chunkytfg
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We have been having an issue with our new 15hh ISH.
He seems to trip ocasionally when trotting both when hacking and when being schooled(although less often).
Background.
Now at 4yo He still has some growing to do we think as he is bum high so we have pretty much put it down to him being young and finding his feet. I'm half inclined to agree but the other half is not sure.
When he was vetted the vet picked up on a splint on his front right foot which is the one he seems to trip on. The vet at the vetting told us it is not an issue and wouldnt casue us any probs.
Now when the daughter rides him he trips once in a blue moon but more so for my OH. daughter is about 6st and OH is about 11.5st. Now with OH being a very nervous rider when we hacked bud out to try him she didnt do anything but walk so the tripping never showed itself and my daughter did all 3 paces and never had a problem as she doesnt now.
Even in the winter with the dark evening i guess he is getting ridden 2-3 times a week during the week and then a longer ride at the weekends each day but none of it is particularily strenuous as like i have said the OH is still finding her feet back on a horse so to speak.
He is turned out with our very good dooer spony who is strip grazed. he is very protective of his grass so we think bud isnt getting much grazing done on the fresh grass and as such we compensate by ginving him big haynets in his stable overnight.
He came to us unfit and overweight-ish so we accept that his lack of fitness could be the answer.
Also when we had buds saddle fitted the shop who fitted it mentioned he had a lttle bit of muscle wastage on his right side so he need to be schooled left more than right to try and build him back up evenly. I have no idea if this is the case as she is the first person to mention it but it doesn alsmost seem pausible that this could also bee the case as it fits in with the right front foot tripping?
Following so far?
Now on top of that our little ponio only gets the bare minimum hard feed at night of a handful of happy hoof and a handful of bran which is pretty much a follow on from our old yard where we had to feed him something as the yo's horses got fed and ponio went mental if he didnt. Now we have bud he is basically getting the same as ponio but more like half a scoop of each because he is bigger! Now i gather happy hoof is a low cal diet food for horses prone to laminitis hence our pony got it as it was a case of it was the least cal food we could give him to satify the old YO that we were fedding him something.
I'm guessing for a young growing ISH this is probably not the right thing to feed him(although i doubt it is doing any harm) as it has the calorific/nuetricous value of cardboard. Is there somewhere i can look online to get a guide as to what to feed him?
We have also had our back person out so he is sound in that sense aswell.
What say the great HHO collective then?
He seems to trip ocasionally when trotting both when hacking and when being schooled(although less often).
Background.
Now at 4yo He still has some growing to do we think as he is bum high so we have pretty much put it down to him being young and finding his feet. I'm half inclined to agree but the other half is not sure.
When he was vetted the vet picked up on a splint on his front right foot which is the one he seems to trip on. The vet at the vetting told us it is not an issue and wouldnt casue us any probs.
Now when the daughter rides him he trips once in a blue moon but more so for my OH. daughter is about 6st and OH is about 11.5st. Now with OH being a very nervous rider when we hacked bud out to try him she didnt do anything but walk so the tripping never showed itself and my daughter did all 3 paces and never had a problem as she doesnt now.
Even in the winter with the dark evening i guess he is getting ridden 2-3 times a week during the week and then a longer ride at the weekends each day but none of it is particularily strenuous as like i have said the OH is still finding her feet back on a horse so to speak.
He is turned out with our very good dooer spony who is strip grazed. he is very protective of his grass so we think bud isnt getting much grazing done on the fresh grass and as such we compensate by ginving him big haynets in his stable overnight.
He came to us unfit and overweight-ish so we accept that his lack of fitness could be the answer.
Also when we had buds saddle fitted the shop who fitted it mentioned he had a lttle bit of muscle wastage on his right side so he need to be schooled left more than right to try and build him back up evenly. I have no idea if this is the case as she is the first person to mention it but it doesn alsmost seem pausible that this could also bee the case as it fits in with the right front foot tripping?
Following so far?
Now on top of that our little ponio only gets the bare minimum hard feed at night of a handful of happy hoof and a handful of bran which is pretty much a follow on from our old yard where we had to feed him something as the yo's horses got fed and ponio went mental if he didnt. Now we have bud he is basically getting the same as ponio but more like half a scoop of each because he is bigger! Now i gather happy hoof is a low cal diet food for horses prone to laminitis hence our pony got it as it was a case of it was the least cal food we could give him to satify the old YO that we were fedding him something.
I'm guessing for a young growing ISH this is probably not the right thing to feed him(although i doubt it is doing any harm) as it has the calorific/nuetricous value of cardboard. Is there somewhere i can look online to get a guide as to what to feed him?
We have also had our back person out so he is sound in that sense aswell.
What say the great HHO collective then?