Beckie Mabbutt

 http://www.grazingmuzzles.co.uk

The Best Friend Grazing Muzzle is a must have ready for spring for managing a restricted diet, whilst allowing your horse the freedom to socialize, exercise and de-stress out in the field. 

VOTED Editors Choice and Best Buy Award by Horse Journal February 2010!

Horses adapt well to the Best Friend Grazing Muzzle and when fitted correctly, effectively restrict grass intake without restricting natural grazing and drinking patterns.

The Best Friend Grazing Muzzle is designed with your horses comfort in mind. For horses with pronounced features there is also the Muzzle Mate or Sheep Skin Padding for additional comfort.

Your horse will be happier and healthier so why delay, get your Best Friend Grazing Muzzle today.

The Best Friend Grazing Muzzle Deluxe version comes in an all-in-one design with a safety head piece attached.

RRP £42.95

Below is a picture of a new horse that I did last week that had quite a significant corn. I rarely see corns as they tend to be caused by poor foot balance and shoes that are too small or left on too long. A corn is really just a bruise but in this seat of corn area. They can become infected but his horse just needed to be shod with good support and I'll update you with a picture in 6 weeks to show you the improvements.

To look at examples of other bruises Click here

Here is this months update on the septic pedal bone, if you haven't been following it's progress then look back over the last few months and I think you'll be amazed at the fast progress.

The picture below is just two weeks later!

Below are some big successes from Virginia Russell-Wood. In the top picture are her 2 and 3 Year olds, Finn and Rupert coming Champion and Reserved Champion at Addington, in the Part-Bred Arab young horse classes. Then below is her 8 year old son Charlie having won lots of ribbons this year on Piper. Congratulations.

Along with another 12 Farrier's I was lucky enough to be involved with the 'Widest Part of the Foot' study on two wild Przewalski horses at Denver Zoo. This involved them being tranquilised and worked on quickly all four feet at the same time whilst they're down. We put markers on all feet and took radiographs so we could add the data to our on going study. It involved a lot of team work from the vets, zoo staff and all farrier's to make it as stress free for the animals as possible.

Here are some pictures below including a Kudu (Deer) that was recovering from a foot abscess that needed to be looked at.