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    DIY Livery Charges 2024

    West Sussex, £160 a month pure DIY, stable and field. Hay/bedding/services all extra. I have use of all facilities, storage, school etc. Yard is fairly rustic, but works for me and my horse. I can leave him out 24/7 all year round, fields are not closed in any weather (I have been there 11.5yrs)
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    Vets letter to RCVS

    I guess I am lucky that over the years I have never had vets ask if my horse/dog is insured as a first question, maybe later in treatment discussions but that would be a mix of me mentioning it or them asking. I have never let the fact an animal is insured push me into treatment I don't agree...
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    this is just about the most arrogant piece I have read in a long time.

    It’s so hard to let go of our beloved oldies, but if he were mine, I would be saying goodbye, quality of life for the horse trumps my attachment, no questions. I had a similar dilemma with my 26yo last year, I decided against an op to remove what had become a large tumour on his head. I couldn’t...
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    Early morning riders

    My horse is out 24/7 so I bring him in (pick out feet etc) then pop him in the stable where he has half his breakfast and some hay while I get my tack and drink my tea. I then brush him, tack up etc. He has the rest of his breakfast after he has been ridden.
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    Help

    I had something vaguely similar with my exracer a few years ago. Issue only presented in the school, he was golden out hacking in walk/trot/canter. Long story short, he had hock pain from arthritis (just one hock, due to a ligament injury a few years prior) and squamous ulcers. We medicated his...
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    annular ligament injury

    I think it’s a bit alarmist to say it never works.. it worked for my horse, he made a full return to work (18 at time of op, back to low level eventing)
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    Annular operation.

    Agree. My boy had box rest for 2 weeks and then into a pen and walking commenced, I was religious about doing it every day. He also had another ligament injury to contend with (had PRP at the time of the op), he was almost sound 2 months post op and fully sound at 4 months.
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    Boggle- USA bound!

    This totally resonates! I lost my horse of a lifetime in Aug last year, he was 26 and I’d had him since a 5yo so I am fortunate we had a lot of time together. I got him in my early 20s and have so many amazing memories of just going here, there and everywhere with him, no cares! I’d give...
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    Puffy hind fetlock, windgall?

    My late gelding had a couple of windgalls. One was compensatory in a front leg following on from him fracturing the opposite elbow a few months prior, vet said it wasn’t anything to worry about (no lameness). The other he was lame on, scan revealed injury to a sesamoidian ligament, that was when...
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    Point Two Air Jackets

    I would imagine the higher service cost is a one off, and that the regular £50 ish others are quoting would be the cost to service thereafter. I think you’d find it easy to sell, say £200 ish plus the service is still a lot less than a new one.
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    Point Two Air Jackets

    They are about £500 new aren’t they? How does that make it worthless?
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    Horses intercepted in Dover

    Vets £460 and collection £280 (no ashes back) in August last year.
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    End of an era

    So sorry, what a friend he was. It’s so hard when we have to say goodbye
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    For Sale Forage Plus Natural Vitamin E

    SOLD
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    For Sale Forage Plus Natural Vitamin E

    If you PM me your details and can send payment today, I can pop to the PO this avo to send it.
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