Put your best hoof forward this season

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With the competition season now in full swing, horse owners are keen to ensure their equines are ready to step into the ring and put the hard work and training of the winter months into practice. However, regardless of the fact we are advancing towards summer, stabling at any time of year can pose challenges including saturation and weakening of the horse’s hooves in wet and dirty bedding

Bedding that performs as well as you do!

With the 2015 competition season now open for business, ensuring your equine is in ‘tip-top’ condition, is the key to success! If you were a racing driver you’d tune your car to perfection; as a rider, you need to think the same way about your horse’s preparation and health!

Is your stable a safe haven?

We keep our own bedding clean and fresh, and our horses’ stables should be no different! Many of the same issues that cause humans irritation also adversely affect our equine partners, so dust, flies, smells and bugs are a definite no-no in their environment. Your equine’s stable should be a safe haven where he can rest, recuperate and get ready for an exciting spring season. 

Nedz bedding boasts all of the key ingredients required to help create a ‘safe haven’ stable: 
 

• Both Nedz Original and Nedz Pro go through a rigorous dust extraction process, creating a virtually dust-free environment for your horse whilst stabled.
• High levels of absorbency means Nedz chopped straw soaks up urine, which in turn reduces the levels of ammonia in the environment. The result is a cleaner, fresher and more hygienic stable.
• Both Nedz Original and Nedz Pro utilise the exclusive Natural Nedz formula - a unique blend of Manuka, Cade Oil and Aloe Vera. Natural Nedz offers anti-bacterial, antiseptic, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic and anti-insecticidal properties. This organic formulation improves hygiene by helping reduce bacteria and viruses spread by insects. Cade Oil discourages insects from entering the environment, while the stable remains fresh smelling.
• Natural Nedz also features Silver. Silver has been shown to help support the reduction of bacteria, viruses and fungi. When used in the stable, silver has been seen to help support the prevention of harmful virus-spreading bacteria and other pathogens whilst supporting the equine’s health and immunity.

Give Nedz the nod to ensure your stable is a safe haven this spring! Nedz Original and Nedz Pro are priced between £6.50 - £8.50 per 20kg bale. For more information about Nedz visit www.nedz.co.uk or tel: 01254 677 762.

Top performers need top bedding!

The 2015 competition season is upon us, and top performers need top bedding. Practice in the ring makes up a couple of hours a day, but rest and recovery accounts for a far larger proportion of time, and requires a high quality environment to maintain condition and wellbeing.

We know how important sleep and rest is for our own health, and horses are no different. Research suggests that if a horse is deprived of good quality sleep for several weeks, his behaviour could begin to change and he may be more likely to spook, become distracted and lack in performance. As any rider - competitive or amateur - will appreciate, this means a well-rested horse is likely to be happier and healthier. Exceptionally absorbent and comfortable, chopped rape straw bedding Nedz Pro provides the perfect foundation for a good nights sleep in order to ensure your equine gets the quality rest he needs!

As well as providing comfort, Nedz Pro goes through a rigorous dust extraction process ahead of being packaged, to keep dust, mould and spores to an absolute minimum. We all know how important the area that we sleep in is for ourselves and this should be no different for your horse. By utilising an exclusive organic Natural Nedz formula containing Manuka Oil, Aloe Vera and Silver, Nedz Pro reduces ammonia levels and helps support the defence against harmful bacteria to provide a soothing and safe stable zone.

Time is always an issue and by only requiring a full muck out once a week, Nedz Pro is the ideal solution for time-strapped riders. The quick-rotting raw material means muck heaps are kept to a minimum and with tightly compacted 20kg bales – a little goes a long way! There are many jigsaw pieces needed to be put in place to support the performance horse but getting the foundations, such as bedding, is a critical step when you’ve got your eyes on 2015 prizes!

 

Nedz Pro is priced between £6.50 - £8 per bale. For more information about Nedz products, tel: (01772) 877 096 or visit www.nedz.co.uk

Out with the old, in with the Nedz

The New Year brings resolutions for improved health, tidiness and efficiency – not just at home, but at the stables too. Nedz Pro and Original both offer a super absorbent alternative to shavings whilst combining all the benefits of quick rotting, easy to muck out, cosy, chopped straw. By going “out with the old, in with the Nedz” horse owners can immediately tick off all three goals, giving 2015 a super successful start!

New Year aim no. 1: Health

The unique Natural Nedz formula in Nedz bedding contains Manuka Oil, Silver and Aloe Vera to offer a safe, natural and organic environment that helps reduce ammonia levels and supports healthy skin and a strong immune system. Natural Nedz helps defend against harmful bacteria, particularly useful for travelling horses and those with weaker immune systems, while the addition of Cade Oil maintains a fresh aroma, giving 2015 a fresh start in every sense!

New Year aim no.2: Tidiness

Nedz products go through a rigorous dust extraction process ahead of being packaged, to keep dust, mould and spores to an absolute minimum and creating a virtually dust-free environment for both you and your horse. Nedz bedding is easy to muck out and has minimal waste, and, thanks to its natural composition and quick-rotting properties, muck heaps remain a controllable size.

New Year aim no. 3: Efficiency

Both Nedz Original and Nedz Pro are quick and easy to muck out, however the exceptional absorbency of Nedz Pro means that a full muck out is only necessary once a week. This saves you time and effort during the colder months on a daily basis giving you more scope to ride and have fun! With around 4-6 bales being needed for initial start up and on average just one bale per week to top up, Nedz bedding is both time and cost efficient!

Nedz Pro and Nedz Original come in tightly packed 20kg bales, costing between £6.50 - £8 per bale. Running a healthy, tidy stable has never been easier thanks to Nedz. For more information visit www.nedz.co.uk or call 01254 677 762.

Horse owners confirm that absorbency is the priority

Nedz always strives to tick all of the boxes when it comes to meeting customer’s needs and with this in mind, a latest market research survey by the company produced some interesting results and confirmed that top of the list is absorbency!

In a recent survey of 146 horse owners, research showed that 27% of people felt that high absorbency was the deciding factor when it came to choosing bedding. This was followed closely by 26% of people stating that dust free bedding was the most important benefit and 25% rated comfort as their top priority. This compared with just 17% who were primarily concerned with cost, and the remaining customers put biodegradability as key.

Nedz prides itself on producing two products, which throughout the manufacturing process are chopped in a way that provides optimum absorption. This, combined with a start of the art dust extraction process, produces a hygienic, yet cosy and comfortable stable environment, so the company’s aims and values align with the requirements of customers and their equine partners! 

When it comes to absorbency, Nedz Pro ticks all of the boxes. Made from Oil Seed Rape Straw, Nedz Pro offers a super absorbent alternative to shavings, requiring a full muck-out only once a week and creating a sturdy yet comfortable base for your horse or pony. The high levels of absorbency help to create a hygienic atmosphere for your horse by reducing ammonia build up, which is ideal for horses requiring support for the respiratory system. This cosy chopped straw also biodegrades within two to three months and can be safely used as a fertiliser.

Both Nedz Pro and Nedz Original offer horse owners a traditional method of bedding, maintaining the cosy feel and appearance of straw, whilst using an innovative Natural Nedz formula containing Manuka, Silver, Aloe Vera and Cade Oil to provide extra benefits. Nedz products are also virtually dust-free, helping to create a safe environment for all horses and ponies, whilst keeping costs to a minimum without compromising on quality!

Keeping your stable spick and span

The wet and chilly months often bring about an increase in the amount of time that equines spend stabled in an effort to guard against the harsher conditions. This is not always the most enjoyable time to be a horse owner, as keeping the stable clean and tidy can seem to take twice as long, but good ventilation and tip top hygiene are key to maintaining your horse’s health and condition over the winter months.

A build up of dust, mould and mildew spores and ammonia can increase a horse’s chances of developing a respiratory problem, so it is important to choose a suitable, top quality bedding. Both Nedz Original and Nedz Pro are virtually dust free, creating a hygienic, non-toxic environment for your horse whilst stabled. Nedz bedding rivals shavings for absorbency, helping to decrease ammonia build up to support a healthy respiratory system and save you time completing the chores, whilst maintaining the cosy feel and appearance of a traditional straw bed!

Nedz Pro, made from Oil Seed Rape Straw, is a cost-effective, hygienic bedding, which works best when deep littered, creating a sturdy yet comfortable bed that does not shift as your horse walks on it, and only requires a full muck out once a week. The high level of absorbency is combined with the exclusive Natural Nedz formula, which contains Manuka, Cade Oil, Aloe Vera and Silver to provide anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic and anti-fungal properties making it ideal for horses with sensitive skin and those who wish to create the most hygienic stable environment.

Not only does Nedz help to create a hygienic, safe and non-toxic stable environment for your horse, it also biodegrades within two to three months and is safe to use as a fertiliser, helping to keep your yard clean and your muck heap easily managed, as well as saving you time on the yard chores and money on getting your muck heap removed!