Recent content by booandellie

will give this a go too as the sudocrem is a messy job!!

Never heard of the udder covers but thankyou i will have a look at those, she is a very hot bod so don't fancy putting her in a boett !

My mare is plagued by little black flies that bite between her legs and teats leaving spots of blood that dry and sound like what you have found. She doesn't seem to get affected in any other area. I apply sudocrem round that area nice and thick which seems to do the job better than any fly...

We are barely out of winter and the flies are out in force! My pony's belly and teats seem to be particularly tasty to the blighters and i am already applying fly spray too. Some brands are better than others, coopers and phaser-eight are particularly effective but even they need a couple of...

How wide is your traditional, mine is XXXXwide , the dark purple wintec gullet, i am currently using an older version HM flexee dressage saddle which fits well though i am planning on treating myself to a WOW soon!

Congrats on the weight loss, i'd recomend pilates, yoga and exercises on one of those big gym balls for core strength- enjoy your lesson!

Yes a also have the HM flexEE, the older version dressage saddle and it is the only saddle i've found that fits correctly and doesn't slip. My horse/pony is similar shaped to yours only a a 4xwide!

I'm in north east and my vet does them by sedation only so that they are done properly. Charges £70 but that price is less if a few on the yard get done and call out charge is split. I know there is someone in the area charging £20 but i simply wouldn't trust someone charging so little- you get...

Agree with this- if you were going to pay YO i would rather pay a pro rider until the right sharer came along than rush into a not so suitable sharer out of desperation.

Thanks yes I posted on there aswell! Trouble is both people are used to being on a tiny private yard and are preferably looking for the same type of livery. Those kind of places aren't usually advertised but will keep trying! Thanks for replying

Hi! I'm desperately trying to help two friends find livery spaces in the chester-le-street and surrounding area, they are only looking for a yard as their current yard is closing. They would ideally prefer small private yards and are easy to accomadate as both horses are retired and elderly so...

Is blythe too far for you_ there is a lovely DIY yard at hodsock priory and it does have vacancies at the moment. I was on the yard for 7 years- loved loved loved it. Lot's of off road hacking, a school, A show ground in hacking distance and the same people still run it. If i hadn't moved up...

I live on a small holding, we have a few horses here and a couple of years ago we kept chickens and because of that we had a MASSIVE rat problem to the extent that no amount of bait boxes would catch the 40 or so that you would see on a daily basis when you fed the chooks. We got rid of the...

My instructor is a serving police officer and manages to train, compete and teach! she has one horse on full livery

i swapped to topspec topchop zero from graze on just grass. Suspected my mare might turn her nose up at it but she eats every last morsel. it has virtually no energy in it so it's a great filler and fibre provider for waist line watchers!