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Nit combs are brilliant! I've not heard of malaseb so I'll have a look, thank you 😊 sorry for your loss x

@@2fatponiesuk malaseb is a shampoo used for dogs and cats with skin problems. My vet prescribed it for malanders. You can probably buy it from viovet. I was told not to use sudocream as it provides a haven for bacteria. You are doing a great job.

Probably my wishful thinking measuring wise - she was supposed to make 14.2 (she's 13.1 on a good day!) so sometimes I over compensate to make myself feel better 🤦🤣

I'd love to! Unfortunately it's rented land and planning permission would be unlikely to be given. I've looked at mud mats, but they're not exactly budget friendly! For next winter I'm going to try to get planning permission for a woodland track on a small bit of land I own but it's not ideal as it's next to an extremely busy road and has a footpath at one end. I'm quite worried about people thinking that 'the odd carrot won't hurt' and dogs running onto the track. However, anything is better than the mud we've had this year!

@@2fatponiesuk yeah it’s difficult, but at least you do own some land as a starting block. Hopefully you’ll get chance to buy some more suitable

Once a horse/pony gets to a year only, the length of their legs is virtually adult height - sounds weird and unlikely but according to everything I've read it's true :)

Yes, it's a grass track as I'm unable to surface it. My gelding eats down the nice grass before Fatty is allowed on. I'm hoping to add a sand area this year for rolling/loafing, and to put some removable mats in one corner in case it gets wet and muddy. I've had more problems with wind blowing the tape down than snow, but I've put a few wooden posts around which should make things stronger. I shake off snow when I go round poo picking so it doesn't build up too much and weigh down the tape.

Thank you! They're so much fun to be around.....sometimes a little frustrating!!!! The channel is for anyone to have a giggle with/at.... I got disheartened only seeing 'perfect' yards, with horses being 'perfect' all of the time. I hope I'm redressing the balance! We all get there (wherever 'there' may be) but by following different paths... I'll have a look at putting together a background info snippet :) Have a fabulous 2024 and thank you for your kind words x

Thank you x I've tried a grazing muzzle when the grass was suitable and it didn't go well :( She spends her days on an almost grassless track and it seems to be working; as long as the electric fence is on! I need to keep her exercise up, which is difficult in the winter, but I keep trying. Thankfully I've had her from a 2yo and she's never had lami, but I'm very very wary of the possibility. I'm going to start reducing her soaked hay in favour of straw (to 25%) so that she always has forage available. If you have any other ideas please let me know :) I need to get back to 380kg for her health and to reduce my worry!

SFB is the best pony on this earth! He's as willing as the day is long, and safe enough for any rider. Lord help you though if he realises you're able to ride....then most rides are memorable!!!! He's my heart horse xxx

Thank you :) She's very 'special'! I had a gorgeous cat who was severely overweight and was prescribed diet food by the vet. She wouldn't go near it! My other slim cat thought it was the best food on the planet.. Sadly lost her at the grand old age of 19. She was always happy and purring as loud as a train. I'm sure your cat is living his best life and enjoying worrying you as much as she did me :)

Thank you! We'll get there eventually :)

As my own description said, I'm not a fan. However, there are holes to let grass in, so she can eat, just not as fast as she would like. It is also only on for a few hours and she's allowed into the grass paddocks at that time. I'd rather her be restricted for a few hours a day than allow her to eat everything in site and up in excruciating pain with laminitis.....

Only Fatty has worn a grazing muzzle, and that was for a few hours. SFB doesn't have a weight problem and therefore there is no need. If Fatty is allowed to keep breaking into the better grass and eating as much as she wants she's very likely to get laminitis which I'd like to avoid at all costs..

She's lost around 40kg, both the vet and the farrier were concerned. If I allowed her free range she'd have the entire paddock bare within days! I haven't measured her weight recently, but she's still cresty. Now she's on her winter track I'll check her weight going into winter and adjust her diet accordingly 😊 I'll be happy if she's around 370-380kg..

Hi, it's very small, only 20m x 10m give or take! But my 13.1hh manages well, and it helps greatly with him balance!! It's shredded carpet over silica sand so doesn't need much maintenance 😊

Oh cool Not trying to be weird big was it super pricy we are trying to build an arena snd the ground is go hard

@@effietrick4587 hi, I did most of the work myself, and the carpet was second hand, so expensive, but nothing like the cost of having it installed professionally! I probably spent circa £2k in total, and that could be trimmed as I had a couple of trees to remove and some extra bits and bobs because of the way the land is!

On makes sense it looks great btw we have pretty solid ground so we are doing plain sand and we spent around 6.5k US dollars for the whole thing. Do you have fencing around if I can’t tell in the vid😂😭

@@effietrick4587 thank you :) yes, there is fencing all the way round. Retaining boards at the bottom to keep the surface in, and then wooden posts with green tape around the top. I've painted the posts green so that the tape and the posts merge into the woodland. I thought white might stick out like a sore thumb, and my budget didn't stretch to wooden rails.....the cost of wood has almost trebled here recently! $6.5 for a full size sounds like a bargain! As long as the drainage is right, you can't go wrong!

Yep! But Fatty will be rolling out of the field soon 🤣 that's why she's supposed to stay on the track with delicious soaked hay 🤦😆

Thank you 😊

Hi, My earlier reply seems to have disappeared! The reason I jump Fatty is to keep her brain engaged and also to use a different muscle set than she would use during schooling and hacking. She's not bred to jump, so the jumps are small, but it means that she has to listen to me and not go on autopilot! Although there are jumps up, we also school around them, so she doesn't know what I'm going to ask of her next, which stops her getting stale and bored. Cobs particularly are often quite bad about picking their feet up, so jumps, or more normally poles on the ground are there to help her remember that she has 4 feet, and think about where she's putting them! Any horse can be taught to jump, it's just a question of how high they can be comfortable with, and whether they enjoy it. The day Fatty stops bouncing around and being more forward going as soon as she sees jumps in the field will be the day that we remove jumping from our schedule x

It's come on so quickly 😥 hopefully the vet can help 🤞he loves going out and about and having a good gallop!

Thank you. Patience and boundaries work wonders :)

Fatty loads like a dream, as he used to. It's now down to only a few minutes with no rearing so much much better than in the summer. I was videoing today so I'll take a look at Monty Roberts and see if I can put in to practice and find someone else to video when I do the loading to see if there's a difference!

no plugging in required! It's a bit like a fleece rug, similar that your grandma might have had. It's useful for so many things and just keeps a bit of heat in. But today I wanted something that would take the water out of their coats but not soak into the turnout rugs on top. I only left the waffles on for a few hours. When I took them off the horses were dry and so were the inside of the rugs. Job done :) Rugs have to be checked daily at least and changed when they get too dirty/wet otherwise they won't work to keep the horse warm. It is time consuming but that's why they're only now being rugged. It's supposed to drop to minus 4 this week so rugs are definitely required. Go to www.2fatponiesuk.co.uk/ to find out more :)

@@2fatponiesuk informative website! Thanks.

Yes, this will also aid growth. With a clean mane you may find that there are fewer sticky uppy bits though 🤦😁

390kg absolutely perfect now :) She'll never be a thin pony, but hopefully she'll be a healthy one!

she's a wonderful mare! and very tolerant of me :)

Very healthy, but needing to lose a few kilos 😊👍

Agreed

Hi, thanks for asking! For accuracy a weigh bridge is far better, but that means transporting the pony and takes far more time and cost, a weigh tape is simple, economic, and indicative of potential weight. If used in the same place each week you can see if weight has gone up or down 😁. As to how it works it just measures the length around her midriff, from just behind her withers and behind her shoulders to find out the length which has a corresponding weight on the tape. She's 420kg today, and if the soaked hay works the kg measurement should be lower next week 👍

Yes, exactly that.