CC Please - Any Difference?

[becky_bongoose]

Hello

Just wondering if you could give me CC on my mare. She has been on a diet as I let her get quite chubby (she is my first horse so was a bit clueless ) and I am hoping you will be able to see improvement? And if theres any other CC please feel free to add. Shes 19 and still ridden most days etc.

Thank you

Before


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Not me riding -


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After


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[shannonandtay]

She looks a lot slimmer in the last pics, much healthier. What changes did you make? Do you know how much she lost on a weight tape?

 

[brigit]

she looks much better

 

[JFTDWS]

Better, but could lose more happily in my opinion...

 

[3Beasties]

Better, but could lose more happily in my opinion...

This

 

[Tonks]

Hummm.....has she had a foal? This may be a possibility in my opinion.

If so, she may 'appear' to carry additional weight in her belly, but what you're actually seeing is slack abdominal muscles [and a redistribution of fat], which no amount of weight loss will correct, in my experience.

Personally, in the last photo - I think she's looking pretty good for an 18 year old but you can see she's lacking in topline and has a 'dropped' belly where muscles are slack.

Research tells us that most animals are much healthier underweight than overweight - is she prone to laminitis? Otherwise, I think she looks pretty good - in last photo.

 

[becky_bongoose]

hello!

thanks for reply

yes Tonks she had foal year before last before I bought her so does have a bit of a foal belly!

shes at 438 on weigh tape and has lost 35-40, has gone from haylage to soaked hay and one scope of Pure Working once a day for supplements etc. and work load has upped now I have instructor which keeps her active and interested. We will keep working on her topline to see if we can improve her foal belly and if poss lose a bit more before the summer grass thanks xx