I hope this is ok to post. Six month ago, I started working for Anglian Water as their Media Manager. Recently I've was approached by our farming and catchment teams who were looking to do a piece of work to raise awareness among the horsey community about the use of Clopyralid -...

Must be something in the air. One of mine barged past me at the gate tonight as I was bringing in and decided to go for a hoon around the farmyard not wanting to be caught! Normally a complete dobbin on the ground but has been a monster of late! Roll on Spring!

If I start feeding the vit e and mag ox... Should I see an improvement quite quickly or is it a slower burn type thing? How do I know if/when I need the Alcar Sorry for all the questions, I'm just trying to understand how to best help my boy :)

That's really interesting, thanks :)

How much alcar do you feed ybcm?

Thanks so much for your replies everyone. I really appreciate it. I'm just waiting to speak to my vet and run things by her and see what she thinks. Will discuss blood test too. I will order some vit e and mag ox as a starting point....is the progressive earth vit e any good? or is the...

Thanks for your reply :) I've had a good read of the other thread (and lots of other things!- sleepless night for me!) I'm going to speak to my vet today, but was wondering about starting him on the reccomended supplements, as I don't think it will do any harm. As I mentioned before, he...

Sorry to highjack this thread everyone, but I've been doing some reading and this all sounds very familiar with my cob. I wonder if anyone can offer advice. He's suffered with arthritic hocks for the last 5 years, but I'm beginning to wonder if we've been using that as an excuse when...

Sorry to highjack this thread everyone, but I've been doing some reading and this all sounds very familiar with my cob. I wonder if anyone can offer advice. He's suffered with arthritic hocks for the last 5 years, but I'm beginning to wonder if we've been using that as an excuse when...

Me! I have my very own affectionately nicknamed 'turbocob' will out walk anything on the yard, trots so fast his legs are a blur and pulls like a train- even with arthritic hocks. He is also the sweetest pony I know, soft as grease to do and loves his kisses. I wouldn't swap him for the world :)

Don't worry- all is not lost! My boy was diagnosed with bilateral hock spavin 5 years ago. Injections no longer work for the same reason. While he's pretty stiff some days and has a slightly odd action, vet has told me to keep hacking, bute if necessary and tumeric works wonders. So much so...

You give a course of it for up to two weeks.... 10ml twice a day... Syringe into their mouths... Mine really liked the taste so it wasn't difficult... It smells lovely! :)

Yes... My boy has suffered for the last few winters...he's 16, on shavings and haylage. Tried lots of supplements... Best by far I've found is Balsamic Air...

Well isn't hindsight a wonderful thing? I hope if you have to make a decision for what you believe to be the right reasons, even if you are proved wrong in the long run, someone has the gall to throw it back at you and be so judgemental. If we all had the ability to see the future I'm sure...

As someone who has known GR and Major for some time, I know that 'brushing it under the carpet' is the last thing she is doing. The fact is, Major is a lovely horse and is exactly as GR has described him in the advert. Jumping is not his thing, for whatever reason, but he loves his other work...