Spring issues!:'(

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Natashajade

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It's my first year with my horse and now summer is rolling around pretty fast.
They change fields tomorrow to the one with grass ( that's being rested all winter) my horse is quite chunky I have being trying to loose his belly but he was fat when he came to me! So I only want to put him out for roughly 4 hours to stop laminitis! But how will be able to catch him? And I want to be able to keep him out longer then 4 hours maybe even over night how do I get this to happen without getting laminitis? X
 
You catch him by walking up to him in the field, popping a headcollar on him and leading him out of the field.

For longer periods out you could try a grazing muzzle.
 
Depends on your grazing and your horse but have you looked at the advice given on the safer grass website ?
I have one who had laminitis a couple of years ago and he does very well with daily exercise and coming in during the day and eating soaked hay.

It's easier to catch a reluctant horse before the sun hits the grass, so bring in in the morning and turn out early evening if possible. he'll miss the hours when the grass is higher in sugars then and he may also enjoy the relief from the hot sun, (if we ever get any).
 
Yes, limit the turnout so you don't have to go and catch him midday, it makes things easier.

I found grazing muzzles efficient for the first year, then they seemed to work out how to gorge even with them on!

Get him trotting and working a bit harder.
 
Thanks for the advice everybody it's really helpful! I. Am going to go and buty a muzzle tonight and hope that. Will work along with shortened hours out.
I am aware I have to put a headcollar on and walk him out of the field butt I know he won't let me catch him. So I guess it's just a lot of patience! X
 
I had this problem with mine. Would spend about 20mins a day walking around the field cursing at him lol!

I gave up of muzzles because mine went through 3 in two weeks. And I can't afford to keep paying that lol!

They're turned out 24/7 in summer, so I would lunge him 2 days, hack him 2 days, school him 1 day and he'd spend a rest day in the stable nomming on soaked hay.

He's fairly trim atm (however they are being let into a field with lush grass on the afternoons atm- 2/3 hrs a day to get the worst of it down before their winter field gets rested!) but he's quite fit- will be starting thay routine again next month when they start living out!

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