Julie Leggatt - Equine Iridologist South East

15/01/2023

Lonswelt is available for stud work
Please contact Paul Hayler on 07958555016 for more information

02/09/2022

Unlike humans, horses are designed to run on a full stomach. Feeding your horse 2-3L of chaff or a biscuit of hay prior to exercise has two benefits :
1️⃣ The chaff will form a ball of feed in the stomach, which will help prevent acid from splashing up from the lower part of the stomach to cause gastric ulcers.
2️⃣ Blood is normally diverted away from the stomach during exercise, which reduces some of its normal protective mechanisms. Research has shown that feeding your horse before exercise actually reduces the amount of blood that is shunted away from the stomach and also increases the amount of blood delivered to the skeletal muscles and muscles of the chest. So not only are you helping to protect the stomach, you also might be improving your horse’s performance.
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13/04/2022

Well it is that time of year ago, nettles in abundance together with dandelions! Don't let them go to waste - your horse will love them and will do their health so much good. They will detoxify the kidneys and liver and stop itching.

27/02/2022

11/02/2022

Calling all Riding Clubs, shows and competition venues – how do you fancy £500 to help towards the cost of running an event?

19/01/2022

Renewals and new sign ups are easy - just visit https://www.myclubhouse.co.uk/AFRA/

Membership cards can be downloaded immediately following payment or hard copy cards can be ordered on sign up.

31/12/2021

Happy new year! I hope all of my clients, friends especially the 4 legged variety have a wonderful, happy and healthy 2022. Xx

23/12/2021

❗BE HORSE AWARE - Think twice before disposing of your Christmas veg❗

Although it may seem like a treat for horses, we urge members of the public not to dispose of any food waste in local horse fields. What may appear to be a harmless act of kindness could in fact cause:

• Extreme stomach problems, which can lead to severe illness and possible death
• Risks the horse choking
• Fighting between horses, potentially causing injury
• Potential injury to yourself if bitten

To help prevent these incidents occurring the BHS urges members of the public NOT to feed horses.

📣PLEASE SHARE this post so we can reach more people and help protect the welfare of everyone’s horses📣

To learn more and download your free Be Horse Aware poster, visit: https://www.bhs.org.uk/our-work/welfare/our-campaigns/be-horse-aware

26/11/2021

When I first got out of veterinary school and started looking at horses prior to purchase (usually referred to as a “vet check” or a prepurchase exam), the horses usually fit into one of three categories. The first category was the horse with no problems noted at the time of the exam. That decis...

22/10/2021

Why sit tall in the saddle? Why keep your chin up?
For every inch that the head moves forward in posture, it increases the weight of the head on the neck by 10 pounds!
(Thanks to Wendy Murdoch for this!)

06/10/2021

Well we all need to be reminded once in a while that horses can be quite dangerous if non intentionally! Just finished riding dood today and was taking off his front boot when he kicked up under his stomach with a back leg giving me a crack on the top of my head - thank goodness I still had my hat on! He is such a gentle boy but he hates flies! A new hat for me but how amazing it was that it was not my head! Makes one think!!

23/06/2021

Soundness Or Comfort?

I wanted to take a moment to share with you my thoughts today around soundness, and how we look at whether our horses are sound as a measure of whether or not we should be doing what we're doing with them.

My thoughts today are that the research seems to be demonstrating more and more that actually, there probably is no such thing as a sound horse. They've all got asymmetries. To be honest, we've all got asymmetries. And actually, that's normal. The difficulty is in knowing whether or not that asymmetry is pain related.

So an asymmetry is a difference between left or right, and most horses use their left fore differently to their right fore, their left hind differently to their right hind. I wanted to share with you today that perhaps rather than thinking about whether or not your horse is sound, could you instead perhaps think about whether or not your horse is comfortable? I'm not sure whether that's an easier question to answer, or a harder question to answer?

I think at the moment, the best piece of research that we've got around this is the Ridden Horse pain Ethgram from Dr. Sue Dyson and her team, where if your horse shows eight or more out of the 24 listed behaviors, then that indicates that there's likely to be musculoskeletal pain.

But I think it's a really good question to think around. How do we know whether or not a horse is comfortable? And what is more important, soundness or comfort? Just to be clear, I'm not talking about hopping lame horses. If your horse is hopping lame, then absolutely soundness is the most relevant issue. But if your horse is maybe one or two tenths lame, or unsound, or unlevel, or uneven, or asymmetrical, then is that actually an issue?

I don't know. I think, like everything, it depends on the individual, on the relationship between you and your horse, and on what you are asking Hope your horse.

What's your thoughts?

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16/06/2021

Dog owners do you know that if your loose dog causes injury to a horse or rider you could be charged with a criminal offence?

Lets keep our four legged friends safe and please keep your dog on a lead around horses.

If you are involved in an incident with a loose dog or for more information please visit www.horseaccidents.org.uk

04/02/2021

This graphic really struck me yesterday, especially as we hack on narrow country lanes here. Please can we share this far and wide as it's quite compelling how much danger you could be in, if you do not wear high visibility clothing.

www.equisafety.com

21/01/2021

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