Recent content by BuzzyBea

Our mare is in between sizes generally - cob and full. We bought a Schokermole bridle recently and she needs a full for her nose but everywhere else she is on the tightest hole. Just bought her a racing breastplate (it is the simplest of them all as prefer not to have fussy tack) but the full...

Thank you for all your replies! Teeth wise she wasn't done long ago so don't think there is a problem there. Do think that FOMO is part of the reason as she is very nosy so am going to try a hay bar but hopefully put it up a little higher so she can eat and watch out the window at the same...

Our mare is very picky and doesn't eat a huge amount of hay. The quality is good and all the others eat it but she just picks. Luckily she is a pretty good doer but it's frustrating that she isn't eating it and we have to throw lots away. The matter isn't helped as she's started pooing in it (we...

Any suggestions anyone?

Can anyone recommend someone to make a bespoke bridle for our mare please? Having trouble finding something I like online as want something anatomical, without a flash (but a fully removable one might be handy) and a noseband that isn't too chunky. Can't find anything that fits the bill so...

Thanks for the replies! Going to give Courtyard Osteo a ring as Maldon is only about half an hour away. Hopefully they can straighten her out!!

Thank you. Was the issue for you just in the hips or was it your whole body? My daughter thinks it is an issue with her shoulders too.

My daughter is currently riding wonky!!! She is collapsing through the hip and putting more weight into her left stirrup...she needs straightening up!!! Can anyone please recommend back specialist for riders in the Essex area please as she needs sorting asap!! Thank you.

Thanks all so much for your comments!! Frustrating isn't it and to be honest i'm surprised that the vets don't send reminders like my dogs vets do!! Much as I am loathe to put more drugs in his body than I am sure is necessary I don't want to be in a position in years to come to potentially be...

I'm kicking myself but have somehow managed to miss our boys vaccination date! In my head it's due in December but then realised it was 29/8 - such an idiot!! :O Phoned vets who told me he is still covered immunity wise but for the show ring he needs to restart. We don't do anything other...

We had our boy on a really deep bed for the first few months - didn't take much wet out at all just added to it. Also tried taking lots of wet out and having a smaller bed that didn't work either :(

Emilieu what shavings do you use? Shavings have always been manageable but it is the fact that we were having to put so much new in that it got so expensive!! Ideally I would like something that can be delivered!!

It's a matter of getting rid of it to be honest. We are at my friends house and because we only have 3 horses between us we bag up the poo and bedding and take to the tip twice a week/ Straw would be too messy and bulky to bag.

My friend and I made the decision to try wood pellets for the first time this winter for our 3 boys. 1 of them is doing well on them but he isn't badly wet. The other 2 are an entirely different story!! We have tried all different approaches - deep littering, taking wet out daily, adding new...

Our horses came in for the first time last night (winter is coming :() to find their new pellet beds that we have decided to try for the first time. Mucking out was easy enough this morning but we would like a better fork than our old shavings fork. One that will pick up the smaller bits of...