fatties , some inspiration

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angelish

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hi
i was hunting around some pics today and i found these
they are of what was to become my "pony of a life time" when i first got involved with her , she did get laminitis shortly after the first pic was taken and was incredibly lucky not to be pts it took three of us two hours to get her to shuffle out of the field



(please do not rant at me i did not own her at the time) i know she was a welfare case and understand how cruel it was of her former owners to allow her to get to this size
she was eventually given to me but at first her owners had a lot of say in her management , she was initially kept in a starvation paddock to deal with the lami , then began some exercise , once she was sound she was chucked back out into a 15 acre field :eek:

the only change in her management was increased exercise and loads of it and eventually she looked like this :)



i'm hoping that will give some of you struggling with good doers some inspiration and show how important exercise is in getting the weight off
 
Wow, amazing to think that's the same pony. Not only is she slimmer but she just has a happier looking demean our in the second pic.
 
She looks fabulous in the second pic!

how much exercise (per week, for example) was she getting to achieve that? And what sort of exercise was it (schooling or hacking, and how fast etc).


ETA I'm not just being nosy, I'm wondering what it will take to stop Mollie getting fat this summer! :D
 
Wow, what a difference! I have a fatty, he's on muzzles and restricted grazing in the summer, no more fatty, All his life (26 years) he was known by previous owners etc as fat Boy - still gets used ;)
 
thank you :)

FionaM12 said:
She looks fabulous in the second pic!

how much exercise (per week, for example) was she getting to achieve that? And what sort of exercise was it (schooling or hacking, and how fast etc).


ETA I'm not just being nosy, I'm wondering what it will take to stop Mollie getting fat this summer! :D
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she was worked 6 days a week mainly hacking/being led out (she was tricky :o )
when she wasn't ridden i tried to spend as much time playing with her ie plaiting her mane , playing tag :o (it was years ago, i was a lot younger) brushing her and doing NH things like trailer loading practice , anything to keep her of the grass and distracted for as long as poss :)

she used to loose school too


she never got lami again and was a completely different horse with the weight off
she was arab x cob
 
angelish said:
thank you :)



she was worked 6 days a week mainly hacking/being led out (she was tricky :o )
when she wasn't ridden i tried to spend as much time playing with her ie plaiting her mane , playing tag :o (it was years ago, i was a lot younger) brushing her and doing NH things like trailer loading practice , anything to keep her of the grass and distracted for as long as poss :)

she used to loose school too


Woa - what a pop! Looks like a totally different pony. Well done.
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