A GREAT ENVIRONMENT
FOR THE LAMINITIS PRONE

EMW Sanctuaries UK are very aware of the growing number of horses and ponies across the Uk that are
becoming increasingly obese.
Our obsession with food as a nation is not only causing us humans health problems
but our pets, including ponies and horses, too.
As a direct result laminitis is now rife and we are seeing more and more ponies
coming into our sanctuaries either at risk or already crippled with this complaint.
Here at EMW Herefordshire we have set about tackling some of the causes that can lead to laminitis risk.
We create the Jaime Jackson  'Paddock Paradise' grazing system in our meadows early each spring.




















Using electric fencing tape and posts we have effectively cut off the vast open meadows, creating perimeter lanes and incorporating things like boggy areas, stoney and dusty parts and wider and narrower widths of track .
Using this system means our ponies have to 'travel' much further in the course of a day to get to and from the water source and to search for the hay which we place in small piles much further apart and all around the perimeter in the hedgelines. We are fortunate that EMW Herefordshire has lovely old hedgerows full of
herbage and plant life beneficial to horses well being. Using this system we are able to give the ponies
shelter and shade as well as open areas and rolling points.




















To continue to 'grow'  the system we do need more fencing tape and posts, rubber foot baths and filler materials. Our financial postion right now is poor after a hard and long winter. Donations of any of the above are very much appreciated and will enable us to continue to extend this system and help more ponies with serious laminitis issues. Our grateful thanks go to our team of foot care experts who also give excellant advice and foot care to those in trouble. BY Late April once again we will have all our EMW Herefordshire horses and ponies living on the Paddock Paradise system of keep. Follow this LINK for more information