Remember headroom too! I nearly had to take mine to the dentist once as o/h had taken my car & I couldn't remember how to start an automatic. (Messaged a friend with an automatic who reminded me re having to put foot on brake to start.) When I got to the car park in o/h's car, I checked out...
Dry field! I am on heavy clay so I go and poke it every day. (Obviously not yet as we are still full swamp atm.) Even b/f, mine would trash my paddocks if I turned them out too soon. When it tips over from modelling clay towards concrete, that's the sweet spot. I turn them out a day too...
I had a companion on loan from a small, informal rescue (Dartmoor Hill pony) so that the very vocal Shetland companion had a companion when I took my competition horse out! After a couple of years, I bought her & I'm now riding her as my current competition horse is having a kpu relapse over...
Devoucoux! I have dr & jump versions for my ISH x WB & have just got a pony edition for my pony! I feel really secure in them and a good position is effortless. I do like my giant blocks for those giant spooks, but I know that not everyone likes to be locked into position.
I have just today got a pre-owned Devoucoux pony saddle for my Dartmoor hill pony. It fits really well & I feel secure on it. It would be over your budget but you might able to track down an older one? It would be worth it as I have tried out 4 or 5 saddles over the past few weeks & this is...
Everyone needs a Shetland! They are super cute and always up to something. Mostly food related! I backed mine & make her lug me about sometimes. (She is a midi, not a mini, & I'm tiny...)
:) And Shetland zoomies on the lunge! Adorable! Mine loves jumping on the lunge. They are impervious...
My Shetland recently somehow managed to get into my tack room & close the door behind her while I was *right there* poo picking the stables each side & was found happily tucking into FOUR breakfasts... She was fine. She is black so a bit invisible at this time of year. O/h accidentally shut...
My youngster came from the same dealer as yours. Long story short, she had a looooong phase of being very reactive and explosive so even in hand work was dangerous. I came across kpu via a FB faecal water support group. I switched from haylage to hay, stopped all commercial feeds and only fed...
I use an app called Compress to compress my photos so they are ‘small’ enough to post. I think that there is a way to do it directly on here but I have forgotten what it is.
Went to a RC jumping clinic. New venue for us, and only up the road. Shaky start as it is a working farm so a lot to look at, including cows in a barn! Then she chilled and did extremely well 🥰 OMG she can jump. She is only a green baby but all the instincts are there and she is bold. She has as...
We went to a low key RC show today, did our first ever SJ comp together…and won! It was super tiny but we’ve had a lot of issues and OMG it felt good to have come this far!