Troy is now working very easily toward PSG at home, he is easily breezing through canter pirouettes & changes. We have now also done some Tempi changes, it's all very exciting. Im also sure more exciting news will be on the way but atm we are keeping a lid on it. So all i can say is check back often to see if we spill the beans.
Galante made it out to 2 shows as well as training in august & completed his Novice open petplan qualification with sheets to spare.
We where all ready to compete at the Kingswood Petplans on the 6th & 8th of September however a few days after i put our entry in he came down with a dry cough & sneezing. The vet advised us that it could be a virus but it more probably was an allergy to something due to the speed at which it came on & no other symptoms.
So cue all of us here at CT dressage doing much head scratching to try to find what could possibly be causing it.
Despite using Propell Plus, Protexin recover aid & winergy Ventilate he was still suffering. So the decision was made to withdraw from the Petplans & give him a few weeks off.
We finally realised that his cough & sneezing coincided with some swallows hatching in his stable, unfortunately where he likes to stand in his stable was right below the swallows new nest & there mess was falling down the stable wall right in front of his nose.
We decided the best cause of action would be to create another vent in his stable at this point so yesterday we set about doing this. Please note no Swallows where upset or harmed by us doing this stable alteration, in fact they watched & im sure where shouting orders at us.
Galante has already had a week off due to this allergic response & today i was greeted by a bright & bouncing Galante. He well & truly told me he was feeling better & so far not a single sneeze or cough has been heard, however I'm still glad we have withdrawn as i need to make sure he's 110% well. But im very glad our stable alteration has worked for him, But it does indeed point to the swallows being the problem.
We have been inundated with Swallows this year they have had a bumper year, so even though they are lovely i will be quite pleased to have them pack there familys up & go on there long journey to africa.
So now on to Our huge news :)
We attended the British Hanoverian annual Championship show on the 1st & 2nd of September 2012 at Moulton College with our 2yo British Hanoverian filly Fabiosa. We competed in the 2yo filly class on the Sunday & we won!!!
Eavie aka Fabiosa was also awarded the highly regarded 1A award from the German judges, they really liked her & said she had a lovely active hind leg, good limbs & a very good frame for a mare. The only comment that was down was she had a slightly flat croup, well we can live with that lol.
The tantrums came when Eavie decided she was not going to wear her in hand bridle & she through her toys out the pram.
We have handled Eavie & prepared her extremely well for the up coming tasks that this show was going to present. But unfortunately she did find the atmosphere overwhelming, even to us her Human counterparts we found the atmosphere a little bit crazy.
To top the day off she then also decided that she wouldn't load. Again this is the filly that literally runs up the lorry ramp normally. It really does just show how different atmospheres can take you by surprise no matter how much prep you put in.
However saying all the above she really did put her best foot forward in the ring & literally showed herself off to the maximum to our relief.
Needless to say even though we encountered problems, we are absolutely made up with our 1A awarded filly!!
We now have a job on our hands as she can go forward for the Elite mare candidate award, which includes a stud book inspection & a mare performance test. It is going to be quite difficult to achieve for a first timer as even the proffesional studs struggle, however we are going to give it our best shot as Eavie is certainly a worthy candidate as 1A's are not handed out easlily.
Now onto something completely different bedding!!
We have tried many different types of bedding over the last few years from, Miscanthus to wood pellets to paper. But we have always ended up having to go back to our trusted bedding of choice shavings. We have some clean horses & some filthy box walker type horses here, & whilst most types of bedding worked well for the clean ones they always ended up costing a fortune & being problematic with the filthy ones.
However a few months back we decided to tried Equibright bedding our last batch of shavings where just awful but thankfully we where very pleasantly surprised by it by Equibright. We use the mixture that has wood & straw, it's quite weired as it has briquettes blocks in the bedding. This means that as the horses use the bed it tops it's self up as the briquettes break down. I was sceptical & asked many questions before trying it, thankfully Jane at Equibright is lovely & was completely happy to answer all my questions.
I first of all ordered the trial pallet of 12 bags, they came extremely quickly & i bedded my 27yo TB Murphy who is the most filthy down on it the same day.
I have to say it has been a doddle to use & muck out. It is lasting longer than shavings & doesn't move quite a much in the stable as shavings.
I'm also noticing my muck heap is reducing faster.
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