Petalpoos
Well-Known Member
I put the weigh tape round my haffie today and was horrified to see she has put on 40kg over the last 4 weeks and is now 80kg overweight - despite having a greenguard on all day when she's out and only 3 sections of hay at night when she is stabled. The grass is still growing here, but if I put her in a starvie paddock it will become a mud hole once the rains start. In desperation, I have just given her a chaser clip and intend to leave her without rugs to see if that will help. I am also going to soak her hay. Unfortunately she is a companion horse and I don't have time to ride her as well as my other one, but she is seriously fat, much worse than previous years, I think because the grass has not stopped growing. It was 17C today!
Has anyone else had any success with clipping an overweight horse and leaving it naked? Am I being very unkind in clipping her and leaving her out with no rugs (and i intend to leave her with no rugs all winter)?
Has anyone else had any success with clipping an overweight horse and leaving it naked? Am I being very unkind in clipping her and leaving her out with no rugs (and i intend to leave her with no rugs all winter)?