Office staff help Shetland ponies shift the pounds
Office staff help Shetland ponies shift the pounds It is not uncommon to see staff at World Horse Welfare's head office walking their dogs in their lunch break, but Shetland ponies?! The leading international horse charity is currently looking after over 100 horses and ponies at its Snetterton Recovery and Rehabilitation centre, five of which are Shetland ponies with rather large waist bands. "We keep a very close eye on all our horses and ponies to make sure they are all at the right weight," explains Centre Manager Sue Hodgkins. "Some of our Shetland ponies are too small to ride and despite being on restricted grazing and spending an hour a day on our horse walker, they are still not as trim as we would like. | |
"As the Shetland ponies often take part in demonstrations on our open days they are all really well behaved and have been trained to walk to heel. We came up with the idea of asking the non dog-owning staff in the office if they fancied talking a pony for a lunchtime walk and the resounding answer was ‘yes!' In fact there are more volunteers than there are ponies so we will have to draw up a rota!"
World Horse Welfare is open every Wednesday and weekend and entry is FREE. For more information and to learn how you can assess the right weight of your horse or pony, please visit http://www.worldhorsewelfare.org
Added on: 29/08/09.
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