Set for Success this season

As 2013 starts many of us will be preparing for what the Spring show circuit has to offer. So whilst we are working hard in the arena, building up fitness and making sure we provide optimum nutrition for our horses, is there anything else we can do to help achieve success this season?

When considering the lifestyle of the modern competition horse it becomes clear that most spend a large proportion of their time in the stable. Even those that are turned out to graze during the day spend the nights tucked up safely inside. As the stable can often be a dusty and dirty place it is crucial to ensure your bedding choice provides an environment which is hygienic, healthy and as dust free as possible.

The horse’s ability to respire has a direct link to their ability to succeed in competition, as the more efficiently the horse can inhale oxygen the more energy can be produced, which in turn fuels their muscles. A bedding product that is dusty can cause numerous problems both for horses suffering from respiratory conditions and those who need to perform at their best. Inhaling dust and ammonia caused by urine and droppings in the stable can result in inflammation of the air ways, reducing the air space for oxygen to reach the rest of the body. This irritation of the cells may cause the secretion of mucus leading to a snotty nose and a weakened immune system.

Your horse’s respiratory function is vital to both his wellbeing and performance so it is important that we provide them with exactly what they need to be fighting fit and raring to go.

Nedz products provide the optimum bedding for success with three different types of bedding to suit all mucking out styles and tastes. The range includes Nedz Original, Nedz Pro and Nedz Advance which all embody the Nedz sentiment of minimal dust and maximum absorbency, reducing the levels of both ammonia and dust in the stable. The inclusion of an exclusive Natural Nedz formula in both Nedz Original and Nedz Pro creates an anti-bacterial, antiseptic, anti-fungal, and anti-parasitic product which helps deter bacteria, moulds, insects and bugs and is ideal for horses with wet and messy bedding to ensure your stable stays as hygienic as possible.

The chopped straw bedding products are simple and easy to muck out – ideal for the busy competition yard – and rot down quickly to create a small muckheap that can be safely spread on fields as a natural fertiliser. Nedz products have a retail price of between £6 - £8.50 and a little goes a long way to make them both environmentally friendly cost effective.

For details of your nearest stockists or for more information visit www.nedz.co.uk or call 01254 677762.

New Year, New Bedding

The beginning of a New Year inevitably brings a series of resolutions from all of us, whatever they may be, but how about making the resolution to try something new today and try a new bedding for your horse or pony. Improving your beloved equine friend’s health is important for every loving owner, and you may even save your pennies too!

Nedz provides a completely natural approach to bedding as a fantastic alternative to shavings and other bedding products on the market. The competitively priced bedding also provides additional health benefits and with three different products to choose from you really are covered for every eventuality!

Traditional bedding meets technology with Nedz Original; a chopped wheat straw product treated with the Natural Nedz ensuring your horse has the snug feel of straw with extra absorbency, resulting in a quick-to-muck-out, hygienic bedding. In addition, unlike conventional straw, Nedz Original is equipped with a bitter taste to stop a greedy equine tucking into their bedding either through boredom or hunger.

If you are looking to save time and money without compromising your equine’s health Nedz Pro is the bed for you. Made from oil seed rape straw, Nedz Pro creates a super absorbent alternative to shavings with all the benefits of biodegradable chopped straw. Nedz Pro works effectively as a deep litter bed with the wet only removed once a week, or on a daily system depending on your requirements. Hygiene is imperative and as Nedz Pro is also treated with the exclusive Natural Nedz formula ammonia levels are reduced and the anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-parasitic properties help keep bugs and bacteria at bay! Nedz Pro is ideal for those looking to speed up mucking out, reduce wasted bedding and opt for a more natural approach.


Nedz Advance, though still manufactured from high quality straw, provides a different type of bedding. The straw is chopped and ground before being pressed into a pellet. These are then steamed and sterilised to control moulds and spores and ensure the bedding is totally unpalatable. The pellets break down as your horse is stabled on it at different rates meaning the exceptional absorbency lasts throughout the bag. Unlike other pelleted bedding, there is no need to water Nedz Advance and the bedding does not stick to droppings meaning you only remove waste and don’t fill up your muck heap!

All Nedz products are dust extracted making them ideal for horses with respiratory compromise, and each product can be used on concrete or rubber matting bases. Nedz retails between £6.50 - £8 for 20kg bales of Nedz Original and Nedz Pro, and £7 - £8.50 for 15kg bags of Nedz Advance. 

So with health benefits, price benefits and muck-heap-reducing benefits, make trying Nedz your New Year’s resolution. For more information or to find out your nearest stockist visit www.nedz.co.uk or telephone to tel: 01254 677 762

Get box clever this season

Box rest; dreaded words to any horse owner. When you are already worried about your horse’s wellbeing, you don’t need the added concern that your bedding could be causing more harm than good. Box rest could be anything from a few days to several months and can be stressful for both horse and owner, however good management and a safe, clean and comfortable stable can alleviate the strain of the situation to ensure your horse’s health is not compromised.

When your horse is laid off work their management regime is drastically altered overnight changing their daily patterns and influencing their behaviour. In order to manage box rest effectively both the horse’s physical and mental needs must be addressed and with this in mind providing a safe, hygienic and comfortable stable can help maintain peak health in a variety of ways.

Nedz Bedding is made from top quality, chopped straw and provides a biodegradable, environmentally friendly, natural bedding. Combined with the exclusive Natural Nedz formula, both Nedz Pro and Nedz Original help ensure your stable stays clean and fresh with anti-bacterial, antiseptic, anti-fungal, and anti-parasitic properties to help eliminate odours and discourage insects and bugs.

Made from oilseed rape straw, Nedz Pro is highly absorbent, requiring just one full muck out per week negating the need to spend hours toiling at the yard and providing a sturdy, comfortable base for your horse to be bedded on. Nedz Original is a more traditional wheat straw product, offering a fluffy, cosy bed which rivals wood based products for absorbency. Both Nedz Pro and Nedz Original are quick and easy to muck out, leaving more time free to groom, make a fuss of and take care of your confined horse.

One of the common concerns for the box resting horse is wet bedding. Wet bedding not only causes saturation of the foot but also leads to increased levels of ammonia in the stable which can damage the horn and weaken the outer layer of the horse’s hoof, not to mention irritate the delicate respiratory system. Capable of absorbing up to five times its own weight in liquid, Nedz Advance is comprised of chopped straw pellets that break down as your horse stands on them, negating the need to add water, and creating a soft, yet sturdy, virtually dust free bedding. Nedz Advance also works in conjunction with other Nedz products to offer the exceptional absorbency, combined with a deep, cosy and more aesthetically pleasing chopped straw bed.

Nedz Bedding provides the perfect, natural solution for the box resting horse. Each 20kg bale of Nedz Original and Nedz Pro is tightly packed to ensure maximum value for money and typically requires only one bale per 7 – 10 days as a top up, prices vary between £6.50 - £8 per bale. Nedz Advance comes in easy to handle 15kg bags and costs between £6.50 and £8.50 per bag.

To find out more about the Nedz range of bedding solutions tel: 01254 677 762 or visit www.nedz.co.uk 

Sustain soles this season

With the cold, damp winter weather just around the corner, horse owners are bringing their equines in from the field and setting up a nice, cosy stable to protect them from the seasonal elements. However stabling horses can bring a new set of problems, including saturation and weakening of the horse’s hooves in wet and dirty bedding.

We are all familiar with the old proverb “no foot, no horse” and it couldn’t be truer today. Hoof health is indisputably important as neglected hooves can lead to discomfort, pain, disfigurement and lameness. Though stabling our horses can protect them from rainy and wet weather many horses and ponies feet deteriorate during the colder seasons as a result of bedding which lacks absorbency. Wet bedding not only causes saturation of the foot but leads to increased levels of ammonia in the stable which can damage the horn and weaken the outer layer of the horse’s hoof.

Nedz bedding provides the perfect range of products for horse owners concerned about healthy hooves. All Nedz products are manufactured from high quality chopped straw but that has been dust extracted to offer exceptionally absorbent, hygienic and virtually dust-free alternatives to traditional bedding methods.

Not only do Nedz provide the perfect bedding solutions for the wetter horse, to help avoid seasonal problems such as thrush and other fungal infections, the state of the art dust extraction process makes every product in the range ideal for equines suffering from respiratory problems or simply for owners requiring added protection for horses on reduced turnout time during winter.

All Nedz products, including Nedz Original, Pro and Advance, are simple and easy to use and rot down a few months to provide an economical bedding choice.

Take a deep breath this season...

Are you already dreading the winter season ahead? Horses that suffer from respiratory conditions or dust allergies can find the winter months a tricky time of year to deal with, however there are precautions that you can put in place to help your equine deal with the dust, and they may be simpler than you think…

It can be very stressful for horses, and their owners, when dealing with breathing conditions. Recurrent Airway Obstruction, or RAO, (formerly known as COPD) can be exacerbated by factors in the environment, and when winter weather means essential stable time, exposure to these elements can be unavoidable.

You can significantly reduce the levels of dust in your horse’s stable by implementing a few straightforward management practices. Choosing your horse’s feed and forage carefully, trying not to groom muddy horses in an enclosed area, and avoiding sweeping or mucking out around horses that have a delicate respiratory system can all help, however your bedding choice can have huge implications.

Choosing dust extracted bedding can make a significant difference to horses with respiratory problems. Many products harbour dust particles that, when disturbed, enter the air in the environment and if ventilation is not at its best – which it often isn’t in many stables – this dust will linger in your horse’s box and irritate the respiratory system. Nedz Pro has been put through a rigorous dust extraction process using state of the art technology to virtually eliminate dust particles making it ideal for all horses and ponies, including those already suffering from breathing difficulties.

A slightly less obvious point to consider is absorbency. Ammonia is an unavoidable noxious gas that is in all horses’ urine and droppings. This ammonia can cause irritation to the sinuses and respiratory system, which can lead to breathing difficulties and conditions, so by choosing a product which soaks up your horse’s waste you can reduce the level of ammonia in the stable. Nedz Pro is made from highly absorbent rape straw that is chopped to produce short fibres capable of soaking up urine quickly. The result is a large reduction in ammonia levels and of course a more hygienic stable environment.

Moulds and fungal spores also contribute to respiratory problems, which is why Nedz Pro is treated with exclusive Natural Nedz to offer anti-fungal properties, along with a host of other benefits, which helps reduce these harmful contaminants. The addition of Cade Oil also ensures a clean, fresh, yet non-overpowering odour is maintained in the stable from the initial opening of a bag, throughout use.

Nedz Pro is priced around £6.50 - £8 for a 20kg bale. The recommended set-up is around 4-5 bales for a 12 x 12 stable, with one further bale added every week.

To find out more about Nedz Pro and the other dust extracted bedding products available from Nedz, tel: 01254 677 762 or visit www.nedz.co.uk 

Don't waste time mucking out!

It seems like only a moment ago we were preparing our horses for their increased turnout time over summer, but as autumn draws closer and the nights get cooler it’s time to provide a cosy stable to keep our equine friends warm, safe and dry. If you are time conscious this season and would rather be saddling up instead of shovelling, then Nedz Pro is sure to reduce mucking out time with its exceptional absorbency.

Nedz Pro is made from carefully selected chopped and dust extracted Oil Seed Rape Straw providing completely natural bedding that offers a fantastic alternative to other bedding products on the market. The inclusion of an exclusive organic formula, Natural Nedz, offers anti-bacterial, antiseptic, anti-fungal, and anti-parasitic benefits, helping to eliminate odours and discourage insects and bugs, and generally keep your stable clean and fresh - vital for the times when your horse is stuck inside!

Due to its highly absorbent properties, Nedz Pro only requires a full muck out once a week negating the need to spend too much time shovelling, while also providing a sturdy, comfortable base for your horse to bed down on. When utilised efficiently and skipped out daily Nedz Pro requires minimal topping up so not only will it cut the time spent doing yard chores, but it will also cut down on expenses!

In addition, when looking at the whole bedding picture, Nedz Pro is highly biodegradable ensuring that your stable waste rots down within two to three months, saving space on your muck heap, reducing muck heap removal costs and even providing you with a ready-made fertiliser for your fields!

If you would rather spend your time riding this season, instead of mucking out, then set up a Nedz Pro bed today and see how much time you can save. Priced around £6.50 - £8 per 20kg bale, an average 12ft x 12ft stable requires 4 – 5 bales of Nedz Pro for initial set up and around one additional bale per week to top up. For more information visit: www.nedz.co.uk

Forget gold this season, go green!

Unfortunately when it comes to the environment there is no ‘planet B’. With this in mind it is our duty to take the ‘greenest’ approach to everyday life when possible and this can also be applied to equestrian products. Whether it is a chemical-free fly spray, organic feed or horsebox sharing, we can no longer bury our heads in the sand and shake off responsibility and one easy way to clear your conscience is by purchasing a sustainable, environmentally friendly bedding.

In order to reduce your equine carbon footprint it is important to minimise waste wherever possible, however in order to keep our horse’s stables safe and hygienic it is important that we don’t scrimp on mucking out skills. Wet bedding can cause high amounts of ammonia in the air surrounding horses which can have damaging effects on the respiratory system, not to mention what lying down or standing in mucky bedding can do to skin and hooves.

Nedz products are made from chopped straw making them one of the most environmentally friendly bedding categories on the market as a result of the methods in which it is grown, the natural formula it is treated with and its quick rotting properties. Nedz re-uses what would otherwise become a waste product from the harvest of wheat or rapeseed making it sustainable and efficient.

You can rest assured that only the most natural ingredients are used to produce Nedz products, particularly Nedz Orginal and Nedz Pro which are both treated with a totally organic, natural formula, Natural Nedz. This means that the bedding contains no chemicals or pesticides, whilst also helping to reduce the amount of bacteria, moulds and parasites found in your horse’s stable.

Disposing of Nedz is simple, easy, and cost effective. The chopped straw is highly absorbent which means that only small amounts of bedding are removed during mucking out and once on the muck heap Nedz rots down within 2-3 months – as opposed to 2-3 years in the case of wood based products. Once this process has occurred the by-product can be safely spread on fields as a totally natural fertiliser, without any risk of valuable nitrates being removed from the soil.

For further information visit: www.nedz.co.uk or telephone (01254) 677 762.