How do i slim down my 13.3 HH Pony?

Question

He has been out of work for a year and now has suddenly come back into working how do i slim down his round belly.

Answer 1

The name fo the feed is WellSolve W/C (stands for weight control) It is specifically designed for the overweight horse or if you wish to maintain the current weight it works great for that too. This feed is proven to help a horse lose weight, as long as it is fed properly. In their tests the data showed that the control group (the ones who did not recieve the W/C and a regular diet of hay and grains adjusted to restrict calories.) really did not lose much weight. (Well, the exception in the data is when there was a freak snow storm around week 3 where all the horses weight dropped significantly.) The second group who were on the W/C feed with no exercise did lose weight slow and steadly. The last group who were fed the W/C and worked regularly (really worked, not just 20 mins of a hack.) dropped more weight then all three. For about the first 3 weeks all the horses lost about the same amount of weight. But, after the 3 weeks is where the weight loss differed. The control group continued to lose a slow and steady rate. The group being feed the W/C with no exercise lost more then the first group. An average of about 50 pounds. The last group lost an average of 90 pounds who were being worked at 90 minutes a week and working up to 180 minutes. The trials were over 6 week periods.

Now as I have had to mention to just about every person who I design feeding programs for, YOU MUST FEED BY WEIGHT AND NOT SCOOPS.

Some great key points about this feed:

-Contains ideal levels of digestible energy to help manage caloric intake and weight control while maintaining a healthy body condition.

-Its an extruded pellet so that you can still give full scoops of the desired weight to be fed. Because the air is puffed into the pellet it weighs less resulting in you being about to feed full scoops. This helps with the idea that when you reduce feed sometimes you feel like youre starving your horse with only a 1/2 or 1/3 a scoops. You dont feed like youre starving your horse with such a small amount of another feed like oats.

-Its highly palatable and horses love the taste.

-There are less then 15% soluble carbohydrates (sugar and starch). Instead, it’s formulated with fermentable fibers and other low calorie nutrient sources.

-No molasses, no grains, no added fats

-Veterinarian researched

The link below is the page with much more detailed information.

http://www.wellsolveequine.com/default.a...

As mentioned with other answers make sure there are no health problems and check with your vet if you are unsure.

-make any feeding changes gradually 7-10 days

-always provide fresh clean water

-provide salt

-pasture has the highest nutrient content at morning and night. If possible you might want to try stalling your horses overnight and let them graze during the day only.

Answer 2

start slow and steady, lots of lunging and flatwork, you can also bring them in an stand them in the day so they are not on the grass, leaving them with just a slice of hay is good too as that helped my cobby mare loose her winter belly.  just keep excercising him and cut down any feed he is having

Answer 3

HOw much grain does he get? I would reccomend lots of  w/t/c maybe a couple of jumps but not high or hard courses. and just ride him lots and feed him less if is out on grass put graizing muzzle on. It seems mean but works wonders and if pony gets too fat chance of FOUNDER..

Answer 4

Lots of Walking and trotting out always works also schooling using alot of circles  x :) Good Luck x

Answer 5

use a grazing muzzle, and ride him alot alot!!!

Answer 6

LOL! I love them when they just come in from pasture they are so cute with their big grass bellies.

But I do alot of lunging, mostly trotting. I take them a walk as well down a lane near me. Once they have slimmed down a bit i start to ride and work into canter and do alot of big circles! Don't jump him until the belly has gone a bit.