Recent content by bexandspooky

Does anyone know anything about the scale that vets use for blood tests checking adiponectin levels in a horse with EMS? I was told that a month ago, the lowest you would want a score to be (seasonally adjusted) was 3, but on what kind of scale? I'm struggling to find anything about it...

Both of mine get it, it suits them both well (very elderly Shetland and an Arab). They weren't keen to start with but I chuck a small handful of fibre plus nuggets in and they come running for it ��

I bought a 5 kilo tub of bait a couple of years ago and was putting it in places out of reach of horses etc. The rats obviously decided that wasn't enough as they chewed the lid off of he tub and cleared it out - there must have been 3kilos left before they did that. Didn't see a rat for a...

I want to see a horse dance for oranges ...... Although I'm not sure the reality could live up to the image in my head!

p.s - thats not her in my sig, thats my previous boy!

I have what you want!!!! She isn't for sale though, but they do exist! Mine is mostly crabbet, built like a brick outhouse - never daft, never silly, has a beautiful face and a fab personality. All this came for a shade over £2k. I put a wanted ad on arablianlines and someone contacted me.

looks like the remains of a badger to me

My mare was like this when I got her. I started by tapping her shoes with her hoof pick, then giving her a treat when she was good, and if she played up, I just let her compose herself for a few seconds and then did it again until she did behave. Gradually moved up to a hammer, first gently...

hmm - so frightened that it had to be kicked to get it to let go......RSPCA speaking sense again! Tally ho :)

I found that having lucozade sport or something similar to drink when doing the rides made my legs hurt less the next day - I didn't realise how much of a difference it made until I just had normal orange squash one day and hurt like hell the next day!

Alot of the rides have more than enough places to bowl along at a good canter - I used to, where the terrain suited, canter on for as long as the horse was happy - that way you would almost bank time, which you could use to walk in the last few miles, that way you pretty much guarantee a nice...

fabulous, thankyou!

.....do you measure girths from buckle to buckle or exclude the buckles?! Not sure how I have managed to get this far in life without knowing the answer to this! Does anyone else have any daft things they didn't know that they would like to finally find out?!

another vote for willhayes - they brought phoebe back from dorset for me - first time travelling in 9 years, she arived asleep, without a drop of sweat on her - he didn't rush to take her down the ramp, but took his time and got her to wait at the top and look around, then walked her gently down.

Mine was a bit like this when I first got her - very cheeky - she would stand quietly until i got on to the mounting block and then turn to face me. She is really food orientated thought, so I spend about 20 mins one afternoon with her in a headcollar by the block, giving her a few pony nuts...