Recent content by annhemming

Hi all. I bought a horse 2 weeks ago, he passed a 5 stage vetting with no problems. He was a bit thin and motheaten as he had lived out without a rug and in a herd and had bites, scabs and scrapes. Now that his coat has thinned, some of the 'scabs' on his neck actually look like sarcoids. I have...

I have one to give me confidence hacking alone. I have a very spooky green mare who spins when she spooks. She has also been known to catleap. My RS-Tor has saved me countless times. I use it cross country too. You forget you are holding it and it doesnt affect you hand position. Go for it!

My mare fractured her pelvis and initially her insurance said they would not pay as she had back pain (sore muscles) over a year before. My vet wrote a letter to say she had been sound for over a year since her back pain and the conditions were unrelated. They lifted the exclusion and paid out...

Have you done much bonding/groundwork with her? I mean interesting stuff like intelligent horsemanship. Lunging is boring for horses, but doing 'games', mazes, narrow spaces, poles, bridges etc is stimulating for the horse and builds trust and obedience. It worked miracles for me and adds...

I am about to buy one of these. Any opinions/experience of these? I can't find much on them

Thanks so much for your reply, I have ordered magnesium for her, I believe it helps with calming also.

Hi. Has anyone had any experience using the equiwinner patches or cyproheptidine? My mare has just started head shaking. I think its pollen related so I have ordered a nose net, but just wondered what else people have tried.