It's Been A While, Hows she Looking?

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So, it's been a little while since i made the post showing how much weight Lady has put on :)
Just thought id post recent photos of her, so how is she looking?

Nibbling on the remaining blades of grass that exist in my field :D
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Popping over a little jump :)
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Please be nice, just want to know if shes looking healthy? :)
 
She looks much better, perhaps still a little slender - her backbone seems a little prominent but that may just be her age and the way she has her head down. You might need to be aware of this as the weather gets chillier, as you will need to be extra vigilent to make sure she doesn't drop weight.

How are your winter preparations going?
 
She is looking tons better from the 1st pics you posted ... I haven't seen any interim ones, so going of those :).

At least this year, she'll be where she needs to be to go into winter and you'll have a better chance of maintaining her weight/condition.

Good on you :).
 
Much better, maybe a little skinny but she's not a young horse so it might just be that :) you've done a really good job with her x
 
I think that she looks rather lean especially across her back. I know she is old but if she was mine I would feeding her in preparation for the winter months when she drops off.
 
Spudlet said:
How are your winter preparations going?
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Im looking for another rug for her so she will be double rugged throughout the winter and thinking about getting big round bales of hay, because after the weather this year (no grass last winter, then this years grass being scorched to oblivion) i highly doubt this winter will be much better tbh :/ so thinking ad lib hay :D
 
Be careful when rugging her, we had a few broodies that turned up this year (they are 17+ in age) that their owner had lovingly rugged up but had not checked under the rug every day and they were v. skinny. Our lot were stabled so unrugged and looked better. Not saying don't rug, just monitor her weight carefully as a rug can hide a multitude of sins. She looks better than before so I hope you are pumping the feed into her now, especially since the grass is not that special even with the rain. Is she going to be stabled or have access to an area where you can check that she gets her ration of feed without the others stressing her out or nicking it?
 
Aren't you doing well. You are such a mature young girl and I admire your pluck to be honest. You've taken slot of flack on this forum and have dealt with it really well.

I thinkshe looks great, well done!
 
Laafet said:
Be careful when rugging her, we had a few broodies that turned up this year (they are 17+ in age) that their owner had lovingly rugged up but had not checked under the rug every day and they were v. skinny. Our lot were stabled so unrugged and looked better. Not saying don't rug, just monitor her weight carefully as a rug can hide a multitude of sins. She looks better than before so I hope you are pumping the feed into her now, especially since the grass is not that special even with the rain. Is she going to be stabled or have access to an area where you can check that she gets her ration of feed without the others stressing her out or nicking it?
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Yeah good point, thanks for reminding me :) well, right now we havent got any stables (last year a drunk driver crashed through our fencing, into our field and demolished our shelter) we found out the YO have been given the insurance money for it, we've emailed, phoned, wrote letter and everything else you could think of but we can never get hold of them and they wont do anything about it! hoping they will give us 2 new stables but its not looking good right now :/
im hoping we can seperate the field into two sections (put the fatties one side then the two that need to be kept an eye on in the other side) then prob get a big round bale in ladys side, but need to talk about it with the field sharers....And currrently when shes being fed i stand with her till shes finished.
 
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She looks under muscled on her top line, particually the loin area. I think that a little more fat would be good but mostly she needs muscle. It's fab that she is still ridden because lots of walking is the best way to build up muscle. You will need to increase her feed (and protein) as needed, to put the muscle on without her getting skinny.

It's wonderful to see an old horse with a caring owner. :)

This blog has some useful tips for older horses.

http://fuglyblog.com/?p=1124

Good luck! :D
 
Faracat said:
She looks under muscled on her top line, particually the loin area. I think that a little more fat would be good but mostly she needs muscle. It's fab that she is still ridden because lots of walking is the best way to build up muscle. You will need to increase her feed (and protein) as needed, to put the muscle on without her getting skinny.

It's wonderful to see an old horse with a caring owner. :)

This blog has some useful tips for older horses.

http://fuglyblog.com/?p=1124

Good luck! :D
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Aww thank you :) x
 
She is looking SO much better well done you :D:D

If you want a nice warm winter rug I just got Lord a JHL heavyweight turnout and it's nice and thick incl the neck :) and was V reasonably priced on equestrian clearance. Also with regards to winter prep have you thought about putting her on haylage as it is a bit easier to get hold of (for some bizarre reason!)
 
boogles said:
She is looking SO much better well done you :D:D

If you want a nice warm winter rug I just got Lord a JHL heavyweight turnout and it's nice and thick incl the neck :) and was V reasonably priced on equestrian clearance. Also with regards to winter prep have you thought about putting her on haylage as it is a bit easier to get hold of (for some bizarre reason!)
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Oh thanks, ill have a look :)
and no i havent thought about that, but ill look into it! :)
 
I'd go for multiplelayer rugs personally too, Have a nice MW/HW rug with a detatchable neck and a couple of various rugs underneathe that :) More heat in layers I find and then on the milder days you can alter them round to suit too :)
 
I would advise you start feeding her sooner than later, you dont seem to have any grass at the moment and an old TB needs a lot of feeding, especially as she will be out all winter.
 
Jaydey, are you feeding her anything at the moment? You say she is old, how old is she?
She is looking a lot better though :)
 
Hi, can't see your latest pictures as I'm at work but just thought I'd share a small rug tip!!

I hate the thought of paying a small fortune on new rugs but I like to have the best. What I do is go down the local tack auctions and buy second hand rugs.

This weekend I got a horseware rambo full neck heavyweight in great condition for £22!!!!!!!!!

My two tb's are fairly poor doers but looked amazing last year on calm and condition and haylage.

Good luck with it all
 
Wimbles said:
Hi, can't see your latest pictures as I'm at work but just thought I'd share a small rug tip!!

I hate the thought of paying a small fortune on new rugs but I like to have the best. What I do is go down the local tack auctions and buy second hand rugs.

This weekend I got a horseware rambo full neck heavyweight in great condition for £22!!!!!!!!!

My two tb's are fairly poor doers but looked amazing last year on calm and condition and haylage.

Good luck with it all
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OMG are you serious?!?!?! i will DEFINATELY consider that, ill let my mum know :D
 
JadeyyAndLadyy said:
Yes, she is fed morning and evening on Dodsen&horrell Build up cubes, sugabeet, alfa A oil, with oil and garlic :)
and shes 19 years old.
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If you are short on grazing i would consider feeding hay/hayledge now as well :) . A lot of people have had to because of their lack of grass.
 
Fii said:
If you are short on grazing i would consider feeding hay/hayledge now as well :) . A lot of people have had to because of their lack of grass.
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Sorry forgot to add she is also on hay too we put some out whenever we leave the field :)
we scatter it round so they have to kind of move around looking for it so it takes longer for them to eat it instead of gobbling it down in one go
 
Sectioning off the field sounds like a great idea as she probably won't be able to fight for her share, bless her. Also, make sure there is always one more pile of forage than horses (sorry if that's teaching you to suck eggs!):)

In all honesty she will need some kind of shelter from the wind and rain if you can swing it, does your field have good thick hedges? Natural shelter like this can help a lot. Otherwise keep badgering the YO, even a windbreak will help.

There are some ideas on how to make one here http://www.equine-world.co.uk/horse-forums/showthread.php?t=3399 and here http://www.equine-ideas.co.uk/field-shelter.html

ETA here too! http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=199417
 
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Spudlet said:
Sectioning off the field sounds like a great idea as she probably won't be able to fight for her share, bless her. Also, make sure there is always one more pile of forage than horses (sorry if that's teaching you to suck eggs!):)

In all honesty she will need some kind of shelter from the wind and rain if you can swing it, does your field have good thick hedges? Natural shelter like this can help a lot. Otherwise keep badgering the YO, even a windbreak will help.

There are some ideas on how to make one here http://www.equine-world.co.uk/horse-forums/showthread.php?t=3399 and here http://www.equine-ideas.co.uk/field-shelter.html
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thats just an assumption though, Lady will very happily share food/hay with the two geldings but will often bully the other mare.
and yes we do have trees which hang over the fencing and some bushes at the bottom of the field but these are often bare in the winter :(
 
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