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Old Diary shop itself closed down last Monday :-( They only do internet now. I find that I save this kind of shopping for things like Burghley or Badminton where you can go round and pick and choose. Not a very helpful comment as you've got to wait til May at the earliest now !!

My horse had ulcers. I did a lot of research and attended Dr Kerry Ridgway (American vet/expert on ulcers) 5 day clinic. Basically, gastro guard or other omazerpole medications only deal with stomach ulcers. Most ulcers are also hind gut. Call Equine Science - they produce a natural remedy that...

Same as Booandellie: horse had ulcers, paid out promptly etc, then been informed the whole of the digestive system ie from mouth to bum is excluded. I find this very harsh and will also raise it with them. Vet is prepared to support too. So if you do go them OP then I would be very selective of...

A landowner cannot change the surface of a bridleway without prior permission from the Council. And yes, someone wrote that they would have to get consultation from user groups before going ahead. OP have BHS bridleway officers in your area been contacted (I'm one for N Wilts)? Also the RoW...

They've been brilliant with me and and my first horse. He died of EGS after ten months of owning him :( so they coughed up over 3,000 vet/hospital/death plus his original sale price of 5,000. Can't fault that at all. This time round new horse got colic/ulcers and now have stopped any gut issues...

Whoops, sorry. Didn't realise that. What a shame, as with most things, what works for one doesn't necessarily work for another.

My horse has had ulcers. I did a lot of research and decided not to use gastro guard - it helps elevate the symptoms but doesn't fix the problem and also, it doesn't deal with hind gut ulcers and these can't be detected by scoping. A lot of users of GG are in your position OP where it seems to...

Done - but got a bit confused! There was a question about 'after initial treatment did you euthanise' - for me 'initial treatment' was when vet arrived at yard - I then took him to hospital, he was operated on, but it was decided after that to PTS. I have written that in the last bit. Sorry if...

Google Klaus Schoneich. I went to a clinic of his and it was amazing to see the transformation in my horse through correct lungeing. There are some clinics coming up I believe. There's also a very good book called Schooling exercises in hand by Oliver Hilberger.

I use AF; my first horse died after ten months - EGS. Got full vets, hospitalisation and full price of horse. Over £8k in total. All done and dusted within four weeks. Got second horse. He got colic and then I got him scoped for ulcers. They paid for ulcers (didn't claim for colic). Then on my...

Hi there Just to add, I used GastroPlus - and not GG as I had heard that once treatment has been finished, back they come because as I'm sure you know, GG can't treat HGU. After his GastroPlus treatment I have put him Eugsin maintenance as I believe (rightly or wrongly!) that he will always...

My horse tries to nip me when I rug and its not just one attempt but all the time whilst putting the rug on - I've rugged him twice at the moment, both for selfish reasons - taking him to clinics the following day and not wanting him to get dirty. He's not a native but a sports horse and I...

They don't need to have a myriad of symptoms for ulcers as each horses responds individually. The only other symptom my boy had was when I mounted he would take a step forward. He doesn't do that now and I've not done any training with him on that issue. It was these, plus a mild colic episode...

Look up Klaus Schoneich - he has written a book called 'Straightening the crooked horse'. In his experience, all horses are either right or left limb dominant and find things harder therefore on their dominant rein. He has devised a system to correct and encourage 'straightness'. Its hard work...

Hi - please don't think this is bad behaviour, you pone is telling you something and in my experience, it could well be ulcers. I had the same, quite a strong reaction to being saddled and girthed even though I'd do everything gently. I went down the vet/scoping route but didn't use the vet...