Back in the days of Westerns, particularly in the 50s and 60s, it wasn't uncommon for the stars to always ride the same horse in different films. Some also bought their horses afterwards, or used their own horses from the outset. John Wayne is an example. Also Roy Rogers with Trigger. In...
Yeah, it does smell a bit doesn't it! My fussy girl rejected it at first, so I added a tiny pinch to each feed and very slowly increased it. I have to say though, it really does do what it says on the tin.
As soon as you said they were Irish travellers I knew they were going to make it into a residential site. A couple I knew sold a piece of their land to someone who wanted a 'pony paddock' and was horrified when just a few weeks later, the planning application went in to make it a permanent site...
He is just the age to start seizures, most start between 11 and 14. It is very likely he has inherited the tendancy through his Anglo Arab blood. All my studies have shown that the most common breed to have such seizures is Welsh (all classes) and in second place is Arabs. Of course, there is...
My friend had a mare who had been locked in a windowless shed by the do as you likeys, and probably given a sound beating when she was in there - being Welsh probably didn't help. As a result she would go crazy in a stable, rearing at the door, destroying her bed and sweating herself to a...
When I first got my mare, on her certificate the vet put that she was bay, but actually she was chestnut (ginger biscuit colour) with blonde feathers, and a black mane and tail. After the first couple of summers, her mane went body coloured, but her tail remained darker, with some silver and...
Of course, things change and like human schools, riding schools can go up and down according to the quality of the staff. My experience was at least 10 years ago, probably nearer 15. You are right, it could be a good place but as with many yards in suburbia, they have too many horses for the...
A good few years back I took my mare down to Ashton Hall to meet up with some friends for a show there. I was APPALLED at the state of the yard and the horses and tack. Several had a shoe missing, most of the tack didn't fit the animals and the stables were disgusting. The owners showjumpers...
I was out with my mare and we stopped so that some children could stroke and pat her. Before I could blink, one of the mothers picked up her small kid, about 4 years old and dumped her on my horse's back behind the saddle. I quickly told the stupid woman to get the kid off as it was potentially...
My mare was epileptic. She would have a seizure on day 1 of her season, and then on the 10th day after that, like clockwork. When you say Cob x, is that Welsh cob? She was successfully drug controlled for 15 years and was eventually put down at rising 30 due to advanced arthritis. Apart from...
My mare suffered from painful ovaries as she approached a season. Pressing her bum on the wall, then squealing quietly and tapping the wall with a back hoof. I avoided sitting trot and schooling for these days, just hacked out or took her out in hand . One time she was in so much pain that she...
How about trying some Agnus Castus instead of prascend for a bit? I've known a few ponies have good results with it. Will your pony eat unmollassed short chop? Years back I read that it takes way longer to eat the same weight in chop as it does hay.
I don't know if it is the same for horses...
I saw 2 examples of sold age and actual age on my old yard. I was giving some private lessons to a young teenage girl on her first pony who was bought as a 7 year old. I don't think they had him vetted. He was very green and didn't strike me as a 7 year old, so I looked at his teeth one day...