Recent content by dalvers63

I just have one right now. He is 36.5" and weighs about 275lbs

All of my hay is weighed and Mike gets 2.5lbs twice a day. I'll probably be cutting him down a bit as he's starting to store some fat rolls on his shoulders. He takes a couple hours to eat all of his hay morning and night and then gets turned out on a dry lot during the day. There isn't a lot...

a lot can depend on brand. I THINK a lb of pellets = 1lb of hay but I'd look on the website to confirm. I feed Haystacks special blend and my mini get 1 c twice a day along with 2.5lb of hay.

It is not like you cancelled on him and called someone else. HE is the one that cancelled and you had the best interests of your horses in mind. In my opinion, if he has a problem I'd tell him just that - your horses could not wait and you took care of them. If he doesn't like it, then maybe it...

In my area north of Seattle, we pay $45 for a bag

It sounds to me like she is just overstimulated and not used to new, loud, experiences. Her reaction is the only way she knows to get rid of the tension and let you know she isn't comfortable. You could work with her, slowly introducing new things and rewarding when she is calm. I'd do it the...

I have never used the dishwasher for mine. I take it in the shower 🙂

My two get Triple Crown Gold balancer (1/2c twice a day) and some FlexMax for joints.

For weight control here, my guys go out on a dry lot (no or very little grass) and get all their hay weighed and portioned balancer and hay pellets. How much food do you feed? For my gelding (275lbs good weight), he gets 2# of hay twice a day along with balancer and a cup and a 1/3 of hay...

We use our same vet to do dentals on all the horses here (2 minis, 3 small ponies, 2 large ponies, and a horse). She does a great job on all of them. When she found that my gelding needed a tooth pulled we went to the equine dentist to get it done. So I've used both but only use the dentist for...

Use whatever your horse most enjoys for rewards. Scratches are great cause you always have them "at hand" :-) I'm also the dissenter here as there is nothing wrong with using a food reward as long as you teach them that grabbing, biting, being pushy is not allowed. As someone who uses positive...

COOL stands for Conquering Obstacles Overcoming Limitations and is a class for those with some type of disability or limitation. They have multiple COOL classes

Yes, my friend is back there with her yearling gelding. Hopefully they will do Liberty tonight! Watching the obstacle driving right now :) I don't mind paying to watch though I do wish we could see all the days at least while the show is going on. I missed her first class where he placed 8th in...

My personal feeling is two fold. One, your mare is still a baby and needs to mature before thinking of breeding her. I would not consider it myself until a horse was at least 5 years old if not 7. Second, what has she done to prove she will improve the breed? Have you shown in confirmation or...

It all depends, IMO, on horse condition. My two don't really get grain. They get a ration balancer (1 cup a day per their weight) and some Haystacks special blend pellets. These are just hay pellets and they only get about a cup a day. I usually increase their actual hay content if needed in the...