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Hi all, I have 3 horses which I do not ride. 2 cannot be ridden to begin with and I simply just lost interest in riding anyways. My concern is I have two very easy keepers and one very hard keeper. They’re on 24/7 pasture with supplemental feeding. I have been trying to get the hard keeper to gain weight for months now (she’s around 30). She is still a bit ribby and overall lacks muscle. However, the easy keepers are fatties. I’ve been struggling balancing trying to have the easy keepers lose weight and the hard keeper to gain weight. Their pasture has lots of hills and the water/supplemental feed is located on top of a hill, they typically hangout at the bottom, so they walk up and down lots during the day. Besides 24/7 hay and grass, I’ve been supplementally feeding the hard keeper a higher fat diet once a day. At the same time, I give the two easy keepers their supplements with about 1 qt of soaked orchard grass cubes. I know I could cut out their supplemental feeding but they have supplements I need to feed daily. Maybe I could reduce it to 0.5 qt? Anyways, my main question here is about hand walking. I want to start hand walking the two easy keepers a few times a week for 20-30 minutes a time (to start with). However, they are a very close knit group and the one mare is extremely herd bound (they all have a bit of herd bound tendencies, but one is quite severe). I know this is something that needs to be worked on, but for the time being I would like to bring all three on a walk together. My only concern is would this be “too much” for the hard keeper? I don’t want to have her lose any weight. She does need some muscle so I’m hoping this might build her muscle up as well (I would bring them up and down the hills and walk on flat as well). Thoughts?

TLDR; I have 3 bonded horses (2 easy keepers, 1 hard keeper). I want to start hand walking the two easy keepers for exercise, but I’m wondering if bringing the skinny hard keeper along would be too much for her weight gain goals, or if the extra movement (including hills) could actually help build muscle without causing further weight loss.

Hiii all. I am from Calgary and hoping to attend the PNE festival in Vancouver to see PTV. I have a couple questions about it though!

1. Do we think they might do a Canadian tour soon? Because of the price to get to Vancouver and hotels (even hostels are crazy expensive!) it’s starting to look pretty expensive. I would love for something to happen in Calgary or Edmonton, as it’s a bit more local and I’ll save some $. Everywhere in Vancouver has their prices jacked due to the festival. If anyone has any tips on making it a bit more affordable please share!!

2. Is there anyone in this group from Calgary who will be going to see them? Are you planning on driving or flying? Are you thinking of going the day before? I’d also love to have a group of people to hangout with at the concert as I would be going solo (25 F).

3. Does anyone have any tips for PNE or a PTV concert? I have never been to either and going solo is a bit nerve wracking! How are the crowds at the concerts, are people usually respectful or is there lots of shoving? If I got to the front of the stage would I have to stay camped there or are people usually nice about letting others get back?

Thanks in advance everyone. I hope I can make something work as I’ve loved PTV since I was 13.