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I bought my gorgeous mare as a first horse about 18months ago and she has proven to be anything but easy. I'm struggling with the decision of selling her or pushing through... I like her fiery nature really, but my confidence can be fragile... I've written an ad and just edited together a sales...

Thank you to everyone for the replies! It's good to know that I'm not just being overcautious. Fingers crossed we can get it sorted!

As title says really, does anyone know of any equine weigh bridges that I could hire or use near Berks, Bucks or Oxf?

Sorry in advance for the loooooongg ramble! :eek: I have a tb mare who I've had for a little over a year now and it's been quite a rocky year at that. She's always appeared rather grumpy; Ears back, trying to nip and even kick. She nips sometimes when I catch her etc. She tends not to like to...

Thanks for the replies, have you any experience with hireamicklembridle.com ? and also, what size would you put a 15.2 tb mare in?

As title says really, I can't seem to find an official website to buy them from and was wondering where anyone else got theres and where is reputable?

Her mates tend to come in at about the same time as her if not a little earlier sometimes. I never let her get away with anchoring herself in the field and by the time we get up to the track outside the field she'll walk fine. Leaving her out overnight could be an option but she wouldn't have...

We tried it when we first got her and she became very aggressive towards people and was always trying dominate humans and other horses aggressively. I'm sure that in the future when we've done plenty of groundwork etc. that she will be able to return to living out happily but for now it's safer...

Sorry I didn't mention, she didn't have a week off work while I was away - my trainer came and worked her for me. And as I said before, she isn't at a point yet were she can be left out overnight

I agree that she shouldn't take the p*** but from a past experience she cannot yet live out at night. I did try bringing her in to work and then turning her out again which is what I may continue to do, she was a very excitable handful to turn back out but I'm sure we can get over that.

Ok so I've always believed that horses should be able to spend as much time as possible just being horses in the field and so I always try to keep mine out 24/7. But, when I got my current mare it became clear very quickly that we couldn't leave her out 24/7. She's now stabled at night and is...

I'm not sure, I think a combination of midges and horseflies...?

As the title says, my saddle pad always seems to disappear backwards during every ride! We've had the saddle looked at and it was deemed a good fit so I don't think it's that... Anyone got any ideas of how to stop it? I'm thinking of getting one of those gel pad things but not sure about it...

Where do you get the insecticidal shampoo? Do you think it works well? It sounds like a good idea!

Thanks for such quick responses! I'm going to give all of them a go as it's getting so bad :( and I do feel so sorry for her. I'll keep you updated on what works best :)