Recent content by rextherobber

Another vote for Insurance Emporium, their premium is reasonable and they have paid out promptly without issue in the past. The Vet hospital was happy to deal with them, so guessing they're good payers generally.

So sorry for your loss

Can horse's see through the mesh on flymasks when it's raining? I've often wondered...

He looks lovely! Hope you're planning on keeping this thread going so we can follow his progress?

Another vote for Simple Systems , soak their Sainfoin and/ or Haycare. Both very palatable. If he's not eating much when stabled overnight, can he not live out? I have one the same, shes a different horse living out full time . ( I appreciate this can be tricky if you're on a livery yard, but I...

My EMS horse is retired ( KS) so doesn't get exercised, but is on a track which goes up a steep hill. Fed Honeychop lite and healthy, with Simple Systems Haycare to damp it down. Equivite originalTimothy hay . I strip graze the track/ muzzle if necessary. In winter the horse goes in the field...

So sorry for your loss

I also have the unheated Equilibrium pad and agree the heated one seems unnecessary

I'm keeping mine, who knows what sort of summer we'll get? And thinking about it, mine were in far more last summer during the day than they have been overnight this winter, so my hay consumption was much higher then.

Can you fence it off with electric fence - then they can still access it when needed, but you won't have the shovelling and greedy ponies being an issue? Hope all is well with them, it must be difficult to get much grain with a muzzle on surely?

Never heard of it, but after reading about it, I'm going to give it a go on myself, it sounds good!

Another vote for Stubben cord girth, I've had some of mine for 15 years, just chuck them in the machine in winter, in summer I wash them by hand at the yard and hang them over a fence and they're dry by morning. Not had any issues with shrinkage.

Using timber - you have to treat the wood yearly. Some horses chew it. Rats do chew it. The roofing needs replacing every 8-10 years ( unless a storm rips it off earlier) The stables can get very, very hot when it's sunny ( I know you said Ireland, but worth considering!) If money us no...

I used it for years on an elderly retired girl , it helped her enormously

Crikey, this is going back a bit! I used it for a horse on box rest, so only for maybe 10 days, and I used it for a horse that was impossible to load, as a bit of a helping hand. If you're after an effective calmer for more long term use, talk to Simon at Trinity Consultants, I had a mare on...