tangosmum
Well-Known Member
My 3.5 year old has just been backed and is finding it all very exhausting. He is literally being led in hand walking 2 or 3 circuits of the arena with a small jockey on his back. He also is long reined out in walk for 1 mile on a stoney track every other day when not having a jockey sit up on him.
He is exhausted! Bless him.
He is a very good do-er weighs 400-420kg (heavey weight gypsy cob type) but is at a perfect weight according to vets condition score.
He has 6-8kg of soaked hay per day, 8 hours of grazing, and Thunderbrook Pure essentials Balancer (1 mug).
He is a proven LGL case and so any introduction of feeds needs to be as close to zero sugars and very low carbs. Preferably not highly processed too as he is sensitive to chemicals in his diet. Also no lucerne/alf alfa as this can trigger his lami.
Any ideas? Someone on the yard suggested oil? I know nothing about oil in the diet though???
He is exhausted! Bless him.
He is a very good do-er weighs 400-420kg (heavey weight gypsy cob type) but is at a perfect weight according to vets condition score.
He has 6-8kg of soaked hay per day, 8 hours of grazing, and Thunderbrook Pure essentials Balancer (1 mug).
He is a proven LGL case and so any introduction of feeds needs to be as close to zero sugars and very low carbs. Preferably not highly processed too as he is sensitive to chemicals in his diet. Also no lucerne/alf alfa as this can trigger his lami.
Any ideas? Someone on the yard suggested oil? I know nothing about oil in the diet though???