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The leading horse weighbridge and body condition scoring service. Servicing the North East Region and beyond.

24/11/2025

Seeing where your horse spends their time is really useful for my consults. ☺️🏞

For our horses, this is their home and changes here make a big difference to their lives 🏡

23/11/2025

This Tuesday (25th) I am joining Liz from Scott Mitchell Veterinary Care Equine Surgery to give a presentation titled: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲? 🤓🔮

This is going to be a really insightful evening where we hope to answer some of the common questions:

💊𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒔?

📲𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍?

⚖️𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉?

If you would like to learn more and have a horse registered with Scott Mitchell, you can sign up to our club and access a whole host of other benefits from as little as £20!

📩Email:
[email protected]
📞Call:
01434 608999

📍Scott Mitchell Veterinary Practice, NE46 3SG

21/11/2025

Swipe for outtakes 🤪🤡
⬅️⬅️⬅️

21/11/2025

Managed to break this the lazy way without submerging my welly - a great start to a Friday! 🥳🧊

20/11/2025

A snap from today 📸

Grateful for some indoor weighing ❄️🥶

20/11/2025

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 ? ✨️

It's a big question but an important one.

When I meet an owner and their horse, I care deeply about how I make both the owner and their horse 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹. I tailor my service to present the latest science and advice in a way that is understood by the owner whilst simultaneously advocating for the horse. This can be tricky, as it is so easy to drag horses onto the scales when they're feeling uneasy or ignore pain responses when body condition scoring.

That being said, a lot of us project our dissatisfaction with our own jobs or lives onto our horses and so we ignore what the horse is feeling:

"𝑵𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌"

"𝑰'𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒐"

"𝑬𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆"

"𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚"

We control most aspects of what our horses (and all our pets) experience. It isn't just that one hour in the saddle, it's who their friends are, how much they have to eat, where they get to sleep and a tonne of other things.

We also get to control how we see the world and how we feel about it, because we can choose who we work for and who we hang out with.

When I am riding or doing anything with my horses these days, I've changed from saying "𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒂𝒔𝒌" to "𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈?" and my horses are happier as a result.

Does this resonate with you?

18/11/2025

Under the cover of darkness 🌙

17/11/2025

𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨 - 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡? 🥶

As the UK dips to zero temperatures and you dust off the de-icer, you may also be wishing wilfully for a similar instant fix to the ill-effects of frost for your horse.

EMS/Insulin Dysregulated/PPID/Laminitic horses can be sensitive to frost, and grazing frosty grass can be quite risky for these guys. 😖

𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨? 🤷‍♀️

In short, cold nights (under 5°C) cause most grasses to accumulate sugar making grazing unsuitable for many metabolic horses. In the same way that we recommend low sugar diets for these horses, it is best to also avoid high risk grazing situations like frost. 🧊

𝙎𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤?🤔

The easiest way to avoid laminitis during frosty temperatures is to seek grass-free turnout options. However, many of us have access to grass turnout only, we are often met with, at best, two choices – the stable or the field. If you have a sensitive horse, I suggest you try some/all of the following options:

❌️Prevent or limit access to the grass during sunny frosty weather

🏃‍♀️Instead, embrace movement through in hand and/or ridden exercise where available. Any movement will be beneficial to your horse, I am a big fan of in hand walks a few times a day.

🧦Keep feet warm by using wraps or bandages.

🐴Offer appropriate hay either before turnout or during turnout.

🌱Use a grazing muzzle following consumption of hay if grass turnout is unavoidable and your horse is already accustomed to a grazing muzzle.

As ever, there is no “one size fits all” approach to laminitis management and we are all trying to do the best we can with the tools we’ve got. What is appropriate for one horse may not be so for another, and it is up to you as the caregiver to decide what is appropriate for your horse. 🐴

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧?

🦶 Footsoreness
🔥Heat (in any amount of feet)
🫠 Flexibility/softness in soles of the foot
👁 Swelling above the eyes
↔️ Shifting of weight from one foot to another
😴 Lethargy
🩺 Pulses
🌱 Firmness in the neck

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘀, you just need to notice a change.

Remember, not all horses are affected by the frost, but it's good to be mindful of these symptoms just incase. ✅️

15/11/2025

Unicorn sort of day 🦄

14/11/2025

𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱 - 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 👇

Good nutrition is just one of 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 contributing factors to good horse health. 🐴

Many weighbridge services are ran by feed companies, whose priority is to sell you feed. Typically, this means a consult with a feed company limits you to someone with expertise of small sample of feeds and, bizarrely, these consults will rarely/if ever involve an assessment of how your horse is kept or managed. I feel this is pretty limiting, given there is so much more to health and wellbeing. 🚫

Similarly, there are weighbridge services who simply just give you a body mass reading for your horse. This is a little bit redundant without other health parameters being assessed (e.g. body condition). I have 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 database of horse body weight and condition, and as a data analyst I have tracked trends and designed an informed, healthy range for countless horse profiles. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 and gives you way better insight.🤓

I saw a service provider in a different field to me commenting that all providers should "𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆", and I guess this is true if you don't have the expertise or collaborative capabilities to work in conjunction with other reputable providers. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲. 👎

I am really lucky to have a number of well-respected colleagues in a range of different fields who help me best advise my clients. We talk frequently, and even have our own schemes set up, like the Scott Mitchell Veterinary Care Equine Surgery 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 for example. 🌱 This collaborative approach keeps your horse's health and wellbeing at the forefront leading to better outcomes and welfare 💫

I guess when I started out 6 years ago I thought I would be "𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒔" but I realised that my customers needed more from me than that, and that is why I decided to not just go and sell feed either and learn more and more. ⚖

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Horse owning is a weighty matter!

Thank you for visiting my page. My name is Kelly and I want to help you to have an accurate weight measurement for your horse without a big callout or sales pitch!

Answer me this: when you feed your horse, do you make sure the portion size is based on their weight, body condition and workload? Is it simply a "one scoop" or "one big net" scenario? Have you ever gone to worm your horse based on a guesstimate or a weight reading from a few years ago? Do you travel your horse without knowing exactly how much weight you're putting in each time? Most of us will answer yes to at least one of those things because very few of us have an accurate, up to date measurement of our horses - until now! Thanks to a brilliant collaboration with the @Hoof Transformation team, I’m able to provide accurate and accessible horse weighing services in the local area with an industry standard mobile weighbridge. My service goes beyond just weighing your horse, for only £10 you get a bespoke electronic visitation form and your horse’s weight stored in an external database. From there we can track weight changes and analyse how things like field moves, workload changes and management alterations have effected your horse. With over 80% of leisure horses in the UK being classed as overweight being listed as overweight, towing vehicles getting less capable and laminitis on the rise, having regular access to a weighbridge has never been more needed. Insured, friendly and patient. Shod and unshod horses of all shapes and sizes welcome! Please send me a private message to find out more! Kelly Hoof Transformation: www.facebook.com/SupportingTheBarefootEquine/

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