Recent content by Bartleby.

Mine has started doing some poos directly onto the muck heap, so proud :).

I'm sure English Bridles (https://www.englishbridles.co.uk/) would combine a comfort headpiece with a hunter noseband when I enquired. I'd give them an e-mail.

Shires fit both my massive-headed lump and my Welsh B, definitely recommeded. The Shires earless ones are also great for massive forelocks as you avoid the crazy clown look!

I agree with a lot of what you're saying about traits the breed can have, but they're actually a draught horse not a cob, the name is misleading.

Mine had three pop up when I bought him, two verrucous on the inside of hind leg, and one nodular inside his sheath. Within six months the leg ones had reduced dramatically and the other one fell off. I keep an eye out but put it down to the stress of the move (from France) and that his immune...

We just had to make the same decision for our dog, and although she was still bright and happy she couldn't get around by herself well enough to do the things she wanted to, we knew it was time, as someone else said she had started to just exist. Making those arrangements was hideous, and then...

How about SlimAid from Feedmark? It's vits and mins in a pellet form that you can hand-feed, mine take it readily from hand.

I would like it to be something jaunty, but anything other than the Imperial Death March just wouldn't have the gravitas needed to showcase such a massive lump prancing around.

Oh my. The questions, constant observations, worrying, flip-flopping. It's all based on real things, but I let it get in the way of actually enjoying it all way more than I should, and it prevents us from cracking on which would probably solve some of the issues, gunnergundog is right. There's...

Not sure if this helps for your circumstances but I was having the same problem with my uberwide horse, the only way I got the hang of it was take a lot of time to get my hips and feet in alignment and plugging into the seat if you know what I mean (and shortening my stirrups to achieve this)...

Thanks for that Levrier. We lost Indie a couple of weeks ago so things are still raw. She was nearly 15 so an awesome age for a big breed, but saying goodbye wasn't easy. She followed us on all our adventures including living in Sweden for 5 years, and was the sassiest, kindest, pure soul...

But for laminitics we are talking about triggering the inappropriate insulin response, insoluble carbohydrates like starch and cellulose don't have the same effect on that as soluble carbohydrates such as glucose. Grass, along with taking sugars into the root, converts glucose to cellulose and...

Don't panic, I know it's hard to wait but the hospital will be more experienced to advise and the picture might change. There might be a few options, full replacement is the most extreme of the surgeries. Not sure why the vets are already warning that the insurance wouldn't pay out. Edit: sorry...

Sorry to hear about the diagnosis, I've been there too and it was very upsetting to hear in a young dog (mine was 18 months). I only have the experience of costs 12 years ago but it was £3000 per hip (insurance excess made it £500 per hip). We had both hips done, 6 months apart, in our...

Haha, glad it's not just me!