Paula, If you could e-mail me I'd like to talk about her,,,,,,,,, I have an Alf foal too and maybe you could answer some questions for me about mine. Thanks ...
I had a new trimmer do my horses (I usually do them myself, but have a broken elbow) She pointed out that Katsu is somewhat fat and has a cresty neck and is...
Great question.....Jaguar is being worked everyday and he is on 1 flake of hay in the morning and one at night. And a handful of grain in the morning and at...
As awful as it sounds, you might try feeding them straw--my driving instructor said that his dad used to winter their work horses on straw (these were small...
Ken, Thank you for the information. Lori Willmot ... From: CanadianHorse@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CanadianHorse@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Ken Morris Sent:...
Hi Yvonne, Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend, and would have greatly enjoyed our Saturday here. The stable where I currently board two of our horses...
Outi: From what I have read about laminitis and foundering I was under the impression that this usually occurs in the spring when the grass is "hot". Our vet ...
Outi wrote: "Is Cushings of Insulin resistance common among the Candians? Thanks for any help, I'd like to be prepared." I don't want to say sterotyically...
Yvonne, You post could not have been more timely! Limage and I will be competing in training level November 13th, and it will be our first show. I originally...
I am quoting this from another website: "We have all sorts of breeds from a Peruvian Paso to a Percheron stallion. From my experience, there is a big...
I find this topic interesting since this is the exact same thing my trainer and I are concerned about with Kona. She has suggested I get a Metabolic blood...
Great question. Great answeers. You might be interested in this. Last year I bought an overweight Canadian gelding that has almost always been fat. Very cresty...
Interesting. This description of cresty neck rings true with Cushing horses I have seen. ... recognizing ... is, ... varies ... Spanish ... mineral ... adding ...
Hello All! Just thought I would write and let everyone know Galaxy has been invited to display his wonderful talents again in the Spirit of the Horse display...
... To us , turnout means lots of green grass 7 months out of the year, including fresh spring grass. I tried a grazing muzzle but it did not stay on very...
That's fantastic! What a great ambassador for the breed he must be to be invited for all those years. I hope the two of you have a lot of fun. :0) Leah ... ...
I completely agree. Grass is only the most common 'trigger', so to speak, or the straw the broke the camels back. If everyting else is right, there shouldn't...
I agree, Outi. My Arabian mare has a club foot, and this type of foot deformity can cause multiple problems. A few years ago she came up lame for the first...
I have a young horse- she's 16 months old. I've been giving her hay of course but then a scoop of soaked beet pulp with 2 scoops of Hunter in the am and pm....
Hi Leonor, I have a 17 months young stud that I fed with 2kg of grain mixed 13% along with 4 to 5 flakes of hay a day. At this age, protein requirement are...
I had good luck "reducing" a very fat Canadian mare by keeping her in a dry paddock and feeding her limited hay and her supplements because I mixed very clean...
After all my research and reading, I would not give any of these Canadians any grain nor processed feed mixes. All new equine nutrition research points towards...
My boy Henri has been escaping at night and trashing the barn, I am not a very popular person at the moment, everyone having to replace there vitamins and...
Oh, I have some good escape stories! The midnight romp at the Equine Expo, the crawling under chain link fences, etc. Untying knots is the least of it. I am...
Why does he have to dry out at night? If there was a roofed shelter in the turnout, maybe you could leave him out. Sounds like he'd be happier. ... am ... ...
Ken said: Good thing Canadians don't have thumbs or else we'd REALLY be in trouble. I'll agree with that. Everything around here is double latched and doubled...
Has anyone else's Canadian managed to take off his fully buckled blanket?? I don't know how Merlin did this, but I put his black and white hounds tooth...
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Hi Janice from Victoria, I always make sure I give my horses time to dry out too, especially their feet. I have never had rainrot as a problem and the benefits...
