Daydream fund challenge part 4

Better_Days

Davesnave wrote: »

You towel-down teals in your spare time? :eek:

Oh.... no, that would be silly!

I get it... you have a special drawer for teal coloured towels.

Or maybe a drawer for any old towels, but with handles shaped like teal heads. :cool:

The possibilities are aslmost infinite....but I have to go and water my pants. :rotfl:

Are you writing a panto Dave?

Slinging it down here. May save us a little on the water bill. Mr BD has dug out a small pond for me using pond liner and felt that I collected from a kind person via freecycle 5 years ago (on the grounds it would 'come in useful') Mr BD wasn't happy when I insisted on taking it with us when we moved twice as its heavy stuff. And there's still enough left for another pond when we move again

alfie_1

hi all....


LIR... I wormed stormy today and took some pics.. will post later. he actually doesn't look too bad.. got farrier tomorrow so will ask him to check his teeth. I looked ,seemed ok but not sure I know what I could be missing !!
I think rubies fat butt doesn't help as a comparison !! she is a do'er. hardly a winter coat and doesn't loose an inch..


where friend has bought farmhouse next door, it comes with a 4-5 acre paddock. it is a tad boggy in winter and the grass is lush so we may cut hay on it this year and rest the other 2/late cut ?


just bought some seed potatoes. bit late, but gonna stick em in a big tub..
it has stayed dry all day but a breeze getting up now so may bring ****........

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

hi all....


LIR... I wormed stormy today and took some pics.. will post later. he actually doesn't look too bad.. got farrier tomorrow so will ask him to check his teeth. I looked ,seemed ok but not sure I know what I could be missing !!
I think rubies fat butt doesn't help as a comparison !! she is a do'er. hardly a winter coat and doesn't loose an inch..


where friend has bought farmhouse next door, it comes with a 4-5 acre paddock. it is a tad boggy in winter and the grass is lush so we may cut hay on it this year and rest the other 2/late cut ?


just bought some seed potatoes. bit late, but gonna stick em in a big tub..
it has stayed dry all day but a breeze getting up now so may bring ****........

Yes, teeth, d'uh. Silly me. Good idea.

You cannot see any that might be giving him gyp without a gag on him, really, so yes, you'll need so done equipped. You're mobile vet might be better than a farrier who does teeth tbh. My vets do teeth but strongly recommend a specialist dentist. My equine dentist is a darling, I don't know how far he travels, but he is SO good with horses, so amazingly gentle and patient.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Afternoon all, the weather is beautiful here.

Sneaked off early from work today, ( and hubby) so went to biology with hubby, and then went to wyevale and b&q on my own...didn't buy anything from wyevale as I just can't justify paying their prices , but yet I was VERY tempted as they did have some David Austin roses reduced to half price, OK they did look a bit sorry for themselves but I am sure they would eventually come to look nice., but bought a load of reduced bedding plants in b&q reduced down to 50p and £1 a tray..also bought a lovely 'scabby' plant reduced down,

alfie_1

NOW.... question is, is ruby fat or storm thin ??

alfie_1

now be honest... is this not the tattiest hair style bunch ??

lostinrates

Really I need a picture from behind to see their spines, but storm does NOT look thin to me. He doesn't have much hind end muscle, emphasised by the way he is put together ( he and Ruby have different conformation of bottoms, hers is not going to look like his out of work unless she were very ill, skinny and a bit old. And his is never going to look as good as hers with out a good work building up his hind musculature).

Ruby doesn't look too awfully fat as I had feared either


They probably both benefit from routine dentals ( horses always do, just like us, but we don't suffer the sharp bits they can get) but nothing like I was imagining!

alfie_1

this is the only recent clearest one I have





he seems to have lost his rear end curves ........ but maybe as you suggested ...needs muscular work.. he has been lazier this winter.

lostinrates

He's not thin.

I would stick to the suggestion I made on the phone. Why he's lost muscle would interest me, I'd want to just check the bases and get a quick look see at what's going on, particularly check liver enzymes / RBc count. Not that I think he looks dreadful. I just think its good to have a good idea of what's going on. With horses vet bills are such that prevention bills are always better than cure!

alfie_1

the more I think about it, the more I think it could be muscle loss due to not being worked.. hes had a cushy winter !! im going to start lunging him and long reining, see if it makes a difference.
I will still do what you suggested but after my hols now...