Recent content by Bilbo_Baggins

Heading down to our county show, not as a competitor, just spectating and doing a stall with work :) I hope to get out for a hack after the show and hopefully on Sunday too! I haven't ridden in over a week as had a few other commitments so I am hoping to get a shot this weekend! So far it...

Don't want to hi-jack the post too much, but my horse has one wolf tooth that has come through on the left side of his bottom jaw. It has been there for the past 2 years and not been causing any problem. The vet when doing his routine dental has noticed it and both times said if it is not...

I had a mare that I rode for 5 years as a lead horse in a trekking centre. I would say we were a brilliant team. She was quick to learn and clever and she was good at her job! Of course we got to know each other pretty well and we learnt each other's signs and body language. She knew what I...

Been reading this thread with interest OP. I can't offer any suggestions, but I hope the blood results have come back and given you some answers!

Loving BBP showing off there! He looks hilarious and the haffy isn't bothered in the slightest! What a gorgeous bunch of horses you havwe OP! :) I hope that the coloured cob is settling in well :)

I have only used stable bandages when my horse was really sick and stabled and his legs were filling up. He was very unsteady on his feet and banging into the stable walls, so he basically had knee and hock cover as well. I would take them off and check his legs were not getting too warm and...

Bilbo isn't an early bird, but then neither am I! I usually go riding after work so afternoon/evening if I am going to ride at all and the same for poop-scooping. I might find on the odd occasion I will be poop-scooping before work (if I have an evening engagement) I check on him in the...

Well this is a good thing! I don't know if I would have continued with Bilbo when he had bracken poisoning if he wasn't acting his usual self! Not the same situation as you and Poppy at all of course, but I felt that if he lost his personality I would have really begun to question if I was...

I really think it depends on the injury! I had a big maxi cob stand on my foot and it was sore and it bruised, but there was no major swelling and I found if I didn't bend my toes too much it was relatively pain free! Then about a month later a rabbit hole collapsed under my foot (on a walk...

Ah yes, all that video needs is slow-mo and the right music :D :D :D I see what you mean though about the dance of the paint brushes! I love to see a cobs feathers bouncing around. And your pony is gorgeous :) lovely markings.

I love the little "wins" and I totally get where you are coming from Lacuna! I don't think its a silly thing to be happy about! Got to love a "mini victory" All part and parcel of horses :D Had to laugh and "dance the paintbrushes" :D :D :D I totally got the "Dance of the Sugarplum...

I was thinking the same thing Pippity :D :D So funny, thanks for sharing OP!

Sorry to read this :-( what a nightmare situation for you. I am keeping my fingers crossed for Poppy! And will be following this thread! Toes crossed as well that things aren't as bad as feared and with time she will be ok. Worrying time for you and you have my sympathy!

Maybe its a gelding thing? My chappie loves a hug, so much so he has learnt (and I am bad to give him attention for it I know!!) that when I am poop-scooping or doing something in the field if he comes up behind me and gently hooks me towards him with his chin on my shoulder he gets cuddles and...

Well, my horse was ill with bracken poisoning when he was 6 :'( thankfully he is ok now, but what with recovery and moving location we are only lightly hacking, mainly route finding at the moment! He is barefoot so we are strengthening his tootsies and waiting on boots for the gravelly tracks...