Recent content by annret

Does anyone here have experience with rage syndrome who could talk to me a little bit about it, or know of a vet with an interest/specialisation in canine neurology? Contact by PM please.

competitiondiva, he is neutered already but I would think he was neutered late. He's been a very good boy today, so we are making progress, but his time in the garden today was restricted and supervised. It's hard to explain to people that though he's bouncy and friendly, i'd rather they...

a squeaky david cameron! haha! http://www.petsathome.com/shop/camerbike-dave-latex-squeaky-dog-toy-by-nibble-n-squeak-31129

Thanks for this, just wrote this thread after one of those nasty heart-attack inducing 'what the hell was that' moments... can you tell he's my first rescue? :p It wasn't really an intentional recall, i just instinctively called his name out in a 'bad dog' tone but he came to me like he was...

Thank you both for answering - he is a lovely personality, and I'm not planning on giving up on him but I am reserving judgement as there have been NO warning signs in either situation - it has been taken both myself & my neighbour completely by surprise and it's much harder to judge when it...

So as of thursday we brought home a rescue dog who is a staffie cross, possibly ridgeback, perhaps boxer/lab with not much history. We knew he had been acting defensively towards flatmates of the owner, jealous protection type of thing. We did not see ANY hints of aggression in the visits prior...

Though she is older to be a maiden mare, she is a pone which goes in her favour - she sounds an absolute superstar & as her injury was an accident then not unsuitable to be bred from. I'd pursue that first. If not, would she be suitable as a trekking pony? I know it doesn't sound great, but...

I have screamed my head off at my mare & yanked her leadrope/lunge SO hard when she's bolted on the end of it a few times - almost pulled my arm out of the socket; she doesn't do it anymore but I did cry myself to sleep the worst night and got her poll checked after. I feel I didn't have...

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] You say he's got fat due to the lay off and his saddle WAS a good fit. Do you think the saddle may be a bit too snug and maybe pinching him? Once he's back in work properly he will slim down again and saddle will fit properly again [/ QUOTE ] That's the only other thing...

I probably would have done exactly what that poor girl in the video did - tensed up, clung on using anything I could - and half-heartedly tapped the thing in order to obey... However, when the lunge whip came into the equation I'd have burst into tears, got off the horse and led it back to the...

I'm not normally a cob lover, but his movement is beautifully correct & he's such a proper cob - I am thrilled for you!

Breeding a good colt adds value. Why on earth would anyone be put off by that, unless she was put in foal to recover from injury? Even then, it wouldn't be a ligament issue because generally they're unable to support the foal's weight. She looks very like my mare - love her type. Go look, she...

I would turn away for a year on cheap grass or even retirement livery and see if he comes sound. During that time, I'd loan a dressage horse or even lease - and then reassess in january 2011! sorted.

Now, this is the thing - if a horse comes out of race training sound as a pound, you might just have found a very sound horse. In my home area of Scotland I'm quite near perth and I know that race trainers start them later there as a general rule, and as such they're much more likely to stay...

I personally would sell rather than loan out - people always take much better care of their own property. Additionally, we ended up with a 'middle-aged' horse when really we wanted something verging on a senior as no-one sells horses of that age when they're really often ideal for someone's...