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do i have my ponies vacinated, teeth done genaral health checks, shod or trimmed make sure the one that has slight copd has the right type of bedding. the right measure of feed.
always seems to be something to worry about.

and some ponies down the road from me never see a vet or proper blacksmith and never seem to have anything wrong with them. why?
 
It not fair is it there lots on my yard like that i look after sid so well and hardly anyone on the yard does it properly and hes the one that gets poorly like colic in June
 
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some ponies down the road from me never see a vet or proper blacksmith and never seem to have anything wrong with them. why?

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They probably do have things wrong with them. It's just the owners haven't noticed/care!!
 
Because the person who owns the ponies probably only chooses to keep low maintainance ones... they will probably have many years experience of picking low maintainance ones!

They probably know how to trim feet, float teeth and deal with all the minor stuff, so they never need the vet.

The best farrier in my area isn't trained. He is a gypsy who has been shoeing horses since he was 10 years old. The registerd farrier admires his shoeing...

Many ponies thrive on a little neglect whilst the pamperd ones drop like flies. A pony with COPD would be fine living out semi wild!
 
a) they don't probably do much with them (ie ride, handle, etc) so they are less prone to injury and illness!

b) because they don't do much with them, the don't notice what is wrong with them!

Oh dear - I sound really mean!
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Second Moonwalker on this one - Sods Law......same reason my horse who has always had a correct fittening program, am cautious about ground etc etc and he did a tendon earlier in the year but another aged horse on the year does random work half the year, as a couple of short counters, is pronounced fit and is taken hunting...has hind legs like twiglets but is dtill sound.......friends horse has always been kept fit and well managed etc, has a ligament injury and off work, another horse in the yard drags his hind feet and sounds like a xylophone but is still able to do everything.....Sods Law......!!!
 
I agree with that, Sod's Law! Although I also agree with the point about some people not noticing, I am 99.9% sure my horse already had a tendon injury when I bought her but that either no-one had noticed, or the person who had noticed then sold her on without telling the next owner. I bought her, fittened her up, pushed her too hard for a horse with a previous tendon injury (not that I wasn't careful anyway, I just didn't know about the original injury) and it tore again.
Worst thing is, I shall be SO paranoid now when I buy my next horse but I bet Sod's Law will strike again and the vet will have to be called out within 6 months for something drastic!
 
Do they live the same way as your horses? My horses live out 24/7, with no rugs all year round in an exposed field with no shelter except some hedging. Because of their terrain they don't see the farrier as often as most. They have the vet to them once every 2 years for a tet jab and thats it. At this time of year they look scruffy and windswept but they are happy and healthy...
 
It depends on the horse. I've had my little cob five years and he's never been sick. He lives out all year, not rugged, I don't feed him, he only gets hay if it snows. He's 17. I compete on him only small level and everyone always comment on how well he looks.
 
yep, sod's law.
i am SO careful with mine, completely paranoid about tendons, and yet mine still get injuries.
other people don't give a damn about tendons, never check them, and their horses seem to stand up to anything!
but since when did anyone say that life was fair? character building (and heartbreaking), isn't it?!
 
Because God knows that you'll look after and pay for your ponies when their ill
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(I'm not religious but it sounds quite a cute answer!)
 
I always think it's often crueller to mollycoddle horses than to leave them be. If you bring them in, rug them to the hilt, don't turn them out for decent time they'll have problems. Pulled muscles, thrush, skin problems...

Let them be horses, let them gallop about and play and they usually look after themselves. I'd rather see a horse living au naturel than cooped up in a stable rugged and bandaged like some toy.
 
TBH poppy has seen the vet like twice in 4 years for her feet an stuff, is just gettin her first flu jab as its required for my new yard, when barefoot she doesn't see the farrier much her feet take ages to grow and the are very healthy and hardy just now, looks very scruffy, has never had to have her teeth done,

i totally agree with silent night that its much better to let horses live a naturally as possible, but i do understand that some require a bit more attention
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