Cranky Frankie – the Horse that Wouldn’t Go
Frankie was the kind of horse you come across fairly regularly. Nappy, cranky, lackluster and unwilling to go forward. When Karen contacted me she had owned Frankie, a 9 year old Quarterhorse gelding, for 2 years. She bought him from a woman who had owned him for 3 years, who in turn had bought him from a stock station for her daughter to ride. The daughter quickly lost interest so Frankie had been turned out onto large scrubby, drought affected land with some cattle. Karen was interested in Frankie as he was quite well bred and she wanted to campdraft him. Karen told me that
Wheat Intolerance
Does your horse Tie - up, as in Equine Polysaccharide Myopathy, EPSM. FYI With each and every horse we have hair tested and treated over the last twenty odd years, who have presented with tying up problems, the one common factor they have all shared is their intolerance to wheat. That's right folks, not oats, not corn but wheat. OR Does your horse have: Behavioural problems, poor performance, failure to thrive, nervousness, grumpy, cranky or mad