Barefoot diet Question

[pistolpete]

Horse eating Pro Hoof, speedi-beet linseed and garlic/mint nicely and on soaked hay. Off to Rockley on Sunday Eeeekkk! Two questions:
Do any of you give treats? Is he allowed carrots/apples low sugar shop bought treats?
Also:
What the heck am I going to do if he is away until March next year????

 

[Buddy'sMum]

Horse eating Pro Hoof, speedi-beet linseed and garlic/mint nicely and on soaked hay. Off to Rockley on Sunday Eeeekkk! Two questions:
Do any of you give treats? Is he allowed carrots/apples low sugar shop bought treats?

Mine get the odd carrot or apple and sometimes a Codlivine crunchie or two (and my old lad has a passion for hot and spicy Monster Munch so we share a bag sometimes..lol). As long as you don't go mad you'll do no harm.

Also:
What the heck am I going to do if he is away until March next year????

Buy another one??

 

[pistolpete]

You're naughty! What a great idea!

 

[pistolpete]

No one gives treats???

 

[toomanyhorses26]

mine gets the odd carrot or mint but I try not too more as he has been a nippy git in the past and don't want him going back that way

 

[LittleBlackMule]

I give treats all the time, mainly because I like teaching my (barefoot, rather tubby) filly tricks. She gets small slices of carrot most of the time, and for really clever stuff I give these, she goes potty for them:

http://drdstastytreats.com/

They are home made by someone on this forum.

 

[Oberon]

I give mine all the normal treats (plus brazil nuts) with no issues. I never go down the field without something in my pocket

I have a friend with a barefoot rehab (ISH doing dressage) who cannot tolerate even one carrot - but this manifests as behaviour rather than hoof pain.

 

[xgemmax]

He has shop bought treats sometimes, mainly when I'm teaching him to stand still at the mounting block

 

[Brightbay]

Loads of treats He thinks they're fab! I haven't told him that High Fibre Cubes (fed two at a time) are not, in fact, treats and so far he hasn't worked it out for himself

 

[McCauley]

My boy gets sugar free polos and the odd apple or tangerine when the fruit box has these left over at the end of a week! It seems to do him no harm at all and he adores his little treats as everything else he consumes is strictly EMS diet related...

Oh and he's very partial to liquorice too when i buy a bag!...he loves liquorice!!

 

[NellRosk]

I give my mare bananas, she goes absolutely crackers for them! She can smell when I have on and pulls this bizarre banana face until I've peeled it for her then she eats it in one bite!

 

[catkin]

Loads of treats He thinks they're fab! I haven't told him that High Fibre Cubes (fed two at a time) are not, in fact, treats and so far he hasn't worked it out for himself

my ponies used to be like this............

then they were bought a bag of Herball treats last Christmas. Now nothing else will do!!!!!!!!!!

 

[magicmoose]

D&H Equibites. I buy the 10kg bag and they keep the Moose happy for ages.