Recent content by Carlosmum

Crating of sows has been allowed during the period thy have piglets with them, usually about 3 weeks. This is as a safety/welfare issue for the piglets, a sow is huge compared to a new born piglet. whilst she might not mean to often a piglet may get squashed by Mum a she moves around in her...

@Extreme247 sorry I don't remember who I used, it was nearly 10 yrs ago.

I had a stock pin made with Carlo's tail hair, that way he could carry on competing with me. I also planted a rose in his favourite colour in the garden and put his remaining tail hair under the roots. I still have his shoes and was hoping one day to persuade son to make me something.

I don't think it can ever be too soon to PTS. If you and/or the horse aren't happy with the current situation it is not the wrong decision.

I am in need of a coat for riding. Windproof and preferably. shower proof., long enough to cover that gap between top and bottom but light enoigh that i can fit my airjacket over the top. What do you have? Budget up to about £120. Dont need 'designer' label but must be hard wearing. Thanks...

Most of our hay is made after 15th July as we are in several environmental schemes. the 24hr hay was in august.

This summer we were making hay in 24 hrs, yields were way down. Some of our hayledge is mot much different from 'wrapped' hay nut at least we can store outside. None for sale this year as all needed for our own cattle.

Thank you all, i have an air vest which i shall probanly turn to for hacking, but i will still need to look for a bp for competing next year.

I am in need of a new Level 3 2018 BP. Currently wearing my elderly Racesafe every time I ride. When I bought it years ago I believe it was 'short' however it constantly catches the cantle when I am sitting upright in the saddle, it is incredibly annoying and I feel a little less safe like...

We always had ours in crates overnight , but i the last 6 months or so I have allowed the old girl to sleep where she wants, we found she was getting stiff if not able to wander about. She also has the odd wee on the floor but that usually happens if she is feeling a bit 'off'. The younger dog...

Please don't laugh too hard, but I was wondering if anyone had ever thought about using some kind of rear view mirror when hacking out?! Since my fall last year, I find twisting in the saddle quite hard. Wondering if a mirror would help, not as twisting round replacement but a back up...

Back x-rays before you do anything else

I think the mare would tell you, by her health, is she maintaining weight whilst doing the foal well, our mares only breed every 2nd year, still going around 21/22 yrs but would be retired at the first sign of an issue.

I don't have the rubber skirt in my trailer. One side was torn after pony had a loading meltdown so rather than risk further issues I removed it. Looked at refitting, but as it had been rivetted on it wasn't so straight forward.

Ditches for me, especially trakhener type, my old boy always refused one on a particular course every time. The day he cleared it first go I burst into tears when I went through the finish!