spottybotty
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Completely beautiful Spotty.
Thank you Amymay, very sadley he is f o o ked and is retired. I have the biggest field ornament in Hertfordshire
Completely beautiful Spotty.
Sally is a total poppet!
Thank you Amymay, very sadley he is f o o ked and is retired. I have the biggest field ornament in Hertfordshire
This is K the day after I bought him .He was 5 and 16.3.
and two years ago, he finally stopped growing and is 17.3hh
What part of the country are you in PP??
There are some lovely looking transformations, a credit to you all.
But it baffles me that some people cant distinguish between a blatantly fat horse, and a fit, well muscled horse. No cob should have an 'apple bum', and Laminitis is not contracted just by 'couch potato' horses. That kind of ignorance is what is making the horses of the showing world so grossly overweight.
Have posted these before but here is Izzy.
Obese, unfit, bargy cob, just before I got him on loan - July 2009
Trec orienteering - Summer 2011
Think this is Spring 2012
Endurance October 2012
Hard work but he is in perfect shape now according to the vet and physio. Had some problems with his feet and neck so was only hacked for 8 months last year, but back in tip top form now.
Thank heavens a few of your have a bit of decency and understanding! Thanks for that! And for the person who quoted the saying "cobs are meant to be fat - read again closely - please note that was never said here. At no point have I said that I was happy with his weight in the second picture, in fact I have explained how extremely difficult it is to keep weight off him - but how many of you have sympathised, compared to how many have condoned and accused? Nice! BTW, he was fit (although not as fit as he has been)and has never had lami. The change in him was over a number of years (he has an amazing story but quite frankly I don't feel compelled to share it at the moment). The comments here are exactly what I was talking about in that other thread where that poor girl was told numerous times that her cob was ugly - I didn't ask for a weight critique, I'm neither blind nor stupid, and I think perhaps some members may consider being a little more tactful as they will no doubt be putting people off posting.
Oh & some more wonderful transformations to be seen! I wouldn't dream of picking fault in any of them because i realise you have all posted them here because you are proud of them, and they are all gorgeous.
Pretty, pretty Megibo.
Megibo your second horse is lovely but I think he needs a bit more weight on him in the second photo, it could just be angle of the photo. I have a large boned 15.2hh sect d who weighs in at 645kg which I am sure many would say is gross but spoken to vet and he says he looks fine at the size he is, just a big boy. Cobs do tend to look more 'round' than other breeds but thats no excuse for them to be fat.
Your horse is STUNNING, what a transformationSo many amazing transformations, I started remembering some of the usernames to mention but after 4 pages forgot them So well done everyone!
Here is my before and after
Its not been easy but he's improved so much! when I first got on him at home he leapt off his back legs and kept rearing, I think he was just very upset- I don't have any pictures of that as my family were fearing for my life also could barely jump so he's come a long way in 6 months. however for the past month he's been out of work due to exams and now waiting for his abscess to burst and heal!
Lets see your before and after shots of your horses
It's so rewarding to look back at photos of when I first got him, I hadn't really noticed how much he'd improved until I did