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    Mystery Lameness (also in vet).

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    Mystery Lameness (also in vet).

    Last winter my horse went lame in the middle of competition season. He was mainly lame in walk on his near hind. At the time I got the vet and physio out and they thought he may have slipped over or something. Vet advised to walk him out in hand 3 x a day and 1 x bute a day, which I did and...
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    Miscanthus/elephant grass bedding - anyone used it?

    I used it on my old yard and I really liked it. I definitely prefered it to shavings and found it to be more absorbent. I got through 2 bags each week of it. Would def recommend it too.
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    Haybars - worth buying?

    I bought one earlier this year and I love it! My horse used to drag his hay into his bed and make an absolute mess with it and waste half of it, now he eats it over his haybar in the corner and doesn't waste any. It seems to be fairly indestructible too! I quite like it also because of its...
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    How to keep your horse focused when schooling?

    Do you always end up doing the same routine? Also, how often do you school her? Have you tried mixing up the schooling with some hacking, lungeing or maybe some in-hand schooling? When you're schooling try to mix up your routine, try to do lots of transitions and changes of pace within a...
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    Unidentified Lameness

    Last year my horse went lame in the middle of competition season. He was mainly lame in walk on his near hind. At the time I got the vet and physio out and they thought he might have slipped over the in the stable. They said to walk him out in hand 3 x a day and 1 x bute a day, which I did...
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