Getting the toes knocked back off the hind feet helped. Now I'm working to keep weight on Farah. She's fit & Dean loves the way she looks, but Sandra wants more weight! :-) I know that she will show much better for the upcoming rescheduled inspection in a couple months - if I can get some weight on top of those muscles. A certain gold mare has her stall about "bedded" in the nice, expensive Timothy from Dayville - so on top of the rice bran, we're going to add alfalfa pellets & see if I can keep her weight up with the miles we're doing.
Was hopeful of getting in an afternoon ride after we were at Ensbrook, but it was raining harder than before by the time we were done :-(
She is very pretty! Good luck in the upcoming inspection! We've added beet pulp to my geldings diet because he's in a growth spurt and was looking a bit slender for my tastes. He's picking up weight quickly on the addition of beet pulp (and the increased time outside to graze)
ReplyDeleteThanks :-) We do beet pulp too, in a mash twice week, plus some alfalfa hay - but last Tue. I was gaining ground & this week rode it off again :-)
DeleteHopefully that Alfalfa will do the trick! I had good luck feeding Alfalfa and Cool Calories (basically a powdered dried oil) to Pinky and she was a real hard keeper.
ReplyDeleteShe's been on cool calories for 2-weeks now @ 2 scoops per day. Good to hear that it worked.
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