Recent content by Snowysadude

Signed although the deadline appears to have passed 3 days ago now :( We have a few that are local to the yard and have ridden through and at university there was a bridle path going straight through a golf course - we used to canter and duck every time we heard someone shout! It was a good...

I went looking for that '15hh cob' and found a 17hh warmblood I fell in love with. Luckily I was quite horsey and had a lot of experience for my age when I bought him 4 years ago. All I will say is he was a huge learning curve but he also had a lot off issues the seller knew about but kept to...

I have Aviva health insurance and its great. Not using it at the moment though using the NHS as forgot to tell my GP I had insurance and can't be bothered to change it. I find the only issue with the NHS is the time to wait. Have been private before and had x rays, MRIs and CT scans done the...

50 pounds herts! Going to have words or change suppliers at this rate lol

I had a horse like this years ago, he was diagnosed with wobblers (ataxia) after an MRI. Could be nothing but worth asking the vet over. My current horse has become much more willing to go forward since being on protexin acid ease too, he also had lost a lot of weight though. Amazing what a...

Thank you, just to clarify there is an update on page 8 :). He's doing well now!

I am keeping him on acid ease for now, I bought a large tub and that has just run out so have bought a new one and will re-assess after he finishes that! I would keep him on the protexin though even if it was just the cheaper stuff :).

Thanks :). When under saddle he has no belly at all, he brings it up haha! He likes to let it hang low when chilling out. Even when skinny he had a droopy belly. You can still see his ribs (you can see in one of the photos) but they have a lot more covering. The biggest change though is all the...

Thought I would put a quick update on here! Following on from this original post he has had his teeth re-done (by a highly recommended EDT who took loads off compared to the vet). Worm counts still negative. Upped everything feed wise. Had full bloods and cushings tested as it was free to test...

The only type of person I can think of who might consider that is a heavily pregnant lady who wants her horse kept in work for her last month of pregnancy and the first month or two of the child's life or someone who has been injured! Unfortunatley finding these people is not easy! Otherwise not...

Thanks again for the replies, to make it clearer (sorry was late last night, I had a long day) he was approx 625kgs when he came home, and was 730 before he left (which is a fantastic difference and lost over 4 and a 1/2 months of hard work, I did his feed and hay throughout as worked on the...

Sorry worm counted 4 weeks ago, negative! Thank you will get bloods re done and keep a close eye. I hate not knowing what is going on with him, will make sure hay is ad lib and look at changing feeds - has to be done slowly with him or he colics :\. I did think the first time I saw he had only...

He came home just under 3 months ago but still in the exact same workload (not with me - with another lady who had been having regular lessons on him whilst he was away with the person training him so its consistent). Yes its the last 2-3 weeks he has really dropped for him which as I said...

Just to say I agree he looks horrific in the first photo but that is him, I can show you pictures of all my others at a perfectly healthy weight. The vet thought he had EMS as he was like that at the end of winter, in work for the past 3 years! It was just to show what he was like prior to the...

Hes been in the same amount of work just the type of work has changed. Hes gone from hacking a minimum of 3-4 times a week (long 1.5 hour plus hacks usually fast and varied) and some schooling and jumping to not really jumping at all and being schooled more intensively! Hes now working at ad...