Recent content by BonneMaman

Oh Rhino - we all bow to your superior knowledge and all knowingness. As I said - not everyone would even consider farm animals to be a danger. People walking dogs through cattle fields are killed every year - I am sure they were also unaware or were they putting themselves in danger on...

Agree totally with the dually purchase advice - not sure that BP is going a tad too far as personally I would prefer to be able to dodge out of the way and a BP can be very restrictive but would hate to be seen as anti H&S (which I am totally) but hey ho!

Please post pictures so we can all make judgement - bit unfair for this woman to be slagged off without proof of pottyness ;-)

You have to consider that is very difficult for non farming/equestrian adults to understand what could happen and I am sure they would never have carried out this walk if they had the slightest idea this would. So, the only thing you can do is contact the group in question and explain their...

Load rider on horse and slap horse's arse - kill or cure type scenario! ;-)

I don't believe it really matters - it is the quality of the workmanship and knowledge of your job that is the issue. I expect throwing those big tools around can be quite a strain on the arms and back especially if the horse is not cooperating so would expect a woman to want to opt for the...

Depends on the horse really - if hairy fat native - leave rug off - bit of shivering will help them lose weight.

I have purchased a Shires bungee on the instruction of a trainer but it comes with absolutely no instructions! As a brief description it is one continuous piece of thick elastic with clips at each end (assume for attaching to bit?) - the elastic loops through a piece of plastic that is used...

Crikey - photos are beautiful but I bet their outgoings on "products" is high!

Certainly a read of the Ts & Cs would be my first port of call. However, perhaps it might be a good idea not to complicate the details of a claim in future. Not sure how one horse could inflict injury to another though. I'm pretty sure I have never seen a partition that does not go right...

mcnaughty is my daughter's name on here and horse gossip. This is my granddaughter's pony - hope that makes it clearer ;-) It is not strictly lungeing we do with him - it is long reining with plenty of change of rein and working straight down the long side (involves lots of running). We...

Thanks guys - I have booked the dentist - poor boy. I am also going to try a different bit with a ported mouthpiece as I have been advised that welshies can have quite fleshy tongues. Hopefully the combination might help him be more settled.

You might need to seperate the mares and geldings. Sounds like the agressive gelding has had the mares to himself and does not want to share. They will settle down though so don't stress too much.

Too much feed, not enough turnout or work due to bad weather recently. Could really be a whole load of different reasons. What about lungeing her for 15 mins before you get on next time?

When we backed our pony we did it in the stable but he is only 11.2 so pretty unlikely to reach the beams!