Recent content by Bluesparks

Hi yes the weather is a big factor, the wind is also often bad being high up! I'm not usually around before 12 noon so miss the worst of frost and ice etc

Hi I'm in need of help and ideas, I've got a 17h ex pointer who has had surgery in 2015 for kissing spines, then after rehabbing he had sinus problems which took nearly a year to diagnose then had and still has at times suture line periostitis flare ups, and as a result had a lot of sinus...

I've lost all my top spec tokens can't believe it! I don't suppose anyone has any they don't want I'm willing to pay a small amount for them and postage obviously

Thanks hadn't thought of a mirror, they are so stupid my 2 boys so ridiculously attached to each other!

After posting about my horse needing to gain weight/condition I now have a new problem!! Since being reunited with his mate for winter, he's tonight had a total meltdown because I rode his mate for half an hour and left him in the stable! His bed was trashed and he was white all over looked like...

Thanks everyone, I'm going to try and feed 3times a day I think and add some conditioning cubes and up the linseed, I will take my scales and weigh everything too,

I have a 17h tb who has had a bad time, he's had a major sinus op which they had to go into twice following a kissing spine op the year before, he's never had chance to get back into work properly so lacks muscle anyway but since the start of winter he's not holding weight well, he's not stressy...

Hacking is good but my partners horse is still out of action and my other half is a farmer so summers really busy for him, he won't let anyone else ride him except me either which can be awkward! Never tried long reining mine though he hadn't lunged when I had him and after rehabbing him he's...

I have 2 (technically one is my partners) lovely tb horses, one ex pointer one was in training but didn't race, mine was diagnosed last February with kissing spine, SI and hock arthritis and suspensory problems, he had KS op last April I rehabbed him at home which was good and got back on last...

Thanks I'll ask my vet tomorrow what she recommends too

I have a 13 year old tb who's got a fair amount of wear and tear, probably some arthritic changes and lumps and bumps but most significantly and recently a huge splint that appeared in October and just won't settle, he's not on any supplements at the moment just chaff and beet and haylage and...

Thanks all what wood pellets do people use please?

Hi just wondering which shavings people recommend for a wet dirty horse! He's currently on straw but as he's probe to hoof accesses my farrier recommended he go on shavings but when I has him on them before he was really wet and it cost us a fortune!!

I do feel guilty! I think of warm summer days when I rode them both and can't imagine that now! With work and mucking out and being a farmers other half winter doesn't leave me with much time!!

Yes you're probably right the ks horse needs more work but it's been a long time and it's like starting all over again for the second time which is hard to get my head around again! I know that his physio will kick my backside tomorrow and maybe give me some ideas to help she's always said I...