To those who doubted us

Hey she looks great - it is hard getting a horse the right weight, especially if they have been under before as you just want them to get the weight on don't you, it takes time to review and change things too. Also some horses can go from hero to zero overnight with stress etc - they can drop weight VERY quickly sometimes.

Our oldie (28) has wintered really well this year, much more flesh on him - but he has had virtually adlib hay all winter - not something he usually has - not that much anyway. But, I don't think I would put pics of him on here, not till he loses his coat and gets the spring flush of grass- I would be hounded :rolleyes:
 
Merry Crisis said:
I think she looks fabulous, she is an old girl and seems as happy as larry. Jadey take no notice of the mealy mouthed brigade, the downers on your thread are a cliquey little bunch and seem to be talking a load of old rubbish. You carry on as you are, I hated seeing her thin and depressed, I am loving seeing her fatter and happy. You have made me happy tonight seeing her now!!!:D
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Agree totally - and I love her shiny coat! :)
 
Having been one of your harshest critiques previously I would like to say well done. She looks like a different horse with some good grub and grazing in her.

You need to keep an eye on her now through the spring and summer as you certainly dont want any more weight on her (and I never thought I'd day that to you).
 
Oh my god. She's too fat, she's too skinny, there's no pleasing is there! She's done EVERYTHING suggested to her in the original post, which I remember vividly, and now has a mare looking a complete 180 to what she did before. What is WRONG with some people?

I'm sorry but this [sorry for posting your pics Jade...hope you don't mind!]:


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To this:

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Anyone who can say a bad word about that effort and change, should be shot.


Jade, you've done a fantastic job. She looks a completely different animal and is NOT obese etc. She's an old lady and I think is SPOT on where she needs to be - no more, no less! Yet again, you've been jumped on. She looks incredibly healthy, happy and in her best condition through all your photos - including every one facebook probably. I'm so so so pleased for you and Lady. Well done and to make that amount of difference on a mare that looked incredibly poor before, is a complete credit to you. I'm glad you've managed to sort everything out to manage her needs and do your best for your horse. Congrats x
 
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Merry Crisis said:
I think she looks fabulous, she is an old girl and seems as happy as larry. Jadey take no notice of the mealy mouthed brigade, the downers on your thread are a cliquey little bunch and seem to be talking a load of old rubbish. You carry on as you are, I hated seeing her thin and depressed, I am loving seeing her fatter and happy. You have made me happy tonight seeing her now!!!:D
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Aww thank you very much :D

Thanks to everyone for your support, and thanks to everyone offering advice. Like i said previously, i will be starting an exercise regime in the next couple of days once we have moved everything to the summer field.
To someone question (sorry i cant remember who you are :o ) I only rode her twice during the winter (lightly) as i didnt want to risk her losing weight, but wanted to work her lightly to help her artheritis.

As i said before, im very very pleased with her current weight. i wanted her to go through winter with a little extra weight to help her through the chilly nights. Now that spring is here, her work will increase and food is cut out completely (doesnt need it with all this grass!) I will monitor her daily and my friends have also offered their help and will keep an eye on her too :)
 
I think the horse looks great, it's hard enough keeping weight on a poor doer, especially an old one so to have them looking good is even harder! That horse is not fat - I cannot abide obese horses or indeed very thin ones but when people come on here spouting all about condition scoring this that and the other without having actually seen the horse in the flesh it makes me laugh! Just put the text book away and show some commone sense!!!

Just makes me chuckle when these people are suddenly 'experts' and don't they like evryone else to know it!

The horse is hardly a hippo!!!
 
amymay said:
Having been one of your harshest critiques previously I would like to say well done. She looks like a different horse with some good grub and grazing in her.

You need to keep an eye on her now through the spring and summer as you certainly dont want any more weight on her (and I never thought I'd day that to you).
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^^^^^ this is the kinda response that I come to HHO for!! Agree totally.
 
amymay said:
Having been one of your harshest critiques previously I would like to say well done. She looks like a different horse with some good grub and grazing in her.

You need to keep an eye on her now through the spring and summer as you certainly dont want any more weight on her (and I never thought I'd day that to you).
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I never thought i would ever see those words from you Amymay :)
 
I think you've done a great job and she looks good for her age. As others have said just monitor her weight now so she doesn't get too big. Otherwise, very well done!!!
 
Originally Posted by amymay
Having been one of your harshest critiques previously I would like to say well done. She looks like a different horse with some good grub and grazing in her.

You need to keep an eye on her now through the spring and summer as you certainly dont want any more weight on her (and I never thought I'd day that to you).



How different something reads when it is put as friendly advice. It is not whats said, its how its said.

Some people really need to think before they write.
 
Jade, I have never posted on one of your threads before but I will today......



.....you have done an amazing job :)
A brilliant job!
Your horse, Lady looks fabulous...Well done :)
I think there's a few people on here who should pull the poles out of their arses & stop being so snidey & self righteous!
Jade has proven that she is willing to take advice & act on it (surely the transformation in these pics show that) so there is no need to be harsh or horrible.
 
I remember the hard time you had Jade and just wanted to say well done, she is a little on the tubby side now, just watch her coming into spring.
 
I haven't read all the replies as a lot of the time I get the impression J&L that whatever you post you will get slated for! But she looks fantastic and you should be delighted and proud.
 
Quite frankly, if there is a small fat pad on the horse, who gives a flying fig.

Compare her now to how she was and I don't know how any one dares make a negative or critical comment!
 
Well done you! You've taken on board what was said and look at her now :)

Yes, she is a little on the portly side, but IMO, you have done exactly the right thing. Having her coming out of winter looking 'good', and now you have planned out your regime of excercising and feeding, to get her back down to 'fit' and healthy. Great for you! Condition scoring isn't the be all and end all, you need to take into consideration the other circumstances like age, workload, breed type etc! I'm sure last summer my arab was a right little porker, going into winter, because the previous winter she a little poor, I wanted to make sure I got it right, and low and behold, this year she has looked great!

Good on you girl, hope you can enjoy many more happy years together!
 
As I said in my original post - I really don't see why everyone thought this horse was SOOO thin in the first place?! Why did OP get such a slating before?! I have seen FAR FAR worse in old horses, and young for that matter. I would say before the horse looked poor and less than ideal coming into the winter. I would now say the horse looks a wee bit too well covered and less than ideal coming into the spring and summer.

Well done OP for taking advice last time, but I really would perhaps review the regime you are on at the moment because overweight is actually more harmful than underweight. :)
 
Yeay, well done, she looks worlds better and happier. Sure she will soon muscle up once she's back in work.

This thread reminds me of my YO, she kept telling me last spring to make sure i kept the big guy warm because he drops weight so easily when out 24/7 over summer (she used to own him) then when he came into winter looking great she warned me to watch his weight because it could damage his joints... her heart was in the right place but sometimes it feels like you can't do right for doing wrong. :o

Look forward to seeing pics of her back in work, i think she is a beautiful girl x
 
wonkey_donkey said:
She looks a million percent better.

Are they hives on her tummy area ??? (BTW I'm nor having a pop but my youngster has some similar Hives on his neck at the moment)
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No theyre not hives :p there were a few muddy patched where she was laid on the floor, i took those photos as she walked towards me before i groomed her :)
 
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