My horse has been out of work since june with an injury. she's now fully recovered and ready to be brought back into work. what's the best and quickest way to get her back to full fitness? time is sometimes limited due to my work commitments.
thanks
2006-10-14 02:26:14 · 17 answers · asked by bellefire_storm 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
she had stitches in a cut in her leg, which has had no lasting effect.
2006-10-14 02:40:05 · update #1
advice from your vet would be better than asking ppl on here
2006-10-14 02:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by emmaline 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I wouldnt recommend that you lunge her straight away as it may put unecessary pressure on her legs, if you think she is gong to be sane to get back on straight away then i would suggest you walk her for at least a week and a half, if not longer. I have had the best results using interval training (when you for example walk for 10mins trot for 2 and repeat three times, you can change and adjust times as she gets fitter)as it means you do not spend to long in one pace and it is also easier to do if you only have a short time scale. Remember there are other options to riding, you can loose school, lunge (but not the first couple of days) horse walker if you have one etc. Get on the internet or the library and look in some books and get some more examples.
2006-10-15 05:38:14 · answer #2 · answered by JandG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all you don't want to push her too hard if she has had an injury because you might just end up causeing more injury and end up in the same boat...My suggestion is first before you even put the saddle on make sure she is streched well take all four legs and strech just as you would before you work out... The lunge her for about 30 mins, you don't want to get on a fresh horse you'll end up with injuries.... you need to make sure that you do some light work before you start really to ride for long periods.....
First week ride about 45 mins of long troting and work some figure eights... make sure you bend and strech and get her back to shape
after about a week about 1 hour should do and still work figures eights and bending
do this for about a month and she should be in pretty good shape
unless she is just huge and fat!!!
2006-10-14 03:04:52 · answer #3 · answered by Brandi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some good hill work , nice trail rides and lots of walking up hills,
If you keep the paces slow n steady for a while she should be able to build up some strength where ever she had injured herself....... then in about 2 months start making it a bit harder increasing the pace on the flat , But try to walk up most of the hills as it is the best excercise and the hardest to do for a horse!
Also if her injury was shoulder, leg, foot , tendon related , try not to lunge her , it could put too much presser on her leg.
have fun .
2006-10-14 15:37:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find lungeing is good, starting off for a short time, then build up. Or have you tried interval training, I believe thats a quick way to bring a horse to fitness, you really need hills though to trot up.
2006-10-15 08:46:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anii 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe cut down on her feeding a little bit. If you have a round pen and a lunge rope, lunge her for about 5-10 minutes for 5 to 6 days a week. And if you have time to ride her just take it easy until you feel comfortable going faster on her after recovery.
2006-10-14 03:46:06 · answer #6 · answered by .Forever Young. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the saddle length has no longer something to do with the top of the horse. my horse is 17.2 arms, and he makes use of an previous saddle that a 13.2 mare used to experience in. its all approximately tree length and the form of the horse's decrease back, withers, and shoulders, no longer the top. additionally, the saddle "length" is unquestionably the size of the seat. so a sixteen" saddle is a sixteen" seat. the tree shape is what differs from horse to horse. so which you would be able to desire to get all diverse sized saddles with an identical tree and that that they had all in great condition an identical horse, ideally. (this would possibly not constantly be the case in the adventure that your horse is tricky to in great condition).
2016-10-02 07:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i got my pony fit in a couple of weeks by riding most days when i could, even if its just for 10mins, i also tried to lunge her or freeschool her before work for a few mins, hill work is another great way to build up muscles and walkin up them makes the horse work harder. if i kno im gona finish work late then i ask a friend to exercise her for me and in return il exercise her horse on a day she cant get down the yard.
hope this helps
2006-10-14 03:47:44 · answer #8 · answered by babybelle 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know you want to get her fit as quickly as possible, but don't push it. Trying to do too much, too fast will do more harm than good. Take it slow with at least a 10 to 15 minute warm-up before you do anything remotely strenuous.
2006-10-14 03:06:05 · answer #9 · answered by KatieJoe 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hand walking and lunging her. If she is turned out, make sure her leg is cleaned and wrapped with Vetrap or something similar. Don't turn her out with horses that will make her run or play because that could set her back further.
2006-10-15 06:39:54 · answer #10 · answered by Mikki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cant rush this, yiu need to start of with walk for 2 weeks then increase and add short trots. road work and hill work helps. also school after 2 or 3 weeks. then you can start on to canter work. hope yu have fun xx
2006-10-16 07:23:53 · answer #11 · answered by princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋