Recent content by Skitz

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    Leg straps

    A friend lost her horse due to leg straps. She got a back leg caught in one, kept pulling or kicking out until she cracked a bone which would not heal and led directly to her being PTS. We now remove all leg straps on new rugs and only use fillet strings, and all rugs stay in place.
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    New sedative? (goes under tongue?)

    Hi, I used Domosedan gel on my TBX hunter who is a pain to clip and usually needs injection. This gel worked great. Took about 45 mins to fully take effect, and lasted about 45-60 mins. Also he did not sweat up as much as he did with an injection. Would definitely use it again. He did hate the...
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    Wierd horse insurance email

    We have an ongoing claim with NFU for OH's horse. Received an email from Equine First on 21st September saying they were dealing with our claim and that we would hear from them again within 5 days. Over two weeks later we had phone call saying they had not received documents that we had already...
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    Bit help strong hunter please!

    Hi, I had the same problem with a very strong 17hh TBX, we jumped everything at the gallop out hunting! Tried all sorts of gags/pelhams etc and the only thing that worked a little bit was a Dutch gag with Waterford mouthpiece, but this made a mess of the sides of his mouth. I now use a long...
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