fellow livery owner was seriously let down by the "friend" of hers who WAS going to go up for the horse today, so Jill & I went back up for it...horse had to be sedated to load, she said it would, and she was right. It needs huge amounts of groundwork (and Max if possible....)and huge amounts of time spent to get it not frightened of the trailer. once it's in, it's fine - but it's the getting it in that's the issue. anway, got him home, we were done by 12.30 ... went home, bite to eat, came back to see to molly's cold hosing/walk out.
bear in mind it had been raining all day (still is...) Molly wore her luminous yellow exercise sheet under a roller, and i wore my bright yellow long mac with Hi Viz vest over - we COULD be seen!!! LOL. one man got the finger for refusing to slow down when asked (didn't want people screaming through puddles) and I am pleased to report that I got her as far as we went on Sunday, up to the pub, so that's her full 15 minutes ....
the front legs are back to normal, so i've left them without the stable bandages, will see how they are in the morning
the off hind is showing a great improvement, the near hind not so much but subsiding slowly.
then decided i might as well set her right now until the morning ... gave her all the haylage i had left, and then had to go to local feedstore for a bag - couldn't be bothered to go all the way up to stanley to my usual supplier (better haylage, better value, better packed easier to deal with) so got what the man had .. it's a nightmare to deal with as it's not in slices, you end up with it all everywhere, not as much and cost more.... but i was pretty knackered by this stage!
of course, i'm spending twice as much as i would normally be on haylage, given that she's in, and will have to buy more shavings than i normally do...
bear in mind it had been raining all day (still is...) Molly wore her luminous yellow exercise sheet under a roller, and i wore my bright yellow long mac with Hi Viz vest over - we COULD be seen!!! LOL. one man got the finger for refusing to slow down when asked (didn't want people screaming through puddles) and I am pleased to report that I got her as far as we went on Sunday, up to the pub, so that's her full 15 minutes ....
the front legs are back to normal, so i've left them without the stable bandages, will see how they are in the morning
the off hind is showing a great improvement, the near hind not so much but subsiding slowly.
then decided i might as well set her right now until the morning ... gave her all the haylage i had left, and then had to go to local feedstore for a bag - couldn't be bothered to go all the way up to stanley to my usual supplier (better haylage, better value, better packed easier to deal with) so got what the man had .. it's a nightmare to deal with as it's not in slices, you end up with it all everywhere, not as much and cost more.... but i was pretty knackered by this stage!
of course, i'm spending twice as much as i would normally be on haylage, given that she's in, and will have to buy more shavings than i normally do...
4 comments:
I bought tiny bale haylage this year. It's cost me a lot more money but it's SO nice to handle.
C
I wasnt going to use haylage this year but I think we are going to struggle getting decent hay this year.Do you get it from Swinburns Claire?
We had large bales last year which was lovely haylage but they go off before we've used it up!
nicola, yes, from John Swinburn - never been disappointed! last couple of years I've bulk bought for the entire winter, but new YO says no storage for that and she's considering getting big bale in for us all....
I have a good hay source here. I'm not sure I'd want to start the Boys on haylage as they'd probably ignore the dry stuff then.
Keeping a horse in does certainly cost more and keep you much busier. It's always hard when I have to lay up one of the Boys for some reason and they are in the back yard!!
Post a Comment