Hello Lynn, You have taken on a herd of minis! We know you have a lot to work out about feed quantities for this bunch. If you can find a way to separate the donks and mini's it would be best as the d

Christina, If you open the "Files" area you will find a Search box at the top of the page. Type Weight Calculator into the box and hit enter. Using a long flexible measuring tape you can take measurem

Hello Barb, Because it has been a while since you have posted I am going to attach our new member "How To" document below. To help you find your way around the new site use our "WIKI" page. Look at th

I can answer your question about soaking hay. If you are soaking the hay in HOT water then a 30 minute soak is sufficient. If using cold water do soak for 60 minutes (in a hay net is easiest) then ide

Hello Christina, I am sure that you will find this group to be very helpful. Yes, most ponies do fall into the "Easy Keeper" category. A good friend of mine who owns an Icelandic "Horse" doesn't care

Cass, Just wanted to pass this web site along to you. https://happyhoofpads.com/ I bought boot pads from here. Big variety of pad material. The owner is a trimmer and is happy to discuss the pad mater

Welcome Natalie, At this time of year there are MANY horses going through spring grass laminitis. The vast majority of them can and will recover. It sounds like you have your horse on a safe diet now.

Hello Mara, I am posting the new member primer document below. This instructive document explains to new members how to use our group effectively. All words in blue are links to documents and/or secti

Welcome Mara S, I see you are a new member so I wanted to ask you to look for a new member "Message" directed to you. All new members get this Primary Response document/message when they post in the E

I agree with Martha. You would have much better luck finding a good boarding situation for you two horses without moving them to the LA area. Prices for board and hay is crazy high in that area.

Dona, What kind of pad are you using in the SoftRide boots? Is it a wedge pad? Did Guinness have coffin bone rotation? Is he currently rotated? I ask because when my horse developed laminitis he didn'

Carissa, Here is a link to our member database, https://ecir.groups.io/g/main/files/ECIR%20Regional%20Members%20Database%20Word%20Doc%20March%2022%202020.pdf Some of our members have added their info

Faith, Is your horse on compounded pergolide or Pracend? Some people find that using a flavored pergolide tablet broken into a few pieces and set directly on top of a handful of grain works. A friend

Hello Faith, Thank you for getting your signature in place. Below you will find our new member "Welcome" post. It is packed with information. We suggest that member begin by going to our ECIRHorse.org

My gelding gets the apple flavored "chewables", also dissolved and syringed. He sucks the liquid down happily.

Welcome Erika, Below you will find our detailed new member information packet. You should have received information about creating your signature. We ask members to add their location to their signatu

Hello Kerri, I'm attaching our detailed "New Member" welcome package below. I recommend that you start by going to our website (link is in the 2nd sentence below) and read the sections about Cushing D

When adding blank rows to a section of the case history I have had better success by not using the the bottom cell when adding additional cells. Before I fill up all the blank cells I click inside of

Probe tips do need periodic replacement or sharpening. I will need to replace the tip on my hay probe before using it again. But I will try sharpening the old one first.

I have the Penn State hay probe. The barrel is longer with a smaller diameter than the Master Forge Probe which has a shorter barrel of wider diameter. Just my opinion but I suspect that the Master Fo