This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Julianne, I try to have my horses fairly trim before the grass starts coming. Also, if all else fails buy a muzzle. The muzzle allows the horse to move about and be with the others but they can only get a few blades. This may be bothersome for the owner of the stables to put on and they may accept leaving the horse in. Jean Gayle Aberdeen, Wa. -----Original Message----- From: Juliane Deubner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 1:08 PM Subject: feeding fjords in the spring
>This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juliane Deubner) > >I am sure this topic has been discussed before, but I only discovered this >forum a few weeks ago. So if you don't mind I would appreciate hearing >about your strategies of feeding (or should I call it restricting access to >fresh grass) your horses in the spring, when the pastures turn green and >invite overweight horses and founder. My problem is that I am boarding my 3 >mares, and it is difficult to explain to people, who are used to keeping >thoroughbreds, that especially this type of horse should not be send out to >pasture in May for 24 hours a day. I would appreciate any suggestions that >could work in a boarding situation, that means resonable amount of work >involved for the people who take care of our threesome. There are 2 big >pastures (native grass) and a couple of paddocks, also could possibly use >electric fencing. >Thank you all >Juliane Deubner, Saskatoon, Canada > >
