splashnutti1
Well-Known Member
So my 4 year old cob has an injury which means he will be off full work for at least 3 months. He will depending on how he is be able to do some light ground work after 4 weeks and physio will give me some exercises for him to do.
However 2 weeks in and he is completely bored ( he is the sort of horse who needs to keep his brain active) he loves his work, i have been fetching him in spending time with him grooming him but has anyone any other ideas of anything i can do to engage and tire his brain without putting stress on his bad leg.
thing is he isnt usually the type to hoon around but lately has had the odd crazy day and its not good for him to be running around as it aggrivates his injury, i think the running around is due to boredom. he is best out with his injury so cant fetch him in. he is on a starvation paddock in the day with soaked hay and then a small amount of grass at night.
He went from being ridden 6 days a week to field rest bless him.
he is now of the bute and sound in walk just got to wait for healing.
Any ideas welcome
However 2 weeks in and he is completely bored ( he is the sort of horse who needs to keep his brain active) he loves his work, i have been fetching him in spending time with him grooming him but has anyone any other ideas of anything i can do to engage and tire his brain without putting stress on his bad leg.
thing is he isnt usually the type to hoon around but lately has had the odd crazy day and its not good for him to be running around as it aggrivates his injury, i think the running around is due to boredom. he is best out with his injury so cant fetch him in. he is on a starvation paddock in the day with soaked hay and then a small amount of grass at night.
He went from being ridden 6 days a week to field rest bless him.
he is now of the bute and sound in walk just got to wait for healing.
Any ideas welcome