Cottage Craft Elasticateed Exercise Bandages

Advantages: Cheap, many colours to choose from.
Disadvantages: Cant be too tight or too loose

...My one horse is an Oldenburg and he has very fine hair and very thin skin if that makes sense! So after a few months I started to notice on his legs he was losing a bit of hair, which was a bit worrying. After thinking about it I suddenly realised his brushing boots were starting to rub away his hair, especially when he sweated. After going to my local saddlers I came away with a pack of 4 fleece exercise banages in the Lilac colour (he is a grey and wanted him to look pretty!!) and I couldnt wait to try them on him! As they are fleece you dont need to use the gamgee underneath them as they dont rub! Now after using them for nearly a year his fur has grown back and his hasnt rubbed since which is great! They are great to wash, they dont shrink if you tumble dry them and they come up looking as good as new. However the only downside is... Read review

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Advantages: Minimises wastage
Disadvantages: Horses manage to pull all the hay through the hole!

...On deciding that both my horses waste soooo much hay during the winter when they eat through standard haynets I decided to have a look around in catalogues to see if there was a solution! I came across the cottage craft feed bag and thought it might solve all my problems!! It opted for the large as both my horses are over 16.2hh! and eat alot of hay and hayledge and it seemed to be ideal. The price wasnt too bad for something which was going to be an experiment so I bought two, they only came in green which was a bit poor considering cottage craft have been going for years and yet you had a choice of one colour! It is certainly hardwearing and durable considering they get tugged at alot and they werent hard to fill which saves a bit of time as normal haynets can get knotted. However, my horses managed to pull out their hay all in one go... Read review

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Advantages: Come in several colours and sizes. Very Useful.
Disadvantages: None

...After my experience with the cottage craft hay bag! I decided I needed to try something else to minimise wastage which was costing me alot of money!! I have the normal sized haynets and the ones with the very large holes but I needed something a bit smaller. After searching the internet I came across these nets which werent badly priced so I thought id give thm a try. They come in three colours, red, green and blue and two different sizes small and large which is a great idea! I bought 2 in each size as i thought they would be useful. When I got them and got them out of their packaging they seemed really hardwearing and durable which is needed as they dont half get a battering by hungry horses!! So far my horses have made less mess which is what I wanted and i have also noticed that it has slowed down their eating which is ideal... Read review

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