Anyone else really struggling?

[Follysmum]

I’m really struggling with one of my oldies this week. He persists on lying down in the muddiest part of the field each morning .

He has dry areas under the trees but no never lies there . Each morning he is down and he can get up on the second attempt . He does make a meal out of just rolling around like a whale when he sees me .

He is absolutely sodden in mud and having to change rugs each day . I’m so fed up now of the weather

 

[Vodkagirly]

Its not just the feet. Some of my tack is looking worse for wear after being soaked on every ride. Trying to get it dry in an unheated tack room to condition before the next soaking

 

[Kirstd33]

I’ve just been out for a 3 hour hack and whilst it was much needed for mental health reasons, it’s just such a trial to get the horses in, take their 50 stone sodden rugs off, hose legs, groom (only where tack touches) wrestle wet hoofs into hoof boots, then grapple with straps in gloves, tack up, then cover everyone on Hi vis and waterproofs and finally get on. Then today I had to jump off at one point to get seasoned endurance pony past a quad (unbelievable) but then couldnt jump back on his diminutive 14.1 as I normally do from the ground as I was so layered up in waterproofs that I was sweating!

 

[estela]

If it helps, my trimmer says she hasn't seen any feet that have been particularly affected by the wet, muddy conditions so far, other than the odd bit of mild thrush.

That's interesting. Would have thought more would be prone to abscesses. Good news!

 

[lynz88]

That's interesting. Would have thought more would be prone to abscesses. Good news!

I think wet/dry cycles tend to bring on more abscesses. At least that has been my experience. It has just been wet....no sign of dry in sight atm either