Fudge managed to maintain a healthy weight through the summer (470kg), in the last two months he has put on nearly 30kg.
He is not wearing a muzzle at the moment as he was trashing one a night and it just became too expensive (think £60 plus a week ). We don't have isn't much goodness left in the grass but the horses are still finding enough to eat and we are not allowed to strip graze.
He is out over night as this seems to suit him and it suits my routine.
He is in for between 8 and 12 hours a day with two slices of hay and is only fed Baileys Lo-cal, a mug of Black Sunflower seeds and a tablespoon of salt.
He is worked between two and five times a week, with two hacks and also three schooling sessions (he usually sweats after these), this depends on my work commitments.
He is un-clipped and just turned out in a rainsheet no matter how cold and wet it is.
I will be trying to increase the length of our hacks and the amount of trotting and cantering and am going to half his ration of Lo-cal. He's not great to clip so I will only be doing this as a last resort. His hair is so thick you cannot find skin .
Can anyone suggest any other ways I can get him to lose this extra weight?
This is Fudge a couple of weeks ago and yes, his front legs are standing in a hole.
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He is not wearing a muzzle at the moment as he was trashing one a night and it just became too expensive (think £60 plus a week ). We don't have isn't much goodness left in the grass but the horses are still finding enough to eat and we are not allowed to strip graze.
He is out over night as this seems to suit him and it suits my routine.
He is in for between 8 and 12 hours a day with two slices of hay and is only fed Baileys Lo-cal, a mug of Black Sunflower seeds and a tablespoon of salt.
He is worked between two and five times a week, with two hacks and also three schooling sessions (he usually sweats after these), this depends on my work commitments.
He is un-clipped and just turned out in a rainsheet no matter how cold and wet it is.
I will be trying to increase the length of our hacks and the amount of trotting and cantering and am going to half his ration of Lo-cal. He's not great to clip so I will only be doing this as a last resort. His hair is so thick you cannot find skin .
Can anyone suggest any other ways I can get him to lose this extra weight?
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