Recent content by Bessieboo

Happy Birthday to you!!! Ok here's the only horsey joke I know and it's really, really bad....... How do you spell hungry horse by just using 4 letters? M T G G

Mud........makes any job far worse imho. Oh and picking out feet.....I have a bad back at the best of times but by the time I have picked out feet and oiled them up it is normally killing me.

Honeymoon - its a kind of one off deal. You can get a horse anytime.

Thanks for the advice. I asked my YO to have a look last night (she is much more experienced with horses than me) and she seems to think that it is nothing to worry about, perhaps a build up of dry skin and grease. We are going to keep an eye on it and if it gets worse have the vet take a look.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I will perhaps see if I can try one out on her first before buying one just to be on the safe side.

Has anyone else had experience of mites?

Does anyone here use one or has tried one? What do you think? I am quite interested in these and wanted to find out what people think.

*bump* desperate for advice or reassurance

Hi everyone, I am after a bit of advice regarding my mare's legs. She has full feathers on her legs which I have covered in pig oil and sulpher. I do not wash the mud off her legs when she comes in from the field but wait until it has dried and then brush it off. At the weekend, whilst...

Well I know but my roots needed doing!!!!!

When me and hubby first met I was reluctant to take him home as I had very young children at home at the time and I didn't want them to meet him until I knew it was serious so we had to come up with some inventive places so to speak. The funniest by far was when we went down a quiet little...

What about bananas guys? The only reason I ask is that my mare once stole one from the top of my grooming box and ate it skin and all!

I have fallen off a few times and have the had the usual bumps and bruises but the worst injury was the following:- I was hacking on the road with a friend and a very large tractor and trailer approached. She said her horse was fine with it but in fact her horse spooked which caused my horse...

What a lovely post, it really put a lump in my throat. I have really, really black days due to a long term health issue and my little mare is the best thing in the world to cuddle up to when I feel like that. Post like yours really make you think how much you love and appreciate them...

Cobgirlie - good to hear that you leave the mud on feathers too makes me feel like I am doing the right thing. The next stage for me is not to have my cob clipped next year and leave her to be a natural hairy beastie!