My tb injured his tendon when he was 15, he had 18 months off and brought back into full work, I made the decision not to jump as wasn't worth the risk, however I would rule out the odd small jump, as a vet advised me a small jump would be no more stress than him galloping and leaping round the...
I ran out of shampoo once and used washing up liquid on my horse legs, he suffered fron mud fever shortly afterwards (he's never had it before or since) I believe it stripped the naturals oils from his coat so wouldn't use it again
I had a c section and I got back on my horse after 4 weeks (can't believe it looking back) I was only planning to have a walk round but ended up cantering around the field lol! I competed my horse at a local showing show after 8 weeks and won both classes!! But I couldn't breathe cantering...
When its cold I was his next and shoulders, dry with the towel then do the rest, I also have buckets of warm water for the final rinse. Just make sure u bung a couple of fleeces on to keep ned warm after