senior horse

At my barn there is an 18 year old Appaloosa mare that for one reason or another I have fell for. Sadly her original owner passed away unexpectedly and she’s just been at the barn. I have done a lot of ground work with her and I can say that the previous own did some work as well. She is voice...

Hi, My family will be moving from PA to TN. It's about 9 hrs regular driving time. We are taking our 30 year old gelding (31 in May), he doesn't have arthritis and is strong for his age. If he wasn't in good health we wouldn't even think about moving him that far. He does require mash due to...

Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum and am very happy to have found a supportive community online! After recently getting back into horses, I am considering buying my own horse and would appreciate some educated and experienced opinions. I work at a local h/j barn and have fallen in love with...

I have been working with my 25 year old paint over jumps lately. He has been in very good shape. I started jumping him in March. He jumps HUGE. I'm trying to figure out how high I should jump him. He really enjoys these jumps to my knowledge. How much could a horse of his age handle?

Can anyone tell me if they have had any luck with weight gain on their senior horse using Manna Pro Senior Weight Accelerator and how long it took to notice? I have a 25 year old mare that is on Purina Senior now and her hay is always kept full. I've had to separate her from her herd to feed...

Okay Hi guys I am freshly new to this forum, so a big hello to you all :) Alrighty, I have an early 20s paint/spotted saddle horse with random swelling which likes to change legs. Weird, I know but he is a weird guy. His health history is just a medical book in and of itself, but to keep my post...

Hi, I have had my Appaloosa horse since he was 7 years old , he is now 26, and he has always been a super easy keeper until a couple of years ago and recently has become even harder. In his prime he was 1250 pound horse. He has lost weight and you can now see his backbone and hips. He is eating...

This is my first post here so I will give a little back story about how my mare came to be in this position :-) Stormy is a 22ish year old QH mare. She has always been an easy keeper and leaned to the chunky side on free choice forage and a little grain for a treat when being worked with. This...

Okay…some of you may not think this is the right thread but…I feel as if it pertains to his health. My 25 year old appy lost his mane when he was around 15 ish and (appy's being appy's…) it has just started to grow back. He now has about 2 inches of growth (though his tail still looks like it...

I have owned horses for years but have little experience with seniors. My first mare is in her early 20s and has always been an easy keeper (seriously - just a handful of oats would keep her butterball-fat). This winter everything just dramatically changed and it seems that being a senior has...

Hi :D I have a Shetland pony who is getting up there in age (17 to be exact!) who is just a retired pasture pet now but seems to be aging and slowing down a little bit. I'd really like to feed her a supplement to just give her a boost since her age is catching up to her, but Since she's doing...

So last November, as yall know, I rescued an emaciated senior TWH mare and have been working on getting her healthy again. Joyce was probably a mid-to-high-2 (possibly a low-3) on the Body Condition Scale (I use the 1-to-10 scale, where 1 is skin and bones and 10 is morbidly obese). She has...

I have a 20 year old Thoroughbred Quarter horse mix geldling. Its getting cold out ( - 5) outside. So it is to cold to ride him. :-( He has 2 almost 3 archers to roam in, he is a pasture horse. Lately he has been eating his poop. I always keep his feeder full with grass hay all day. He gets...

Hi, I have a 27 year old horse that will not gain weight. I have tried giving senior grain and his teeth have been checked. I need to find away to get him to gain some weight by this winter... Does anyone have any weight gaining tips?:-|

First off a little background about my horse. Indy is a 21 year old dutch warmblood. He was imported from Europe when he was younger, and lived mostly at big show barns doing hunter shows. When he was about 15, he was sold to a middle aged woman who had little horse experience. After a horrible...

Hello, Jade, my 34 year old Thoroughbred mare, is a very picky eater and recently went on a hunger strike. I've had three vets look at her, blood work done, teeth floated, ulcer meds, etc. All anyone can come up with is that she's being, well, picky. In an effort to keep her interested in...

I just began leasing a 24-year-old gelding named Duke who may have a bit of Missouri Fox Trotter in him. He's pretty much bomb-proof and totally kid-safe. There is a round pen available at the barn. Should I try Join-Up with him? The barn manager has no problem with me doing round pen work...