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    What would you compare your horse to?

    One is a benefit fraud - any opportunity to slack off and pretend to be ill and he will... The other is my best friend - he will do anything for me and never asks for anything, although he loves to be groomed - just trances out and goes to sleep!
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    Leaving a livery yard...

    To be honest, I blocked my old yard owner from my facebook as I was so upset that he was discussing how rude I was with friends of mine... I think people get a bit too attached to facebook as a method of communication - when I have found it a bit wierd to hear too many personal details about...
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    Leaving a livery yard...

    I did the polite thing with a letter, and in person. Things deteriorated as my notice period progressed. Then I was asked why I had gone - I was asked to tell them honestly, so I did - in couched phrases so that it did not sound like blame, and woo did I get a torrent of abuse - apparently I...
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    Rude/thoughtless things people say . . .

    The worst I find is when people can sense that you are unhappy (even though you may well be smiling), and they ask you if they have done anything to offend you... you tell them, as blamelessly as possible, and say things like 'everyone has a different way' etc to try to mitigate it all and make...
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    Chestnut - tack colour?!

    Thanks - that was what I was thinking... just checking before we go down the bankruptcy route again.... youngsters, huh?!?!
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    Chestnut - tack colour?!

    Can't decide... anyone help please?! I don't mean light brown, or tan, it would be chocolate dark brown or black... I ride in Navy Jacket and hat, with either black or chocolate brown boots... opinions please? :-)
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    frustrations of selling saddles privately!

    Wonder if it was the same woman?!
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    frustrations of selling saddles privately!

    I sold one through ebay, for a fraction of its true worth, in pristine condition, and the woman who bought it (who said she was a professional saddle fitter!) started a dispute with ebay saying it was not the saddle model in the advert - I sent her the paperwork to prove it and she said it was...
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    Anyone had issues with NS bits?

    Yep - middle lozenge came out completely in youngster - posted back to them with a covering letter months ago and have heard nothing at all :-(
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    Horse shutting down in dressage (indoor)

    Thanks both - I am struggling to get to indoor venues with competitions that often, but have spotted one in about three weeks, so will do that one and warn the judge that the test might go a little haywire... we are now so forward at home that changing the whip over in canter yesterday resulted...
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    Horse shutting down in dressage (indoor)

    Well... finally have got 7 year old horse to point where we are not scared of each other or other things, and have done some nice tests at BD Novice (64-65 with an odd 70). I have had him since he was 2, so I know him inside out but still can't fathom his 'logic'!! He used to be a complete...
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    Saddlery Services @ Beaver Hall

    Personal experience and that of others have left me a bit wary, that is all :-(
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    Saddlery Services @ Beaver Hall

    Sadly not convinced :-(
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