Just popping in to say best of luck for Thursday. Sounds like you are just eager and the sellers are careful and professional. It all sounds kind of perfectly, innocently lovely to me so I really hope the horse passes for you xx
A livery yard owner or manager is responsible legally for the welfare of any horse on the property they manage/own. That means that they have a duty of care to all animals and if they see no water or hay, they are within their rights to supply it if they feel concerned for the animal.
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I'll ask here'shoping to pop in here. Her horse has been on retirement livery with me for just over 3 years.
Best advice I can give is visit the yard, get references and make sure you can visit unannounced.
I've actually never had a livery owner turn up unannounced but it is written into the...
I am just outside Gloucester and if I want haylage instead of our own hay, I pay £25 for a 4ft (actually more like 5ft) bale. Very good quality as well.
We've discussed this between me and Dan as he really suffers with hay and given that we're having our first baby in June/July, Dan has said...
Colic is the C word of the equine world. It doesn't discriminate, it just does, as and when it likes. As said above, it's any abdominal pains. Whilst a PM can tell you why it happened, it can't that it happened, so don't worry about not having one done.
The best we can do is make timely...
Firstly, congratulations. Wonderful news.
As for the tack, I'd probably just get it out for a clean once a month myself but what you've said should work too.
Cuddles and treats are for horses, not foals...and even then, only when the horse is behaviourally sound.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but have a really long and hard think about who is benefitting most from the current relationship you have. He's a colt. Cuddles, treats, affection...