Recent content by Alwaysmoretoknow

The old adage of two wrongs don't make a right seems particularly appropriate here. Yes, some leisure horses and horses competing in disciplines other than racing are kept in highly unnatural ways that compromise their physical and psychological welfare, are trained and ridden in unethical ways...

Haha - the minipause? (I've got one too)

Ime - if you're not a professional or an experienced amateur than the more you pay for a fancy horse the more quickly it might deck you and undermine your confidence possibly as athleticism and sensitivity can be a double-edged sword although (sometimes) very desirable for a competitive rider...

So if your animal is at the vets it's potentially ill with something possibly contagious perhaps? Why the hell would you let it or allow someone else's animal interact with it? And whats with the shared water bowl thing - how to spread any infections going around.

Used to teach a relation of the Shah and cancelled his lesson to go to an auction to see if we could aquire some tack for the RS I was working at. He decided to come too and fell in love with a very dodgy horse entry which had previously jumped to a high level with a well-known professional...

With mine it was 1 x 300mg tablet for a 450 kg (approx) pony daily for 2 weeks then reduced to 1 1/4 daily after 2 week blood test as triglycerides were high with 3rd blood test scheduled for 2 weeks after that.

Yes definitely so but more importantly it reduces the danger of laminitis.

Maybe talk to your vet about it. I'd be interested to hear their feedback.

So had a blood panel drawn on my 3 retired loafers. Was absolutely horrified to see one of them (NF) returned 556.0 ulU/ml on his basal insulin - a high risk for lami is > 21ulU/ml. He's not had it yet...but damn. Started on Invokana 300mg 1 tablet a day and retested 14 days later. Insulin now...

Not racing but... Recently fence judged at a new BE event where we were briefed to be particularly aware of the social contract. We were told to report: 1. Any one handed strike of the whip after jumping a fence; 2. More than one handed strike of the whip before a fence; 3. Any horse being over...

The Mole Valley second cut stuff in the red bag at £4.50 a bag is fairly fine but the quality is a bit variable.

Mine are all up for it and will cheerfully chase and stomp any out of control dogs that they perceive as a threat. The shettie is particularly vindictive.

Maybe it's time to train police horses to stamp on aggressive out of control dogs who are attacking them.

I don't necessarily agree with some of the other arguments/POVs that you have posted but I do agree with a lot of what you have said on this one. I wish the the various welfare organisations would do more to promote the 'Adopt don't shop' ethic unless you need a specific breed for a specific...

At least dogs are somewhat self-cleaning.