My Girl Grace

An ongoing diary of my wonderful warmblood mare Grace and our quest into the world of Natural Horsemanship - together.

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

A Week of Good Food!

And Gracie seems to be feeling much much better!

There is no grass now due to the scorching weather (30 degree's most days!) so she is waiting at the gate for each feed!

I have everything crossed that she has beaten it this time and that she will continue to get better.

Come on Grace - You Can Do It!!!!

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Grace's New Menu!

Ok - onwards and upwards!

I sent a sample of Grace's hair to a kinesiologist recommended to me by her barefoot trimmer.

Grace is feeling quite poorly at the moment and needs the following menu to hopefully get her right. This is her menu for the next two weeks, starting from today!!;

Early Morning Breakfast

Liquorice – 110ml
Boneset – 110ml
3 x Carrots
3 x Green Apples
MSM – 10ml
Meadowbix - ¼ Scoop
Lucibix – ¾ Scoop
Hi Fi Cubes – 1 Scoop
Rolled Oats – ¼ Scoop
Corn Oil – 50 ml
Sunflower Oil – 40 ml
Seaweed – 110ml
Brewers Yeast – 40ml
Seasalt – 5ml


Morning

Meadowbix - ¼ Scoop
Lucibix – ¾ Scoop
Hi Fi Cubes – 1 Scoop
Corn Oil – 50 ml
Sunflower Oil – 40 ml
Seasalt – 5ml
3 x Carrots
MSM – 5ml


Lunch

Meadowbix - ¼ Scoop
Lucibix – ¾ Scoop
Hi Fi Cubes – 1 Scoop
Corn Oil – 50 ml
Sunflower Oil – 40 ml
Seasalt – 5ml
3 x Carrots
3 x Apples
MSM – 10ml
Brewers Yeast – 5ml


Tea

Meadowbix - ¼ Scoop
Lucibix – ¾ Scoop
Hi Fi Cubes – 1 Scoop
Corn Oil – 50 ml
Sunflower Oil – 40 ml
Seasalt – 5ml
3 x Carrots
MSM – 5ml
Brewers Yeast – 5ml


Supper

Meadowbix - ¼ Scoop
Lucibix – ¾ Scoop
Hi Fi Cubes – 1 Scoop
Corn Oil – 50 ml
Sunflower Oil – 40 ml
Seasalt – 5ml
MSM – 10ml
3 x Apples

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Bad News

Graces third Strangles swab has come back positive.

More isolation.

More swabs.

Very bad news.

Sunday, July 02, 2006

All My Girls!!!




This is a post to celebrate all the wonderful mares that have been in my life.

My very first pony Splash was a little 11hh chestnut mare with a white blaze in the shape of a monkey wrench! She was a complete sod and would buck, kick and bite as soon as look at you .. but I loved her!

Valentine was my second mare. She was a 13.2hh dark bay Arab x mare. She had the sweetest temperament and didn't ever put a foot wrong!

Holly was my first 'horse'! She was 14.1hh Strawberry Roan mare and had issues! If I know then what I know now she wouldn't have had such issues with her confidence as I could have helped her through it. She is at Rainbow Bridge now. I miss her.