This message is from: Sarah Clarke
You do not need a weight tape. You need your eyes and your hands. You should
be able to feel the ribs, but not see them. There should not be fat pillows
on each side of the spine, nor should the spine stick up from the back. The
neck should not be too cresty, not too skinny. the was an article in Equus a
few months (maybe years?) ago on how to rate your horses fatness from 1
(starving) to 10 (morbidly obese). Maybe somebody else knows a link to a
similar article or post.
The problem with the weight tape is that what is the right weight for a medium
build 14.2 fjord is too fat for a lightly built sport pony model and too
skinny for a drafty fjord.
I DO use a weight tape to calculate worming dosages, but I use it with a chart
that has you enter not only the circumference around the girth, but also the
should to butt length. I ordered the chart on- line.
--- On Mon, 11/30/09, jeanne.mil...@pnc.com wrote:
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How do I determine if my Fjord is at the proper weight?. What is the best
way to use a weight tape?? She is 14.2
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