Recent content by Tobes

Also, how do I know which pommel insert is in there now? I think it's the wide one, but will there be a mark on it or something so I can be sure?

Thank you, I will double check the pommel insert tonight. If it's correct then I'll have a go at shimming the front. I think Barefoot do replacement shims, but I don't think the regular pad has pockets, so I would have to attach them some other way?

So the extra shimming needs to go in between the saddle and the Barefoot pad. How do you go about 'building it up' then? I think we are using the right pommel, it's the wide one. We took it out and held it on his withers, it looked like it lay pretty well.

Good idea. Would it hurt to get shims and attach them to the current barefoot pad, to raise the front of it a bit?

Thanks for your reply. It's the normal Barefoot pad she has got, not the physio one. From looking at the physio one online, it doesn't look as though you can shim the front more than the back? Although I might be wrong. Would a wither pad or equivalent work in addition to the Barefoot pad...

My daughter has just purchased a Barefoot Cheyenne which she is planning to use for her old pony when she takes him out hacking. The pony has definitely lost a little muscle over his back as he's got older, more so around the withers. He is also a little croup high, always has been. Daughter...

You need to sit down and have a conversation with them. Your expectations may be completely different to theirs. At any point have you actually told them that they need to do all these things themselves? A lot of DIY yards will manage things like hay and feed. Perhaps their old yard did and...

Yes, what you've done....contacting the company in Ireland!

It wasn't on purpose. Just an observation.

Gawd you lot are easy to wind up!

Brilliant!

If he doesn't like chaff then don't give him chaff!

I'd send the loan back to it's owners and get a smaller companion

I wouldn't have put pig oil and sulphur on until his skin had healed

Horses don't need heavyweight rugs