Lluest Horse Sanctuary

The Lluest Horse and Pony Trust at Llangadog, Camarthenshire takes in injured, or homeless horses and donkeys. Sometimes they are rescued from abuse, at other times their owners simply cannot afford to look after them anymore, and the Trust is home to around thirty such animals.

This short video was taken on their annual Summer open day (it rained) and shows some of the horses and ponies in the stables, as well as the donkeys in the field.
Please visit their website at the bottom to learn more :

http://www.lluesthorseandponytrust.org.uk/

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Pets & Animals

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• Lluest
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• sanctuary
• Llangadog
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• donkey

[LongLiveCowboys18]

@CHEVYedsf The theory it seems to be that there has to be a predisposition for it (genetic or developmental weakness) combined with the possibility of too much weight on board, too often and too soon in life. The elasticity between vertebra deteriorates allowing the topline to drop. Some horses will show sign early, some late, many not at all, all under the same conditions.

[LongLiveCowboys18]

@CHEVYedsf Are you a vet? Or maybe even a Equine Chiropractor?

[CHEVYedsf]

@Michaela1484 Swayback? No. Not painful at all.

[CHEVYedsf]

@LongLiveCowboys18 Sway back is a physical deformity, NOT resulting in being ridden too early. The person was misinformed. Horses develop it with age, and some are born with it.

[stinahumana]

Thank you for your beautiful work for life

[jackcashtiara]

none of my horses have ever had sway back and we get on them before they are one. not that im extremely heavy barely 100 pounds, sway back comes with age, just like hunchback in humans, its not from the age they are rode, but from the age they are and some horses dont even get it, like the 26 year old horse that i had or the 36 year old pony.

[MoNgOoSeSxiNxmYxbEd]

Swayback is also not necessarily caused by being ridden two young either. I've seen it manifest as a side effect of traumatic tendon injury (holding the back strangely to try and alleviate pain). Also having a lot of foals can be contributor. To be really affected by being ridden too early it'd have to be very young, considering TB's are raced at 2 (trained at 1 1/2), and you rarely see one with a severe sway back.

[LifeIsDeceiving]

@Michaela1484 severe case of swayback.

[LongLiveCowboys18]

@ChloeRosie14 No. That is where your wrong. THis person said that this horse was ridden too young resulting in a swayback. People should wait three years until they ride their horse. Sometimes it may depend on if the horse is fully grown or not.

[LongLiveCowboys18]

@Michaela1484 Only if there is pressure placed on the horses back. Usually the horse standing around wont hurt it very much but they wont be able to be ridden ever again. The age most horses are comfortable being riden at is three. But it sometimes depends on the horse.