Recent content by Caol Ila

Wouldn't it? Though the thought of any YO I have had doing a self-reflective critique sort of exercise is utterly comical.

Yeah, very much a zombie thread. Lots of rug companies sell plastic filet straps.

So sorry about your cob. One unridden thing to do with Standie, while you consider your options, is play about with getting him to be okay with stuff flapping around his pasterns. Useful if he is being ridden in hoof boots because they sometimes do that. Some horses get really upset by this. I...

Would also avoid Friesians after my friend’s mare dropped dead from the weird genetic issues they have.

That's a really good shout. Can you give me any direction towards finding such a thing?

Too bad the tow bar ended up on OH's car. I don't think he would be as keen on this...

Obviously. Have to convince the horse that it's bigger on the inside somehow.

Just bought a trailer, and found this thread whilst Googling hitch locks. Oh dear. The HHO forum has told me that I should decorate the trailer. If you have seen my car, you will know that this is a terrible idea.

I have some saddle soap that is like 30 years old. It’s been following me around for a while. Still works, though that tells you how often I clean my tack.

For Hermosa’s, I attached Freeform panels from another treeless experiment I tried, because she doesn’t like the Ghost ones. Getting it perfect remains a work in progress but at least we can make minor adjustments ourselves. It’s not been easy but trying a million other different types of...

You are far nicer than me. I usually stop the horse and give the dog/owner my best impression of the icy Tom Baker bug-eyed stare of death. Quite effective for most dogs and owners. I can read dogs pretty well, so if I am 99.9999% sure that an off-lead dog isn't going to be a problem, I carry...

I've tried all sorts of treeless saddles over the years, the good, the bad, and the ugly, because treed saddles have always left me frustrated. Every time I go back to them, I remember why I stopped using them in the first place. Currently both horses are in Ghost saddles. They work perfectly...

They're fine for playing about with and getting your horse used to weird stuff, but really awkward to hold if you want to actually do anything. Unlike a dressage whip. I wouldn't go hacking with one because it would be a pain in the a*rse if things got hairy and I needed to, you know, ride.

Shorter ride than planned because we made a last minute plan to look at a trailer. May have bought one. But OH got this photo. Was hoping to run past him but some people with a pram appeared about ten meters in front of us, and Hermosa has an automatic emergency braking system. If you are...

Irresponsible or just morons? A couple with a dog on an extendable lead very kindly stepped off the trail to let me and horse past. However, they didn't lock the lead, and the dog was still running around, with the lead crossing the entire width of the trail like a trip wire. It didn't seem...