Recent content by Boulty

I had one like this and he never really improved 😂. Was quite embarrassing having to tell the person in the next stable that she may need to rethink her rug tack location as my pony was trying to drag her horses rugs through the bars so he could play with them since I wouldn’t leave his own in...

I mean I kinda accidentally brought this home on Xmas eve with no pre planning so I have precisely no moral high ground here (& kittens / puppies are basically chaos gremlins anyway) Definitely would NOT encourage gifting of any live animal for Xmas but I think done thoughtfully it’s not a...

See if you’ve any local rescues who would at least help with neuter and release (& lend you some traps) / take on any that you can’t find homes for. Smaller , local ones tend to be more helpful than larger more national ones (but still worth asking local cat’s protection branch as if they’ve...

I think sometimes it’s people holding on for “one last Xmas” and sadly the animal just can’t get there and it turns into an emergency situation (& with some of these the relatives arriving and being a little blunt with the owner about how things have progressed can definitely be a factor as...

I think some horses can have a “one strike & you’re out” tendency (Finn probably because of his feral past… the Welsh I used to have I think it was simply because he was Welsh!) in that they’re fine with something as long as it doesn’t hurt them but as soon as it does (even just a small amount)...

After having a few conversations about tree decorating we eventually decide to wrap it in tinsel (aka some really weird version of TREC maypole?) Oh look the sledge is back and is firmly on the floor today not being swung around by pony! Pony thoughtfully obeying the STOP sign

We went for a short solo walk inhand on Tuesday (I hibernated on Monday due to icky weather) I was then ill Weds & Thurs / still not great Fri but dragged self out to do some course building. Then today the arena was invaded by tinsel & twinkly lights in a bit of a TREC / WE / Agility /...

I like the thinking re boot capacity! Any boot that will take an upright 25l water container without dropping the back seats or removing the parcel shelf is a good boot. I am currently in the situation of having a very nice boot in my new car (with seats that fold FLAT baby!) but being...

The before photo to the above… would have been fine if I’d just strapped the boot shut rather than trying to force it to close properly Vs what it could do when I was being more sensible!

The consequences of over estimating (not with hay but with cupboards!) Also for the LOVE OF GOD put a tarp down & probably duct tape it in place… my car boot was never the same again after I put straw in. (Or use hay bags or something) I used to manage 6 20kg wrapped & compressed bales of...

Generally once stabilised they mostly do well but sadly yes would be on treatment for life (which would normally be the injection combined with tablets) and would require blood tests to monitor (more frequently to begin with whilst fine tuning dose and then maybe a few times a year depending on...

Premier Equine (not quite as good as they used to be but I’ve still not found anything I’m equally happy with in terms of fitting and not letting water in around the same price point) but maybe wait & see if they do a Boxing Day sale if it’s for a spare rug, may as well try and save some money...

If you’ve only had him a few months the foot that’s in contact with the ground now will be from before you got him. Does he have any obvious rings growing out? Could be that you’ve got some crappy quality foot from before you had him that’s just reached the bottom. I’m presuming when you’ve...

My fussy one preferred FP & theirs tend to be slightly higher spec when fed at same amount but if you’ve not got a particularly fussy horse PE tends to be cheaper (although they don’t offer subscribe & save whereas FP do)

At 4 yrs old the Hooligan is still obsessed with nicking stuff so tree goes behind a baby gate! Current cat isn’t bothered and has no interest in climbing it luckily (previous cat was obsessed and I think “helping” with tree construction / decorating was the highlight of his year!) Ours...