hadleigh
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Finally plucked up thecourage to reveal all!! We are both on strict diets although I did put away half a bottle of wine with lunch today. Well we did have guests!!
Pics of very fat horse
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JaneMBE
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He looks gigantic! How big is he?
A tad overweight, but he looks lovely!
A tad overweight, but he looks lovely!
hadleigh
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He's 16.3hh but does look large. He was on his best behaviour today which made a nice change. Maybe I was more relaxed after the wine!!!
josephinebutter2
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oh dear - who ate all the pies!
Looks like he should be watching his waistline more than you!
I always find I ride better when I'm half cut too - or perhaps I just think I do he he
He does look georgous though!
Looks like he should be watching his waistline more than you!
I always find I ride better when I'm half cut too - or perhaps I just think I do he he
He does look georgous though!
Box_Of_Frogs
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He's stunning. And you both look happy and enjoying each other's compnay so what the heck???
Theresa_F
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Lovely looking chap and I would say fat rather than very fat.
Certainly a reduction in size would be a good idea. Big chaps are best kept more lean and mean for their joints. Cairo is a lot better for keeping the weight down in terms of his agility and stamina, even more so as he has got older and the usual heavy horse joint problems.
Have seen a lot worse in the show ring at the top end of the line.
Certainly a reduction in size would be a good idea. Big chaps are best kept more lean and mean for their joints. Cairo is a lot better for keeping the weight down in terms of his agility and stamina, even more so as he has got older and the usual heavy horse joint problems.
Have seen a lot worse in the show ring at the top end of the line.
jesterfaerie
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He's stunning. And you both look happy and enjoying each other's compnay so what the heck???
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I have to disagree with this comment, yes enjoying each others company is a very important factor but surley the horses health is more important than that?
He's stunning. And you both look happy and enjoying each other's compnay so what the heck???
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I have to disagree with this comment, yes enjoying each others company is a very important factor but surley the horses health is more important than that?
hadleigh
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What!!!??? You don't think he's stunning!!! He is on a very strict diet honest. He was looking better and then I was away for a week and although he was still on a limited time out at grass and resrticted feed he wasn't worked. Result big fat belly after 8 days!!!
rcm_73
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Well I think he looks a lovely chap and not horrendously overweight...I'd rather see a horse like that than skin and bone (lookout for my gelding's before and after pics...coming 2this forum soon!!) I know the feeling though, I have a very gluttonous TB mare who has piled on the pounds this spring and is now suffering at the hands of a grazing mask..at least your boy has the bone to support some extra weight...unlike my mare...!
AmyMay
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I think he is absolutely lovely - but do agree that he is terribly overweight.
Difficult one as you say that he is such a good doer. But can you turn him out into a bare paddock and feed handfulls of hay throughout the day? Rather than have him on any kind of grazing.
Difficult one as you say that he is such a good doer. But can you turn him out into a bare paddock and feed handfulls of hay throughout the day? Rather than have him on any kind of grazing.
hadleigh
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Nope. Have posted before on the problems with this fella. If he's not happy with the turnout he just jumps out and the track he jumps out onto has a road at either end. So far I've found him before he made it that far but ain't pushing my luck!! So he goes aout for 2 or 3 hours a day, has his hay soaked for 3 years before I feed it and a miniscule feed to mix his supplements in. Oh and we are exercising 'til we drop. As you can see we could both do with losing a stone or two!!!
AmyMay
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Ah bless. Having lived with a fatty I do know how difficult it can be.
Do you have some decent hacking by you??? I'd be inclined to walk, walk and walk some more for up to two hours a day. That should help.
Do you have some decent hacking by you??? I'd be inclined to walk, walk and walk some more for up to two hours a day. That should help.
Chex
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*steals thread for a minute*
Do you think walking will lose weight quicker than faster exercise then? I've been wondering if I'm wasting my time going for long walks with Chex, it would be nice to know I'm not!
Do you think walking will lose weight quicker than faster exercise then? I've been wondering if I'm wasting my time going for long walks with Chex, it would be nice to know I'm not!
hadleigh
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We work for about an hour in the school 4 days a week. Mostly trot and canter work. We compete Elementary but work medium at home. I am lucky as I live near Delamere Forest so lots of lovely hacking. Twice a week we hack out and do lots or walking. Just wait for the after pics. Whisk'll look like a racehorse and I'll look like Elle Macpherson!!!!
teapot
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Wow what a stunning horse - reminds me of one I ride
Sounds like you're doing a lot of work with him already; there is the old age option of lunging him with rugs on, basically he'll sweat off the weight ~runs before I get lynched~ Lots of hill work in walk & trot will also benefit, if you've got hills
What breed is he? As he looks quite big boned as such, so they'll be a limit to how much you can lose of his weight (just like the one I ride - he's IDxTB and has got the build of a heavy ID so carries more on him)
Sounds like you're doing a lot of work with him already; there is the old age option of lunging him with rugs on, basically he'll sweat off the weight ~runs before I get lynched~ Lots of hill work in walk & trot will also benefit, if you've got hills
What breed is he? As he looks quite big boned as such, so they'll be a limit to how much you can lose of his weight (just like the one I ride - he's IDxTB and has got the build of a heavy ID so carries more on him)
AmyMay
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Well the idea behind lots of walking is that an overlly fat horse does not need the concussion on joints that trotting and fast work will incurr. Obviously its not going to get the heart rate up as faster work would. But it is amazing what can be done with just walking.
Do bear in mind though that this is work - not slopping along on the buckle end of the rein. So the horse must have a contact (but not necesarrily on the bit) and walk out properly and consistently. Where there is a hill trot up it.
Do bear in mind though that this is work - not slopping along on the buckle end of the rein. So the horse must have a contact (but not necesarrily on the bit) and walk out properly and consistently. Where there is a hill trot up it.
Weezy
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Oh I am glad you posted the pics
Agreed, he IS fat, no two ways about it. Have you got access to a walker by any chance?
Chex
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Ah I see, that makes sense. I took him for a power walk around the field tonight, only half an hour, but he was ridden this morning too. He WILL lose weight lol
hadleigh
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Nope. I have my horses at home. Beautiful views. Lots of cows but no horsewalker. I had a lesson today and we did the best part of an hour preparing for a test on Sat. By the end of it we decided to do a couple of centre lines to halt and he was k*******ered poor lad. I offered to carry him 'cos it would have quicker!!
hadleigh
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He's a 12 year old German bred Hanoverian. [What breed is he?]
Blizzard
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He is gorgeous but yes porky! How much does he weigh again?
ISHmad
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Sticks head up above parapet... He is a little bit tubby, but IMHO not too bad. He is a large built horse when all is said and done, with a large ribcage. One of mine is similar - even when at his absolute peak fitness he still looks chunky because he is a very well built Irish Sports Horse but more ID than TB.
Think I'll have to try the half a bottle of wine trick before riding to get ride of my riding nerves!
He is a lovely horse BTW.
Think I'll have to try the half a bottle of wine trick before riding to get ride of my riding nerves!
He is a lovely horse BTW.
spaniel
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Hadliegh he is lovely!! But yes, he is fat, not horrendous but definitely on the worrying side of it!
Given his 'quirks' I think I would keep him in. I know its harsh but we are only at the beginning of summer and the grass is growing so hard you can practically hear it.
If he were mine I would keep him stabled on soaked hay and a mineral lick and then exercise twice a day, as much walk work as I could for a month and then re assess then.
It seems cruel to be kind but I cant see that you have any other option unless you can find a truly bare paddock with ten foot fencing!
Given his 'quirks' I think I would keep him in. I know its harsh but we are only at the beginning of summer and the grass is growing so hard you can practically hear it.
If he were mine I would keep him stabled on soaked hay and a mineral lick and then exercise twice a day, as much walk work as I could for a month and then re assess then.
It seems cruel to be kind but I cant see that you have any other option unless you can find a truly bare paddock with ten foot fencing!
hadleigh
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I'm hoping we'll have a hot Summer like last year purely to burn off the grass. Personally I hate it too hot 'cos it's horrible to ride when the weather is like that. St Bernard he weighs 722 kg. ISH Mad you are quite right he will never look very slim. When he came over from Germany he was very scrawny but still looked quite round because of his build. He is pain to look after and can be quite naughty (beats my old horse up if they are out together!!) but I love him for all his bad points.
JoBo
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Umm yes a little bit round (the horse not you!). Hes gorgeous though!
Lill
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Hang on a minute now.
Where are all the ' "Don't ride without a hat you ****" comments that everyone threw at me when i dared to post a few pictures riding hatless.
Disclaimer: that is not what i'd comment am just wondering why there haven't been any.
He does look a little tubby but also HUGE!!! Much bigger than 16.3!!
Where are all the ' "Don't ride without a hat you ****" comments that everyone threw at me when i dared to post a few pictures riding hatless.
Disclaimer: that is not what i'd comment am just wondering why there haven't been any.
He does look a little tubby but also HUGE!!! Much bigger than 16.3!!
JoBo
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Oh Lis, you know what I was so busy looking at the fat horse I didnt even notice!
claire1976
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Mmmm, sorry to agree with everyone but he is overweight, the heart shaped bum gives away the fact that he's leaning towards the very overweight!
Obviously he's not going to be a slinky TB or Arab shape due to his breeding but he's looking more like a heavyweight cob.
On the plus size he's a gorgeous horse, excellent coat condition and working in a lovely outline. Keep up the good work and I'm sure you'll get there soon enough. (Have you tried a grass muzzle?)
Obviously he's not going to be a slinky TB or Arab shape due to his breeding but he's looking more like a heavyweight cob.
On the plus size he's a gorgeous horse, excellent coat condition and working in a lovely outline. Keep up the good work and I'm sure you'll get there soon enough. (Have you tried a grass muzzle?)
hadleigh
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I know I'm bad bad bad. Slap self on wrists. My Hubby tells me off all the time about going hatless. I do ride out in a skull cap though. He is only 16.3 but I'm only 5'4" so maybe that's why he looks so big. He is a big built horse as well.
Claire 1976 - he is the kind of horse who can hook himself up in the stable if you put his bridle on before his saddle so I daren't turn him out with anything attached to his head. There is a serious chance I would find him hanging off a fence by it. I tell you this horse is absolutely bonkers!!!
Claire 1976 - he is the kind of horse who can hook himself up in the stable if you put his bridle on before his saddle so I daren't turn him out with anything attached to his head. There is a serious chance I would find him hanging off a fence by it. I tell you this horse is absolutely bonkers!!!
KJJ
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh he's lovely!! As is the setting!!
