Recent content by atropa

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    Different saddles, different disciplines?

    Put your foot down with instructor, tell her current saddle suits all 3 of you for what you are doing at the minute and if and when daughter starts jumping bigger to the point you feel she needs knee blocks then you'll revisit the jumping saddle option again. Not everyone has endless pots of...
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    Strangles blood test grey area

    I had this happen once a few years ago when I was bringing my horse back from loan, she was just above the negative cut off and I was offered the same two options. I opted to wait and retest and she was by then definitively negative, however the horse in question had had a negative test result...
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    Do you have both a towing vehicle and a regular car?

    My partner and I have 4 cars between us...big towing car (3.5T capacity so not cheap to run day to day), his beloved convertible, and two small runarounds. The diesel saving on my tow vehicle alone pays for all monthly running costs of my city bug, however we do tend to also use it most weekends...
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    Rug fit question

    Just came back here to say I apologise, I jinxed us! Today was horrible and blooming freezing 😖
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    Rug fit question

    I would go for 6ft if possible but also I wouldn't be panicking about anything suitable for -8 until around Jan/Feb time in these parts
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    How quickly have you moved yards after moving?

    Wow....I've heard some weird things in my time but this might almost take the biscuit :o
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    How quickly have you moved yards after moving?

    I've done it within a couple of days....the yard i moved from was always supposed to be a temporary stopgap until a second stable came up at my original yard....as a previous poster said, it soon became apparent the YOs were a touch odd and my original YO managed to squeeze me in somewhere makeshift
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    Individual turnout

    Mine are out in a herd at livery, however its a small same sex herd with my 3 and one other. All get on very well and the herd is very stable. Two are shod all round (one of mine and the other livery) and two are barefoot (the other two of mine). However I have been in a variety of other field...
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    Winter is Coming!!! (For prepping squirrels)

    I'm another who needs an Indian summer. Three stables to clean out, all my rugs need sorting, I need to have started clipper desensitisation like last month with one, meant to send away one set of clippers to be fixed, trailer needs new brakes/wheels/roof seal....
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    Does anyone go XC Schooling on their own?

    Yep, as long as I can have someone on foot for emergencies I have no problem going alone
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    Highland pony experts

    Sired by Kincardine Ben Macdhui and Croila Chieftain on the dam side
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    Highland pony experts

    Mine is not for the faint of heart and I certainly wouldn't put my granny(or the queen!) on her. I've found keeping her busy both in body and brain is very necessary
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    Transport or Facilities

    Personally I think I'd pick #1, assuming it meant I still had enough cash to at least take part in the on site clinics. I know so many people can make it work very successfully without a school, but I'm just not one of them I'm afraid.
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    Weight loss and showing.

    Well done, she looks fantastic and great to hear your hard work has been rewarded in the show ring. Let's hope the tide is turning slowly
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    Soaking hay - for how long?

    Applying the basic principles of homeostasis, the optimum soaking time is likely to depend on how much sugar is in the hay and the volume of water it is being soaked in. At some point, the concentration of sugar in the soaking water will equal the concentration of the sugar left in the hay...
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