This is Jason's story. He is a 16 year old 14.2hh Welsh gelding. He has come to live with us as his previous owner could no longer afford to keep him and he had lost alot of weight due to the young lady being unable to buy him feed.

We collected Jason last Saturday afternoon. After much gentle persuasion, we finally loaded him into the trailer. He hadn't been in a trailer for over 18 months, so was really weary of going in. The lure of food finally got the better of his nerves though, and gingerly walked up the ramp where a bucket of pony nuts and a haynet waited for him!

We arrived back at the farm and decided to put Jason straight into the field - after taking his traveling boots off. Albert, my 15.2hh T.B. driving horse came trotting over to introduce himself to Jason, soon to be very disappointed, as Jason didn't even lift his head from the lovely grass!!

I have chosen Jason's food very carefully, taking into account his age, condition, plus the fact he hasn't had hard feed for over a year. Finally settled on Alfalfa, Senior conditioning mix, sugar beet, with soya oil, milk powder, biotin, natural live yogurt and lots of carrots and apples!! He is having 3 feeds a day, so not to put too much strain on his stomach, which could cause colic.

Sunday 26th October 2010

Gave Jason a bath this morning in insecticidal shampoo, incase he had lice. He was very 'itchy' and had very greasy coat. He loved his bath, standing in the sun with his eyes half closed!! After his bath, I brushed all of the tangles from his mane and tail. He is now very shiney!

I also washed all of Jason's rugs, to kill any bugs!!