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In this article audio soup 
armor, helps you to prioritize 

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and older horses health and 
comfort. 

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Sue Palmer known as the horse 
physio has over 40 years of 

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experience with horses. 
Sue uses her knowledge of the 

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links between are quite pain and
behavior to help you understand 

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and enjoy your horse. 
Caring for the older horse, I 

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think people understand things 
different when they get older 

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it's not a question of getting 
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gray areas instead of black and 
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I really believe I'm just 
understanding things different 

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better. 
Jeff, Lindsay. 

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How's your horse gets older? 
He will inevitably become 

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stiffer and I'm often asked how 
best to help, maintain an older 

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horses Comfort. 
I'm privileged to work with many

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older horses as part of their 
owners efforts to maintain their

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horses health and comfort. 
I was lucky enough to have 

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horses as I was growing up and 
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end these experiences and my 
ongoing learning together with 

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my training as an instructor 
behaviorist. 

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East and ack, patterned ramp 
registered chartered 

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physiotherapist. 
Help me discuss the older horses

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care with the many clients in 
similar situations here. 

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I share with you some of my 
thoughts on this often. 

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Emotional subject. 
We all, want to be confident 

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that we're doing our best for 
our horse. 

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But with the wealth of 
information available on the 

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internet, it can become 
confusing to work out what's 

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relevant and what's not. 
There are many ways to help keep

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the older horse comfortable and 
I'd love to To hear your 

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thoughts and experiences 
knowledge is power and I know 

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you have valuable information to
share with others. 

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Exercise. 
Aging is not lost youth but a 

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new stage of opportunity and 
strength, Betty Friedan. 

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Do you have an older horse in 
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Do you still write him? 
Do you work him in hand, or take

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him out for walks? 
But your feelings around this. 

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The vast majority of older 
horses are not 100% sound the 

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same applies to the vast 
majority of older humans. 

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I take a bet that most unsound 
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continue functioning in their 
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Many of us prefer to keep 
working exercising or taking 

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part in our hobbies for as long 
as possible, even if this causes

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us discomfort. 
I believe that the same applies 

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to many horses. 
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horsemanship, each horse is an 
individual and should be treated

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as such. 
Therefore as yours is caregiver,

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it's your responsibility to do 
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To understand what he needs. 
It's essential to recognize what

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he enjoys. 
What's good for his health and 

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well-being and what makes him 
uncomfortable or unhappy Perhaps

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I'm anthropomorphizing here. 
Putting human emotions onto 

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horses, but it seems the easiest
way to get across what I want to

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say. 
The older horses soundness, just

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like your own depends on many 
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experiences and luck in most 
cases, there's much that you can

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do to help your horse, stay 
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for as long as possible. 
Ultimately old age will come to 

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us all and there will be a time 
when our bodies can no longer 

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function in this life, but 
whilst we're on this Earth, we 

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can do what we can to live a 
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Maintaining a safe and 
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Level of exercise can help 
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In terms of horses, the priority
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When working with an older 
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fact in particular, I will ask 
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tripping in front or behind but 
especially in France, a horse 

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who is tripping, could be a risk
to himself and his Handler, 

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suppose your horse trips 
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ridden. 
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discussing this with your team, 
for example, that Marion 

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farrier, and physical therapist,
and figuring out the best way to

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keep you both safe. 
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trust their judgment on how 
their horses feeling most owners

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who spend time with their horse,
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even without overt symptoms. 
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willing and comfortable. 
I recommend maintaining an 

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appropriate level of exercise. 
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for example, doing some in hand 
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a walk. 
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hacking, it might be continuing 
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only, or walk and trot, or walk 
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I often recommend no jumping but
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He'll work may help maintain 
strength and core stability or 

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perhaps pole work. 
You might be able to ride and 

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lead or it could be just making 
sure that you turn your horse 

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out for as long as possible. 
David Ramey, DVM has written a 

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fantastic article, called, 
whatever happens to serviceable 

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e sound, which you might be 
interested to read. 

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You will of course know that 
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exercising in some way, even if 
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their chair, the same principle 
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so many benefits in terms of 
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What's the appropriate level of 
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Massage and Grooming. 
I take a massage each week, this

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isn't an Indulgence it's an 
investment in your full creative

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expression. 
Stroke productivity, stroke, 

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passion and sustain good health,
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Massage and grooming as 
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offer their horse, whatever the 
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years ago, the groom's strapped 
the horses daily, the groom's 

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would get to know every inch of 
their horse as a result, knowing

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a horse this, well, makes it 
easier to recognize when changes

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occur when something isn't, 
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And when we need to call for 
help, most of us can't manage an

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hour a day, but perhaps we could
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month. 
The focus in our culture tends 

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to be on fixing bodies that are 
broken rather than on 

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maintaining good condition and 
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I see a physio every few weeks 
myself for maintenance and 

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prevention, you could help your 
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Similarly with regular treatment
from yourself in the form of 

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grooming or massage. 
You might also consider therapy 

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from an equine sports, massage 
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physiotherapist or a registered 
animal musculoskeletal 

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practitioner Massaging or 
grooming, your horse will 

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stimulate his nervous system 
which will promote Comfort 

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health and healing the heat and 
energy from your treatment. 

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With greatly benefit your horse 
and probably yourself studies 

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show. 
That stroking, an animal causes 

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a release of endorphins in both 
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endorphins are a powerful 
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And painkiller if you lack 
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massage skills, my book and 
course horse massage for horse 

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owners. it teaches a full body, 
massage routine, that any horse 

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owner can easily achieve 
Baited stretches. 

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You are only as young as your 
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Joseph Pilates. 
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instructions from the nervous 
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brain and spinal cord, 
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the spine, can affect the 
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affecting the body in lots of 
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It's not just the muscular 
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also, the internal organs 
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spine could potentially affect 
other areas such as gastric 

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function and even hormones. 
Not being able to bend correctly

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or entirely through the neck and
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can lead to compensate re 
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turn can increase the risk of 
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So you can see why it's 
essential to keep your horses 

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spine as flexible as possible. 
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inevitable with age in some 
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Most of us will be able to think
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more flexible than we would 
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We can help to maintain the 
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exists reduce the onset of 
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restriction. 
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limitation that's already in 
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The easiest way to do this is 
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lateral, flexion exercises of 
some kind, encourage your horse 

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to follow a treat with his nose 
towards different parts of his 

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body, a lick it or similar works
well, to cause movement 

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throughout the Fine pick several
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three movements towards each 
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For example you might choose to 
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towards the chest to the ground 
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ground, outside of each front 
foot to each shoulder towards 

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the middle of the back, where 
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or too boxy towards the stifle, 
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him to stretch out forwards and 
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dental care every tooth in a 
man's head is more valuable than

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a diamond Miguel de cervantes's.
Nowadays, it's relatively common

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for a horse to outlive his teeth
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of his teeth dental care for the
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when they're younger, but for 
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their teeth continually erupt, 
this means that each tooth has a

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set length and it gradually 
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And further out eventually the 
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erupts, it changes shape and 
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Oil and in the older horse, this
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Common dental problems in the 
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infections, fractured teeth and 
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All of which should be monitored
with regular Dental checks, and 

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treated as necessary. 
Some of the signs of dental 

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problems include diarrhea, bad 
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loss of weight and difficulty 
eating You can find a qualified 

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equine Dental technician in the 
UK at Bae DT.com 

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health checks. 
To keep the heart unwrinkled to 

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be hopeful kindly cheerful 
reverent that is to triumph over

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old age, Thomas Bailey aldred. 
The older horse is in as much 

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need of a preventative health 
care program as the younger 

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horse. 
Although sometimes for different

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reasons. 
Regular maintenance checks and 

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treatment should include Dental 
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monitoring, and a general health
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Some common health problems in 
older horses, include arthritis,

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weight loss, heart, murmurs eye 
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kidney disease and Cushing's 
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There's much that can be done to
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comfortable, and active. 
The two leading causes of weight

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loss, a poor teeth and poor 
digestive ability, you can help 

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reduce the risk of these with 
regular Dental checks from a 

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qualified. 
Equine Dental technician an 

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appropriate worming program as 
advised by your vet and good 

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maintenance of your pasture. 
I'll switch it changes can lead 

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to pain and reduce movement. 
You can help ease these for your

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horse with appropriate pain 
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As of I advised by your vet with
proper exercise, regular 

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grooming, or massage and regular
physical therapy, for example 

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from an accpac, charted 
physiotherapist, or a registered

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animal musculoskeletal 
practitioner Regular health 

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checks from your vet, perhaps 
yearly or more often. 

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If required can help monitor 
internal problems, such as eye, 

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problems, liver or kidney 
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heart. 
Murmurs, you can look out for 

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sarcoid and any other lumps or 
bumps or heat or swelling as 

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part of your daily care and 
contact your vet if needed. 

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Time. 
The great thing about getting 

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older is that you don't lose all
the other ages, you've been 

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Madeline long We're in such a 
rush. 

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So much of the time. 
One of my favorite songs is 

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quarter to Forever. 
Bye, Tina. 

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D. 
Co for most of us, there's a 

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fine line between spending time 
with our horses and working to 

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earn the money. 
We need to be able to spend time

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with our horses. 
You may have come across this 

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story about an old fisherman. 
There are several versions but 

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I'm sharing one from medium.com 
there was once a businessman who

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Is sitting by the river in a 
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As he sat, he saw a fisherman. 
Rowing a small boat towards the 

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shore, having caught, many, many
fish, the businessman was 

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impressed and asked the 
fisherman. 

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How long does it take you to 
catch so many fish? 

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The fishermen said not long. 
Then why don't you stay longer 

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and catch even more. 
The businessman asked. 

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This is enough to feed my whole 
family, the fisherman replied, 

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the businessman continued. 
What do you do for the rest of 

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the day? 
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wake up early in the morning. 
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go back and play with my kids in
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I take a nap with my wife and 
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friends in the village for a 
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dance throughout the night. 
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suggestion to the fisherman. 
Ila PhD in business management. 

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I could help you to become a 
more successful person from now 

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on. 
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fishing and try to catch as many
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When you've saved enough money, 
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catch even more. 
Fish soon, you will be able to 

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afford to buy more boats, set up
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production plant for canned 
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by then you will have moved out 
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city. 
Where you can set up hq2 manage 

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your other branches. 
The fisherman asks, and after 

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that the businessman, laughs 
after that, you can live like a 

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king in your own house. 
And when the time is, right? 

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You can go public and float. 
Your shares in the stock 

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exchange, and you will be rich, 
the fisherman tasks. 

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And after that, the businessman 
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finally retire, you can move to 
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Wake up early in the morning. 
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Home to play with kids have a 
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wife and when evening comes you 
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drink, play the guitar sing and 
dance throughout the night. 

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The fisherman was puzzled. 
Isn't that what I'm doing now? 

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The older horse has served his 
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He's done his work. 
He's ready to be loved 

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appreciated and cared for. 
Can you make the time to simply 

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be with him amongst The Madness 
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keep those legs moving? 
We don't stop playing because we

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grow old, we grow old, because 
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Shaw. 
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further or faster than they need
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had to close your eyes, every 
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you didn't cringe at his Antics.
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field, munching taking life at a
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There's no need to put in more 
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The old adage, use it or lose, 
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muscle strength and join range 
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If we never move a joint through
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it will become more difficult 
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movement. 
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fully Bend his knee, it will 
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over time. 
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muscles creating the movement 
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the joint itself stiffens up You
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good range of movement through 
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We've discussed spinal range of 
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chapter and we've discussed 
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exercise chapter. 
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exercises, specifically designed
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movement through his legs. 
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you can do to maintain limb, 
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your horses feet up at least 
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Not only does this mean he has 
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has to balance on the opposite 
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maintaining strength. 
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your horses front legs forwards.
After you girth Tim up at some 

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point in your horsey time, this 
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least a couple of times a week 
to help keep the freedom of 

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movement through the shoulder. 
A beneficial and relaxing 

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exercise that the horse is to 
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it slightly out to the side. 
Letting him stand with his front

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feet a bit wider, apart than 
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him to stand like this. 
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a good facial release through 
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sternum and ribcage, since the 
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A held to the body by soft 
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This fascial stretch will help 
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through the front legs. 
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with the hind legs, creating a 
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hamstrings and up into the 
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Feeding, you can tell a lot 
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his way, of eating jelly beans, 
Ronald Reagan. 

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younger horse, particularly in 
terms of feeding, as always each

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horse should be assessed and 
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An overweight horse will be 
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feed and may benefit more from a
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increasing his feed, your horse 
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he's been on his whole life 
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age and it becomes a challenge 
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that the teeth wear out or 
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this acquitting dropping the 
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Once it's been chewed instead of
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the side of the mouth being more
unwilling to eat eating more 

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slowly and losing weight. 
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eat his hard feed, you might 
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To make it easier for him to get
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risk of choking. 
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cough more than a younger horse.
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horse, you could soak or steam. 
His hey, also make sure that his

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bedding is as dust free as 
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He might find it more 
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than he used to. 
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your management in both summer 
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account. 
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the hey game, forager or a 
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Hey Cube are all suitable 
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horses, not just older horses. 
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horse as they stiffen up through
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supplements are available for 
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discussing with your vet on 
whether these are appropriate 

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for your horse. 
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Keep your eyes on the stars and 
your feet on the ground Theodore

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Roosevelt. 
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need some extra care and 
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But for different reasons to the
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usually slows down as the horse 
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with less regular visits from 
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On the other side of the coin, 
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as the horse gets older and so, 
you might need more regular care

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to keep the hoof in as good 
shape as possible. 

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Some older horses are better 
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Others are better, Barefoot and 
your farrier can advise, you on,

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what's best for your horse? 
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quality could be down to the 
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his body condition, or the level
of nutrients. 

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He's getting from his feed. 
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greater risk of infection as the
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system won't function as well as
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So you need to keep an eye out 
for lameness or heat in the 

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whoo. 
Ooh, for lower leg. 

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Some horses, get less flexible 
as they get older and find it. 

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More difficult to bend their leg
for the farrier or even to have 

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their feet, picked out others. 
Find it hard to stretch their 

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front legs forward or their hind
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Both of which are positions that
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For some will find it more 
difficult to balance on three 

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legs and if there's a pain 
issue, your horse might not want

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to weight bear at stand on the 
lame leg while the opposite. 

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Or diagonal leg is lifted for 
trimming or shoeing, your 

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farrier will need to take your 
horses physical issues into 

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account as they change over 
time, which can take skill and 

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patience, you can do exercises 
to help your horse to maintain 

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comfort strength and balance to 
make it easier for him to cope 

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with farrier visits. 
If this is something you think 

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your horse would benefit from 
contact your local, chartered 

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physiotherapist or registered 
animal musculoskeletal? 

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A practitioner for assessment 
and advice, it could be 

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something as simple as working. 
Your horse gently for 20 

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minutes, just before the farrier
visits to help him loosen up. if

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your horse is really struggling 
and exercises are not helping 

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then contact your vet to discuss
the option of pain relief for 

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farrier visits hoof, care is an 
essential part of the management

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of your horse and it's not fair 
if it hurts your horse 

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comfort, You may not always have
a comfortable life and you will 

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not always be able to solve all 
of the world's problems at once.

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But don't ever underestimate the
importance, you can have because

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history has shown us. 
That courage can be contagious 

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and hope can take on a life of 
its own Michelle Obama. 

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In my opinion, the older horse 
has earned the right to a level 

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of comfort. 
One of the difficulties, of 

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course, is working out what 
comfort means for your horse, 

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don't assume that keeping him 
comfortable means having him 

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wrapped up in plenty of rugs, or
kept safe in the stable out of 

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the worst of the weather for 
some horses that might indeed be

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what makes them feel 
comfortable. 

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But is it what your horse wants?
Does he prefer to be in, or to 

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be out rubbed or bear with 
friends or on his own to be 

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ridden or to be left alone to 
eat and sleep? 

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A quiet environment or busyness,
the radio on or off? 

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Does he like a deep bed or does 
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move around with too much 
bedding around his feet? 

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Does he enjoy being groomed? 
And if he does, does he like the

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rubber curry comb or the body 
brush? 

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Making sure that he has the 
relevant checks from vet Faria, 

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equine, Dental technician, 
physical therapist, nutritionist

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and saddle fit. 
If relevant is important, equine

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professionals, who are qualified
and experienced a likely to have

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come across far, more older 
horses than you have through 

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their work. 
They won't have the same level 

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of emotional attachment that you
do, and they may be able to make

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more accurate judgments in 
relation to the care of your 

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horse. 
However, bear in mind that, you 

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know, your horse better than 
anyone else, you are his best 

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expert. 
You are the center of the team 

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that supports him and ultimately
the decision on, what's best for

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him is down to you 
conclusion. 

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Life is like riding a bicycle. 
Keep your balance. 

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You must keep moving Albert, 
Einstein. 

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Whether he's lived his life with
you, or has had multiple owners 

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before he came into your life, 
your older horse has done his 

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duty served his time. 
It's only right. 

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That you continue to do your 
best by him as he ages. 

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We cannot stop the aging process
and it's inevitable that his 

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strength and flexibility will 
degenerate over time. 

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Aging is a natural process, but 
there's plenty that we can do to

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make it easier for our horses. 
Caring for your older horse is 

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different. 
And at times, it can be hard. 

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The body is less able to handle 
stress and infection movement 

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can become more difficult and 
his attitude can change your 

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horse. 
Might start to see mold at 15 or

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at 25 or 35. 
Each horse is an individual and 

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your horse is in the lucky 
position of having you care for 

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him as such Listen to what your 
horse is telling you and enjoy 

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the mellowing. 
That comes in most cases with 

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age, there is much fun still to 
be had when you work out how to 

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adjust to the changing situation
and appreciate your friend, both

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for the joy that he's given in 
the past. 

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And for the pleasure that he 
continues to give, Listen to 

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what your horse is telling you 
and enjoy the mellowing. 

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That comes in most cases with 
age, there is much fun still to 

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be had when you work out how to 
adjust to the changing situation

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and appreciate your friend, both
for the joy that he's given in 

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the past. 
And for the pleasure that he 

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continues to give,