Recent content by bambar

Thanks for all your replies - been so busy so only just had a chance to reply! A few of us that have horses have tried going down the council route - unfortunately the local community council wont support us - they don't want horses on the roads (yes we get that hence why we want bridlepaths...

Yep theres a forest about 10 miles away with lots of offroad hacking but unfortunately I don't have a trailer or a license so I would have to hire one every now and again rather than every weekend...

yeah she has a companion so won't get lonely and they are both out 24/7 with access to a barn/stables with beds if they want it...

In the past 3 weeks around where I keep my horse, there have been several near misses between horses and cars. The one horse in question was pretty much bombproof until an idiot came along doing at least 60, refused to slow down and missed horse by inches. Since the incident poor horse is a...

your farrier doesn't turn up and then does a moonlight flit?? My horse lost a shoe last week - farrier was scheduled to come on Saturday but didn't turn up...didn't answer calls/texts/answer machine messages so now I'm stuck. Contacted another farrier who then said they would fit me in the...

sorry to hijack but I'm genuinely curious - I've never poo picked in my life - why do you need to do it?? not something I learned about growing up!

Yes that's an option - didn't want to give them hay incase again it made them fat but will go down that route I suppose....

Yep that's pretty much what im doing just making the track bigger every day. I cant give them access to the bushes as they are full of different weeds including bineweed which im sure is poisonous so to be on the safe side they just have a fence either side, but the track is pretty long and will...

I have a section A and a section D. Both are good weight - slightly on the overweight side of good infact. I have 2 acres of very very lush grass which I'm trying to manage by strip grazing them. Problem is by the time I get there the next day they've eaten the strip right down and...

I tried it and couldnt cope! I had enough of the field i was privately renting as it was taking up most of my time with the maintenace and cost of having someone come in and harrow, top, spray etc so i moved to a livery yard. I then realised after 2 weeks what I was missing with not having...

anyone please??

Hi All I've recently purchased a very lovely 5 year old mare, very quiet by nature. Over the past few days shes been asleep when i ride her. She has started hopping into trot on both reins. She also throws in a little buck when asking to canter (which according to previous owners has always...

eek i definitely dont want three horses - two is enough! i guess i will just keep trying and get them used to it.... im just worried that as the fencing is only electric the pony might try running through it so im keeping her locked up for now but i dont want her to injure herself and stress...

Hi All I'm looking for some advice regarding a new horse I just purchased. I have a little section A who is 3 years old and I have had her for a month - I have also recently bought another horse who is 5. I introduced them to each other and they are now insperable 2 days later! I took...

I need to send transfer of ownership on the passport for my pony to WPCS but i cant seem to find a great deal of info on the website? Does anyone know the address i need to send to - who to make cheque payable to and whether i need some form of covering letter to send with the passport or will...