Imagine riding this beast!

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Awful! Similar to the comtois someone noticed last week:
http://dragondriving.co.uk/search.php?k=comtois&area[]=North+West&t=all&p=0&h=0&s=L&search=Search

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What on earth are they feeding these horses?

Makes a difference to see obesity rather than the other end of the scale.:(
 
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I have honestly never ever seen 2 fatter horses!! Just as cruel IMO as skinny ones. Seriously though what are they eating, Other horses???!! :(
 
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If someone better at condition scoring than me/in the local area would like to I'd suggest contacting the BHS. They do specifically mention overweight animals as being something they will deal with
http://www.bhs.org.uk/Horse_Care/BHS_Welfare/Reporting_a_concern.aspx

Hopefully the comtois will get sold to a better home but the breeders with the hideously overweight cobs clearly need some advice.

Have a hideously busy few days ahead but will do my best to make sure I contact the BHS if no one else does over the weekend.
 
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OMG he is massive i'm surprised he's not laminitic poor thing. :(

I honestly think the owner's should be reported to the RSPCA how would they like to be that obese?! Poor poor horses there are some sick people in this world. :(
 
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no excuse :( sure natives are good doers, but my pony is a very good doer and a low calorie but high supplemented diet ensures she has a shines and is bright in herself whilst being fit in her healthy range! I understand the pain of keeping weight off but...

WTF ARE THEY FEEDING THOSE?!
 
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The sad thing is. I was actually interested in the coloured foal. However on clicking through the sire and dam pics I've changed my mind as I was worried what health issues were hiding behind the fat/if they couldnt see how fat that stallion was would they really be breeding good stock/know what they are doing?

I'll look elsewhere.
 
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wow at those photo, haven't seen horses so huge.

killing with kindness im guessing. lots of green grass/treats and dinners.
 
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These animals all now being visited by welfare orgs - and it wasn't even me that reported. Let's hope something improves...
 
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rhino said:
Awful! Similar to the comtois someone noticed last week:
http://dragondriving.co.uk/search.php?k=comtois&area[]=North+West&t=all&p=0&h=0&s=L&search=Search

horse28521-4.jpg


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I would not usually think taking a picture off the internet and posting on here is a good idea but that is just ridiculous, cruel and a huge danger to the horse's health. Even Fany was not that fat when we bought her and the vet who did her vetting said she was clinically obese! That said if you had seen her then you would have condemned us, although we had just bought her. WHW left us a dvd when they visited our YO's rescue horse, even though she explained Fany had just arrived. My point being the lady on the Comtois may not be responsible for the horse's weight. Plus, as one who has been through it, it is extremely hard to get weight off these proper heavy horses. Fany is only on haylage and is retaining weight, not putting on or losing, in this cold weather. She is extremely hard to shift weight from and it was only this July that we finally got full approval from the vet for her weight, that is 2 years to slim her down.

FDC
 
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charleysummer said:
no excuse :( sure natives are good doers, but my pony is a very good doer and a low calorie but high supplemented diet ensures she has a shines and is bright in herself whilst being fit in her healthy range! I understand the pain of keeping weight off but...

WTF ARE THEY FEEDING THOSE?!
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This is Fany on haylage and a mineral lick
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These are not natives, they are the true heavy horses, the continental ones without the addition of TB like the Shires and Clydesdales, they are shorted, Fany is 14-2hh, and much stockier than any breeds native to this country.

ETA- I am not in anyway condoning the state of the Comtois, just saying that these are true heavy horses, true good doers and it is bl**dy hard work getting weight off them. Also saddle used is a Wintec xwide as some one was asking about saddles for the heavy horses.
FDC
 
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I took a horse on loan that was obese, he came with a sheepskin saddle pad with stirrups so that I could try and ride him. I have arthritus in my hips and this made it agony to ride so he had to go back. We kept him excersized and on low cal diet and they didnt recognise him when I took him back, shame that he had to go back to the same environment but I believe he got sold soon afterwards.
 
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