Once we were diagnosed

I thought that before I go any further it would be good to show you a picture of my rather plump madam a few years ago.

This was taken in 2010, and although she is a little scruffy with a bit extra weight I wish I could have that horse back!
 This next image I did not want to take, and in honesty had to get my daughter to take as I really do not want people to see how poorly she looks, but for the purposes of comparison I think it is important I have a visual log of how the old girl is getting on.
 So here goes this picture was taken at the beginning of April, and I plan to add new progress pictures about once a month, to hopefully show Molly's progress.

I know what you are thinking,'why did you start clipping and then leave her looking like that?!'
well I started to clip her and they literally died on me, so I'm in the process of buying a new set.


At the end of December, I had to make a decision as to how I was going to deal with this, and I came to the conclusion that after near on 19 years of her being the most loyal of companions I owed it to her to try everything I could before I let her go.  If she was miserable, lame or possibly in pain then I wouldn't have thought twice about letting her go, but she isn't, she is still the stroppy, bubbly, cheeky madam that shouts at you as you arrive on the yard and drags you up the drive to go out to play with her field buddy Murphy.
 So that has been my mission, try everything so that I can look back if it all goes pear shaped and have no regrets or what ifs.


At the beginning of January I took my first weight reading of Molly which came up at

353Kg

I have regularly taken readings roughly every 10-14 days, and although the weight gain seems slow we are now up to

392kg

Which is broken down over 16 weeks to an average of 2.4kgs a week, which after seeking some advice from a much trusted and knowledgeable friend, is apparently a good safe gain rate.



Next on my blog..........

What on earth do you feed a horse with cushings?????