Kerry Wiles and ‘Toggi’ (East Yorkshire)
I was SO lucky to meet Beccy through a friend of mine. When I began having problems with my horse (Toggi, a 17h Dutch Warmblood with a huge personality) Beccy was invaluable in helping me. She came up with thoughts, ideas and highly practical suggestions of how to help Toggi. Togs has some serious dietary intolerances which manifest themselves in several ways from skin lumps or urticaria to four hugely swollen legs!!!
We know some of the substances he is allergic to but some of them are impossible to eradicate from his diet (like thistles!) and according to the vet there are almost certainly more that weren’t tested for. Beccy has helped me find food types and supplements that have enabled me, up to now, to manage without enormous amounts of steroids from the vet which was my main aim for Toggi. He also looks better than he has done since I got him – he has put weight on in all the right places and is positively glowing with health – again thanks to suggestions about his whole feeding regime from Beccy.
During the process of getting help with Toggi’s feeding regime Beccy suggested that I have him looked at by Fiona Varian. This also proved to be invaluable – Toggi’s saddle which had been regularly checked was causing him pain and completely restricting his movement which explained his reluctance to be saddled. Beccy is now helping me look at different saddle options and hopefully we can find something that allows Toggi to show off his fabulous movement unrestricted by pain and discomfort.
Thank you Beccy.
Kerry Wiles
