applestroodle
Well-Known Member
Looking for some advice again from you knowledgeable lot
some of you might already know that I have a wee welsh section d mare which I bought at the end of last year. She started off very well, lunging her, saddle bridle riding in the school and hacking out alone and in company, over the last couple of months she seems to be slowly getting worse. Things like not keen on letting me on, jumpy out hacking, just very uncomfortable. She has started rubbing her mane out and not keen to be tied up trying to itch herself on everything. In general just really hard work to even handle.
I bought her from a dealer in Scotland in November had previously spoke to her breeder who had sold her to someone in Birmingham as a yearling so as I live in Scotland she has been well travelled for a 4 year old. I googled her name recently and found she had been sold at sales, so I contacted the sales and found out she was sold by the person who bought her as a yearling to my dealer in Scotland but in the catalogue it said she had sweet itch but able to be controlled with a rug and mask.!! So this I think is explaining her change in behaviour and looking back it seems to have just steadily got worse since march time!! I am annoyed this dealer never told me who had from May time to November when I bought her, so I think was fully aware she had sweet itch. I am sure this case is very common and her rug she was sold with has mysteriously disappeared. : (
I have been lucky as I live in the hills so there is always a slight wind hence why I think it has not been that bad up an till now. Also she lives out 24/7 in an electric fence paddock so nothing to rub on but I would like to make her more comfortable so I can ride her, so what is the best rug to buy and does anyone have any tips on how to control sweet itch? Just reading last weeks horse and hound.
Thanks so much for reading, biccys and tea for you.
Many thanks
some of you might already know that I have a wee welsh section d mare which I bought at the end of last year. She started off very well, lunging her, saddle bridle riding in the school and hacking out alone and in company, over the last couple of months she seems to be slowly getting worse. Things like not keen on letting me on, jumpy out hacking, just very uncomfortable. She has started rubbing her mane out and not keen to be tied up trying to itch herself on everything. In general just really hard work to even handle.
I bought her from a dealer in Scotland in November had previously spoke to her breeder who had sold her to someone in Birmingham as a yearling so as I live in Scotland she has been well travelled for a 4 year old. I googled her name recently and found she had been sold at sales, so I contacted the sales and found out she was sold by the person who bought her as a yearling to my dealer in Scotland but in the catalogue it said she had sweet itch but able to be controlled with a rug and mask.!! So this I think is explaining her change in behaviour and looking back it seems to have just steadily got worse since march time!! I am annoyed this dealer never told me who had from May time to November when I bought her, so I think was fully aware she had sweet itch. I am sure this case is very common and her rug she was sold with has mysteriously disappeared. : (
I have been lucky as I live in the hills so there is always a slight wind hence why I think it has not been that bad up an till now. Also she lives out 24/7 in an electric fence paddock so nothing to rub on but I would like to make her more comfortable so I can ride her, so what is the best rug to buy and does anyone have any tips on how to control sweet itch? Just reading last weeks horse and hound.
Thanks so much for reading, biccys and tea for you.
Many thanks