sbrazier
Member
CALLING ALL HORSEY PEOPLE!!!
I am doing a dissertation on the prevalence of laminitis and would be very grateful if ALL horse owners would answer a few questions about their horses. The more the merrier! It won't take longer than 10minutes!
Thankyouu!
Survey:
1. How many years have you been involved with / owned horses? (Please tick one)
 Less than 3 years
 4 to 10 years
 11 to 20 years
 21 years +
2. Where in the UK do you live? (Please provide county)
3. Please provide the following information about your horse / pony:
- Approximate age: _____ years
- Gender:
- Height: cm / hh
- Breed: (as stated on passport)
- Weight: _____ kg
- How did you establish your horses weight? (E.g. weighbridge, weigh tape, guesstimate, etc) Please state: _____________________________
- How long have you owned your horse / pony? _____ years
4. Does / has your horse / pony ever suffered from laminitis? (Please circle as appropriate)
Yes / No / Unsure
5. What is your horse / ponys workload on an average day? (Please tick one)
- Light (1-3 hours, 40% walk, 50% trot, 10% canter)
- Moderate (3-5 hours, 30% walk, 55% trot, 10% canter, 5% low jumping / cutting / other skill work)
- Heavy (4-5 hours, 20% walk, 50% trot, 15% canter, 15% gallop / jumping / other skill)
- Very Heavy (1 hour speed work OR 6-12 hours)
- None (rest or retirement)
6. What do you use your horse / pony for? (Please tick all that apply)
 Leisure
 Affiliated competitions: (please specify discipline and level)
 Unaffiliated competitions: (please specify discipline and level)
 Breeding
 Other: (please state)
 
7. How do you house your horse / pony during the summer and winter months? (Please tick one answer for summer and one answer for winter)
Summer
 Stabled
 Field-kept
 Combination of both
Winter
 Stabled
 Field-kept
 Combination of both
8. How many hours turnout per day does your horse / pony get? (Please state number of hours for summer and winter months)
Summer ________ hours per day
Winter ________ hours per day
9. What do you feed your horse / pony on a daily basis? (Please provide the following information)
- Type of bucket / concentrate feed (E.g. Barley, Bran, Maize, Mix, Oats, Pony Nuts, Supplements etc)
- Type of forage (E.g. Meadow Hay, Seed Hay, Haylage, Alfalfa, Chaff, Sugar Beet, ect.)
- Weights (g / Kg / Stubb Scoop)
10. Is your horse / pony shod or unshod?
Shod / Unshod
11. How regularly do you get your horse / pony trimmed or shod?
 Up to 4 weeks
 5-8 weeks
 9-12 weeks
 12 weeks +
I am doing a dissertation on the prevalence of laminitis and would be very grateful if ALL horse owners would answer a few questions about their horses. The more the merrier! It won't take longer than 10minutes!
Thankyouu!
Survey:
1. How many years have you been involved with / owned horses? (Please tick one)
 Less than 3 years
 4 to 10 years
 11 to 20 years
 21 years +
2. Where in the UK do you live? (Please provide county)
3. Please provide the following information about your horse / pony:
- Approximate age: _____ years
- Gender:
- Height: cm / hh
- Breed: (as stated on passport)
- Weight: _____ kg
- How did you establish your horses weight? (E.g. weighbridge, weigh tape, guesstimate, etc) Please state: _____________________________
- How long have you owned your horse / pony? _____ years
4. Does / has your horse / pony ever suffered from laminitis? (Please circle as appropriate)
Yes / No / Unsure
5. What is your horse / ponys workload on an average day? (Please tick one)
- Light (1-3 hours, 40% walk, 50% trot, 10% canter)
- Moderate (3-5 hours, 30% walk, 55% trot, 10% canter, 5% low jumping / cutting / other skill work)
- Heavy (4-5 hours, 20% walk, 50% trot, 15% canter, 15% gallop / jumping / other skill)
- Very Heavy (1 hour speed work OR 6-12 hours)
- None (rest or retirement)
6. What do you use your horse / pony for? (Please tick all that apply)
 Leisure
 Affiliated competitions: (please specify discipline and level)
 Unaffiliated competitions: (please specify discipline and level)
 Breeding
 Other: (please state)
 
7. How do you house your horse / pony during the summer and winter months? (Please tick one answer for summer and one answer for winter)
Summer
 Stabled
 Field-kept
 Combination of both
Winter
 Stabled
 Field-kept
 Combination of both
8. How many hours turnout per day does your horse / pony get? (Please state number of hours for summer and winter months)
Summer ________ hours per day
Winter ________ hours per day
9. What do you feed your horse / pony on a daily basis? (Please provide the following information)
- Type of bucket / concentrate feed (E.g. Barley, Bran, Maize, Mix, Oats, Pony Nuts, Supplements etc)
- Type of forage (E.g. Meadow Hay, Seed Hay, Haylage, Alfalfa, Chaff, Sugar Beet, ect.)
- Weights (g / Kg / Stubb Scoop)
10. Is your horse / pony shod or unshod?
Shod / Unshod
11. How regularly do you get your horse / pony trimmed or shod?
 Up to 4 weeks
 5-8 weeks
 9-12 weeks
 12 weeks +
