SaffronWelshDragon
Well-Known Member
A two birds one stone thread. Very slightly related.
In October, Saf had her first ever bout of colic (I've had her 10 years, she's 18). We'd hacked an hour to get to a hunter trials, it was bitterly cold but we were out of the wind most of the time. When we arrived we had a long wait for our turn, the wind was blowing a gale across the fields, I tried to keep Saf moving around to keep her warm, but with no trailer there was no way of getting out of the wind. Anyway, long story short, she came down with colic (the shock of the cold is the only thing we can think of which caused it). My poor girl was so frightened, then we had an hour's wait for the vet to arrive, she must have been in pain
Anyway, got a lift home and she's made a full recovery 
So this is the thing. I am now paranoid about taking her rug off to ride her now, it's so cold in the wind. I'm thinking about getting her an exercise sheet, but never bought one before and wondered if a fleece type would do the job. I'm looking at the Equi-Theme ones on equestrian clearance, so if anyone had any experience with these please let me know (must be cheap).
The other thing is, I've not ridden much since, mainly because Saf was going to have a winter holiday anyway. She's now very reluctant to leave the yard, napping so badly I literally can't get her halfway up the driveway - she used to hack alone happily). Do you think she could be associating hacking with colic? How on earth do I go about getting her hacking alone again? Thought sod it in the end and we had a bareback canter around our fields instead.
Sorry, just got a lot on my mind and needed to get it out!
In October, Saf had her first ever bout of colic (I've had her 10 years, she's 18). We'd hacked an hour to get to a hunter trials, it was bitterly cold but we were out of the wind most of the time. When we arrived we had a long wait for our turn, the wind was blowing a gale across the fields, I tried to keep Saf moving around to keep her warm, but with no trailer there was no way of getting out of the wind. Anyway, long story short, she came down with colic (the shock of the cold is the only thing we can think of which caused it). My poor girl was so frightened, then we had an hour's wait for the vet to arrive, she must have been in pain
Anyway, got a lift home and she's made a full recovery So this is the thing. I am now paranoid about taking her rug off to ride her now, it's so cold in the wind. I'm thinking about getting her an exercise sheet, but never bought one before and wondered if a fleece type would do the job. I'm looking at the Equi-Theme ones on equestrian clearance, so if anyone had any experience with these please let me know (must be cheap).
The other thing is, I've not ridden much since, mainly because Saf was going to have a winter holiday anyway. She's now very reluctant to leave the yard, napping so badly I literally can't get her halfway up the driveway - she used to hack alone happily). Do you think she could be associating hacking with colic? How on earth do I go about getting her hacking alone again? Thought sod it in the end and we had a bareback canter around our fields instead.
Sorry, just got a lot on my mind and needed to get it out!
