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Thank you for the advice I think I will send him away and see what happens. He would make a great pony. He really did knock my confidence and Ive been riding for quite a few years. I think it knocked his too. Phew, at least its not 20 pages long! Thanks for being kind to me.

Thanks Ifield, I wish I hadn't asked now! Spitchwick- My parents come up a lot and he's known them since day 1 and still won't have any of it, Maybe if I had a strange person over to try he would react totally different, I have kept him at the same yard since I have had him.

He wont let anyone else handle him, I have tried all sorts and nothing seems to work. I take him out for walks and he will wear the tack without fussing, I just wondered if it actually helped with timid horses.

Hi I new on here. I own a heinz 57 14.1hh gelding, I got him cheap as a 2 year old colt 4 years ago, he was very wild. It took a long time for him to trust me. 2 years ago I started lunging etc.. When I tried backing him last year he threw me off a cropper and I haven't got on him since, Ive...

oh god its not sounding good. the vet came out at lunchtime as he was on the floor and friend had to smack him to get him up, previous to that he'd only done 1 pooh since this morning. vet put a tube down his throat and gave him a laxative, took blood, gave him anti inflamitries and put his hand...

someone i know horses has possible got it, the only ones i've know to have it have not survived. however the vet has said it is probably nursable which i didn't think was possible

what do you know about it? do they recover well from it?