Recent content by Alice+LadyJane

I have a moody mare and I love her to pieces. She's the kind of horse that threatens but never actually does anything, she can pull the best grumpy faces you've ever seen with ears flat back and teeth grinding-the lot. Understandably this makes a lot of people nervous around her, but once you...

LJ's dropping weight at the moment so she's on big dinners!: 2 chaff 1 sugarbeet 1 1/2 alfa-a 1/2 oats with flexamine supplement twice a day but Lola and Blossom: 2 chaff 1/2 alfa-a

My mare is always described as 'marish'; she just pulls a lot of grumpy faces and has a strict personal space bubble but she's never kicked or bitten me and can be very affectionate when she feels like it

I think its fine, my mare always puffs up when I'm going the girth up and I often forget to check it after I've mounted so it's quite often loose. My instructor's been able to fit both his arms in on a couple of occasions and it hasn't caused any problems!

Lady Jane (LJ for short), and then my two youngsters are Lola-Rose and Blossom :)

1 l/w turnout 1 m/w turnout 1 m/w turnout with neck 1 h/w turnout with removable neck 1 fleece 1 waffle cooler 1 stable rug 1 exercise sheet :)

They get brought in and groomed and stand on the yard most days and are checked and fed everyday. The work we do is mainly desensitizing - walking over tarpaulins, under height restrictions and into the trailer etc. teaching ground manners and a bit of in hand walk and trot and over very small...