Recent content by Beth206

I have been having lessons on a simulator with a dressage instructor. I'm only on my third lesson and feel it has made quite a significant change to my position already. I like the fact that you can concentrate on your seat and aids and don't have to worry about the horse. The only downside...

I agree, I couldn't believe it either. I don't know if its because we're not very rural so they are buying from feed shops, which there are only a couple of within our area and 1 of which I know aren't selling any at the moment as they don't know if they will have enough for themselves.

I have just stumbled across this coat https://www.townfields.com/schockemohle-sports-careen-long-jacket/p5523 in a black Friday sale. I initially had my eye on the Equetech Rowant long coat but it's is out of stock everywhere. Just thinking they are quite ££ if they are not up to the job so...

£4.50 small bale in Yorkshire although we get a big load in the summer (300 bales) I know people who can't store bales on mass and are now paying £6.50

I have owned my first horse for just over 2 years, she was 3 when I got her and is now rising 6. Like another poster said; first year was like blind leading the blind, this will be our 3rd winter together and I feel like we finally have each other more or less sussed out. I wish I had bought...

I hope not too, i keep looking back at photos and from October last year our field was waterlogged and just got progressively worse until about April/May when it literally dried up over night and has been in such a sorry state all this year. The heatwave was lovely wasn't it, I kept making a...

I am in exactly the same position as you. I just hack at the weekends when i can. Last year I bought a book called 'Cobs Can, handbook' and it gives you lots of inhand exercises to do which you can then implement in your riding. I just do it in the yard and it keeps us both ticking over. Ester...

I really understand how you feel OP, I often feel similar with my mare. However she is 5 and a slow learner so i feel I need to give her the benefit of doubt. I try to concentrate on achieving one thing at a time with her. When I look back on last year she has come on so much. I also second...

Yup this is exactly like our set up and ours do exactly the same

We are in West Yorkshire, currently -5 and we have about 3" snow. My mare is a traditional cob, had a high trace clip in November which has started to grow out but still very visible. Had her in a 50g up until yesterday but have added her 100g tonight as she felt quite cold and it was blowing...

This - there are plenty more better days ahead

I don't feel like I sacrifice much apart from having next to no savings and living to my means i.e. have no spare cash left at the end of the month. We live in quite a cheap area so own a nice house, a new but basic car, we do try eat out once a week as OH works funny shifts and we pass like...

I use equimins tranquillity herbs (contains the same ingredients as herbal calm) on my mare (5yo cob) over winter and noticed a big improvement in her, generally more relaxed and content. Hopefully it works for your boy.

We soak ours in massive trugs, tip them out and leave to drain. We have a little wheel cart which we put them on and pull them across the yard to fasten up

My old boy went through a phase of this recently apart from he was sh*****g everywhere. It was happening every night and sometimes during the day whilst I was at work. I became very disciplined with him and put him out at certain times each day and will wait outside with him until he does his...