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Here are the plans of mine (dim are metric). Nowadays I have a roof over it. That way you can shoe while staying dry.
Be sure you get the horses used and at ease in the stock before attaching and working on them. Took me a month before all was well.
If I remember well this is number one:
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And this number two:
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Maybe a little besides the topic, but over here in France we talk a lot about this topic only not for logging, but for the work in the vineyards. Often because of the weather there is little time to plow a lot of acres. Most of the plowmen are independent contractors who take care of a number of acres. They work together by subcontracting. The plowman who has the contract bills the hours worked in total and pays his collegue 75% of the number of hours billed. This way people stay motivated to hire help.
I forgot to mention that leg mites also make things worse. That is what the Cydectin is for.
A photo of the package:
I have a scan of an article on leg mites in the draft horse journal autumn 2012 which is too big too upload. If you send me your E-mailadres I can mail it to anyone interested.
Mine you can find through our blog: http://jardin-esperande.blogspot.fr/ (nous contacter).
I will have a look for the documentation, don’t know if I have it digitally.
No shaving is because it irritates, infects and it removes the little protection that is left when there is a quarterinch of hair.Aerating is the key thing.
In summer we keep the hollow part under the pastern cut short (like in winter, but then everything). That way this spot stays cool and fungus don’t get a chance do develop.No free pasture and no bought prepared food because of the too many proteins and sugars.
In my opinion and experience this goes for all heavy drafts. We mix our own oats, wheat, crushed(?) barley and sometimes corn. Besides that we give lots of good hay made without (chemical) fertilisers.I almost forgot: work is good, keep her moving. The first year I did two hours a day (every day!), lot of light work on the forecart.
What I have read on dutch forums in the past is that some owners with CPL brabants don’t have their horses shot and don’t put them on concrete because when it irritates the shocks while pounding are not good for their legs. Also fly protection (masks, blankets and chemicals) in summer helps to keep them in shape (they tend to lose weight).
Give Lynne a hug from me, I know they have a hard time with this.
Jeroen
PS To give you some courage my old lady made her debut in the Bordeaux vineyards last week and crushed all the other horses with her power and stamina:
Hi Tom,
In fact one of my mares was diagnosed with CPL 7 years ago and I have it under control, no progress in the ilness anymore. She is still going strong at 16.
I have some documentation about it, but sadly all in the dutch language.
What worked for me:
In winter I cut the feathering with sissors, no shaving!
In summer I cut the cavities (?) under the feathers.
Every 3 months they get treated with Cydectin against the mites.
Wounds (when dried up) are treated with zinc ointment (a french version wich is called: Mitosyl)
No free pasturing, only a few hours a day and no rich spring pasture.
No water on the legs after work. I never even wash them, the skin gets too soft.
It takes 15 minuters a day, but this is time well invested.Good luck and feel free to ask.
Jeroen
