JP EQUESTRIAN THE HORSE WEIGH GUY MOBILE WEIGHING CLINIC ⚖️🐴
Hi I’m Jay from JP EQUESTRIAN THE HORSE WEIGH GUY Mobile Equine Weighing Clinic, I provide an equine weighing service where I come out to your yard with my specialist mobile equine weighbridge to accurately weigh your horse/pony.
I provide a weighing service for all equines, plus other animals if required, covering all over The UK.
A Mobile weighbridge set up to allow owners to monitor, maintain and accurately measure their horses weight. Having an accurate measure of weight ensures feeding, worming and transport requirements are met - all integral components of keeping happy, healthy horses.
I started offering this service as I was searching for a way to record and track horses weight without the need to transport them to a weigh bridge - a time consuming and expensive affair if you don't have your own transport! Plus transporting your horse/pony can affect their weight before being weighed, whereas not travelling them does not affect their weight before being weighed.
Equine Weight has always interested me which is another reason for me setting up this equine business/service, over the years I have learnt a lot about how equine weights change during their lives and why keeping accurate weight records on horses and ponies is extremely important and needs to be monitored closely, so by setting up my mobile equine weighing business I can now help other equine owners monitor their equines weight.
As I am are fully mobile and independent this means I can come to your yard causing a lot less stress to your horse/pony before they are weighed (which can effect their weight before being weighed), plus they are still in their own environment, less stress on your equine is also less stress for you.
I am happy to come at a day and time convenient for you, wether that’s a weekday or weekend, early morning or late evening, plus my weighbridge requires no electric so can be placed anywhere around your yard or stables, the only requirement is a solid, flat surface.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW MY HORSES WEIGHT?
Knowing your horses weight can be important for many aspects of their management. Forage intake, feed quantities, supplement requirements and wormer quantities should all be calculated and guided by weight. It is also important for transportation - ensuring you keep under the all important payload!
It is important to regularly monitor the weight and body condition of your horse. This will help you to spot increasing and decreasing trends. AN accurate weight is vital for dietary formulation, drug dosage, analysis of peak competitive bodyweight and management of weight for welfare cases.
It is important for horse owners to be aware that actual bodyweight can only be determined by use of a calibrated weighbridge. However limited access to weighbridges has resulted in the development of a range of weight estimation techniques; including weigh tapes and weight estimation formulae.
When using weighbridges it is essential that horses are placed on the weigh platform with all four feet squarely on the bridge. The handler must ensure that they are not standing on the weigh platform or touching the side rails (if applicable) as this can influence the reading. It is important to note that a weighbridge is the only suitable method to use in pregnant mares and young stock. Weigh tapes and weight estimation formulae are not appropriate in these categories of animals as they are designed to evaluate the weight of mature horses and do not incorporate the weight of the developing foetus.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?
It takes just a few moments to take each horses weight - dependant on how quickly each horse will venture onto the scales, for the best experience this is never rushed and done with encouragement and praise. It takes around 10 minutes to unload and set up the scales initially to be good to go.
I will set up the weigh platform in an area of your choice on your yard, then ask you a few information questions about your horse/pony before getting you to walk them on the weigh platform, once your horses/ponies have been weighed I will then fill out your horses/ponies personal record sheet recording their weight and giving you an average weight range for the breed and height of your horse/pony helping you to keep them within their breeds weight range.
I never rush you or your horses/ponies to get on the weigh platform, you can take your time so to not stress your horse/pony.
I am also happy for others to be weighed on the day if not been booked in advance.
By using my equine mobile weighing service this can give you piece of mind knowing your horses/ponies exact weight rather than guessing with the weigh tape which can be as much as 60kg plus either way of their true weight. You then have the option of contacting an independent nutritionist over the phone to discuss how to go forward with feeding your horse/pony what they may correctly need by being able to tell them your horses/ponies exact weight.
Knowing how much your horse weighs, is really useful for several reasons;
Available 7 days a week - JP EQUESTRIAN THE HORSE WEIGH GUY MOBILE EQUINE WEIGHING CLINIC regularly visits different counties and I’m happy to weigh 1 horse or 50 horses !! One-off visits or on a more regular basis can be arranged (fortnightly, monthly, quarterly or yearly) - and if I am already in your area - there are no visit fees or fuel charges.
To keep on top of your equines weight contact JP EQUESTRIAN THE HORSE WEIGH GUY MOBILE EQUINE WEIGHING CLINIC to come out with our mobile weighbridge.
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