Groundwork - Working with My TB today and have some little questions!?

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2010-12-22 11:00:55 UTC

1) I dont have a clue! Probably the muscles in her hindlegs, look directly at her bum, there are two either side, if you can see a line each side, that is good muscles. The meaning may just mean she hasn't got good muscle on her hind.

2) I had this problem. Think of your own hair, the way to make it thicker and longer is to trim it every 1-2months, once it gets thicker, leave the mane for 3 months without trimming, it really will grown and thicken up. Although, remember she's a TB have you ever seen a TB with a thick mane? Its their breed that is thin manes, for example, heavy weight cobs are hogged or have really thick manes, you never see a naturally think mane. If you did want to go down to the store, go down and ask if there are any products that stimulate hair growth, to be honest i'm not sure if you'll have much luck, I do know apple cider vinegar is known to stimulate hair growth as it worked for my mare when she had a bald patch but i'm not sure it'll work for manes. You can try it, just slowly add it into her feed, see if it works. Good luck!

3) did he have to go on box rest? How long has he been lame for and how bad was it? I'd lunge him and see if he's in pain, like limping, if he is I would leave him, if he is sound, go for it, just dont to too much too soon and slowly bring him back into work.

4) that sounds amazing what your doing, my mare was terrible and I have just started groundwork working. If you are bored with just doing groundwork and want to go to a show why don't you do in hand showing where they have to do minimal movement, if he doesn't limp in walk and is pretty sound enter him in an in hand show where you just have to stand there, plait him all up etc and see what happens, im doing this with my mare who is currently out of work to get her used to show surroundings. I also do it with my youngsters to get them used to shows before I break them so shows are like their 2nd home so they don't act silly. It is really good idea.

Wish you best of luck!

Finley

2010-12-22 10:39:20 UTC

1) I'm not sure. I've never heard of that expression.

2) It's not about what you put on it....but what you put IN him. Manes and tails are like people hair....if the horse is getting quality feed (good grass hay and if needed, good quality grain) then you'll see that in the hair. If not, then find out what's missing.

Otherwise, you can end up wasting a lot of money on products that don't work because you're not getting to the root of the problem.

3) You shouldn't be asking this here. You should be asking your VET this question. Only a qualified vet who's seen this horse should tell you if you should trot or not.

4) sounds fine. I'd add stuff like bend work. flexing with moving the hip over (crossing under) and stuff like that. But for the jogging...ask your vet.

zakiit

2010-12-22 10:37:34 UTC

There is nothing to put on a tail or anywhere else to encourage hair growth! Otherwise there would be very few bald men in the world (or women) as they would all buy a cream or lotion and the inventor would be the richest man on the planet! Careful brushing and teasing knots out of the mane and tail is the only way! Take the bottom part of the tail in one hand, drop a few strands of hair and gently brush ONLY with the body brush. If you come across knots, tease them out with your fingers.

Trotting under any circumstances is plain cruel when the horse has a sore foot/leg. You do need to wait until his foot has healed and he goes soundly before trotting. If it hurts, there is something still wrong. What kind of treatment has the horse had before?

Are you sure about that statement "She doesn't look fast in the hips?" Have you typed it correctly? I can only guess that it means that she has narrow hips, or weak, boney hips.

Making him turn just his front feet is called turn on the haunches and this is not very kind while has a sore back foot as a lot of weight is put on it.

2010-12-22 10:36:45 UTC

1. I've never heard anyone say that.. But I haven't worked with many thoroughbreds either. Sorry!

2. Tbs typically have a thin mane and tail because they're a hot breed. There's a few different kinds of conditioner you can use, there's one kind that I always use but I can't remember what it's called.. It's initials in a clear bottle, it has a lot of sulfur in it and it smells like barbeque sauce.. I'm sure someone else will mention it. You can also braid and put his tail in a tail bag so it won't break off in the pasture.

3. If he's sound, definatly give him some excercise. Lunging would be best. If he starts limping, stop and try again after about a week.

4. Sounds good. I usually work on leg yields and walking pirouettes on the ground too just to get him more attentive and make them more solid.

ADD: Its MTG conditioner. Massage it into your horse's scalp and tailbone about every other day and don't wash it out and it'll promote hair growth. If you use too much, it'll make his hair oily for a day or two unless you wash it out.

2010-12-22 10:41:47 UTC

2.) Maybe after a while his mane will start to grow out because I have a 15 year old TB and his mane used to be real thin but after about a year or so it started getting thicker. Now i can bareley brush it out. It takes an hour to do so.

3.)At first keep him at a steady walk and if he isnt hesitating then you can try to get him in a trot. If that works out you could make him canter but thats the maximum speed i would go.

But about number 1 i think it means that by the look of his/her hindquaters she wont be a quick runner. But again im not sure so you still might wanna keep askin that.

hope it helped. have fun spending time with your horse. Be safe! :)

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2016-09-16 08:06:10 UTC

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