getting excess fat of shoulders

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pinkgirl

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i have a section B in hand show mare and she always puts weight on on her shoulders. how do i get this off and maintain a good weight without it going on shoulders.
 
Like us, I don't think you can target a specific area. Otherwise I would have a smaller bum..lol

So I would go ahead with AmyMay's suggestion.x
 
thing is pony looks good everywhere else,not grossly fat or anything. i had thought was if there a way to sweat fat of specific area
 
Horses all store fat in different places, if the pony is storing too much fat, it is not healthy and needs diet and exercise. Taking a condition score will help - score the neck and shoulders, barrel and rump separately and then work out the average score to give the overall BCS. This will help to show whether or not the pony is overweight.
 
Are you talking about a pocket of fat behind the shoulder almost?? As most welshies have that. I have a Sec D x WB and she has those, yet is in fab condition. No fat on her but still has that.

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she is just very loaded on shoulders.this 6 year old mare has spent her whole days in field doing nothing,being grossly overweight.
i got her and took her weight right back and now have had been getting her into show condition but have this problem.
had thought about lunging her but have no school and i feel ground conditions are way to hard to lunge with having had no amount of rain for ages.
 
pinkgirl said:
she is just very loaded on shoulders.this 6 year old mare has spent her whole days in field doing nothing,being grossly overweight.
i got her and took her weight right back and now have had been getting her into show condition but have this problem.
had thought about lunging her but have no school and i feel ground conditions are way to hard to lunge with having had no amount of rain for ages.
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Chances are then that she is still overweight - however, it would probably be unfair to say definately, without seeing a picture.

Personally I'd just ride the socks off her.
 
Long steady roadwork at a marching pace, up and down hills if you can so you can turn it into muscle instead. Schooling or lunging just don't seem to be as efficient as old fashioned roadwork for getting rid of flab IME.
 
I know exactly what you mean about the "pocket" of fat on the shoulders. My 5 year ISH had it when I got him. He was pretty light and unmuscled when he arrived and it was only at the end of the hunting season after hunting 2 day s week all season that it had gone. I thought of it as puppy fat. It was a pain because it didn't help saddle fit!!
 
That's exactly where my arab cross stores his spare tyre too! It's actually quite helpful as I'm able to very easily see if he's putting on weight. All I can say is that if she still has a fat pad then she is still a little overweight. For my boy it's the last place the fat disappears from. Exercise and diet is the only answer. I give my boy hay in a very small holed net to slow him down, otherwise the hay disappears in 30 mins flat. His field is also quite sparse. Also, is she living out and are you still rugging her overnight?
 
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