Slrobo
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Hi I've had my cob now 3 months, shes a pretty safe, sane, sensible chunk of a mare, had been used mainly for hacking alone from what I was told. I have been walking her in hand, leading my son out with her and hacking alone and with another cob on the odd occasion. We had a new saddle professionally fitted and I've stripped her bridal back to a micklem with a loose ring snaffle (she had a bevel bit and market harborough reins) I'm feeding her a scoop of chaff and a moody mare supplement and have added 25ml of flax oil for joints and her coat. A bag of horsehage and she gets turn out for around 6 hours. I tried hi form supplement but she wont eat it and will leave her whole dinner.
She has become very jumpy, nappy and spooky when hacking out, she spun round with me last week and when I kicked her on to go forward she backed back into the road and wouldn't go forward, I jumped offer her as it was a main road with cars, i lead her up and down the road and then home, I thought maybe it was because she was in heat so gave her some time off but yesterday when leading my son round, where she would normally look after him she spooked and jumped, luckily I caught him so he didn't fall off her. What could be the reason for this, shes been like this for a few weeks now? Her feet are okay, shes not lame, she lunges well, great to handle ect..
She has become very jumpy, nappy and spooky when hacking out, she spun round with me last week and when I kicked her on to go forward she backed back into the road and wouldn't go forward, I jumped offer her as it was a main road with cars, i lead her up and down the road and then home, I thought maybe it was because she was in heat so gave her some time off but yesterday when leading my son round, where she would normally look after him she spooked and jumped, luckily I caught him so he didn't fall off her. What could be the reason for this, shes been like this for a few weeks now? Her feet are okay, shes not lame, she lunges well, great to handle ect..